"We're going to see what we've been managing to stave off: this wave of evictions that is just going to crush some of these areas," saidJohn Pollock, coordinator of the National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel. The CDC's eviction moratorium has facednumerous legal challengesand...
for children, is often an outcome.13Given the high geographic concentration of tenants behind in their rents in certain states, it is likely that if a wave of evictions follow the end of the moratoriums, entire communities may suffer a series of adverse economic consequences. For instance, ...
In turn, it had the second highest rate of evictions for non-payment of rent (with a total of 208), representing 2.16% of all those in the city. In this instance, the distribution of evictions across the city was more balanced, spreading across a large part of the municipal area. Not...
That is unacceptable. We need to fully fund the Section 8 rental assistance program to make sure that every person in America who is eligible for this program is able to get it without being put on a waiting list. This will significantly reduce poverty, help families at risk of becoming ho...
The complex also houses case-management services to help people who are homeless overcome problems such as mental illness, chemical addiction, and unemployment. Since opening in 2011, the Commons has served more than 7,000 people, connected 3,600 with social services, and placed 350 in permanen...
for herself and her three young sons. "We just need help," Rivera pleaded. Housing advocates fear the end of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention moratorium on evictions on Saturday July 31, could eventually result in millions of people being evicted. (AP Photo/Andrew Welsh-Hugg...
Evictions Are Violence: Millions Could Lose Homes Amid COVID Pandemic if Federal Moratorium Expires. Amy Goodman. The Progressive. December 18, 2020. Homes Guarantee Campaign Demands Housing for All. Eleanor J. Bader. In These Times. December 10, 2020. What Biden’s Housing Pick Says About ...
Create more affordable housing and provide support services to people when they move into new housing,” says Neera Tanden, director of the White House's Domestic Policy Council. However, while the pipeline of units under construction should help provide new supply in the near term, declini...
There is no limit on the number of times a tenant can request a renewal, so this essentially creates a Never-Ending Lease with the applicable Rent Controlled Cap. Total insanity. Furthermore, under the “Just Cause” measure, all “no-fault” evictions are prohibited in Massachusetts. ...
by providing unprecedented resources and protections to get and keep people housed. The measures included$46.6 billion in emergency rental assistance, anational moratorium on evictionsfor nonpayment of rent, emergency housing vouchers and other resources to move people experiencing homelessness to safety...