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Julián Castro, who was secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President Barack Obama, told USA TODAY the patchwork of eviction moratoriums at all levels of government exposes renters to gaps in the system.
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The problem is renters aren't automatically covered under the federal eviction moratorium.
To avoid eviction, a tenant is required to provide their landlord with a signed copy of the CDC declaration.
As a result, Diane Yentel, who leads the National Low Income Housing Coalition in Washington, D.C., said marginalized renters, such as lowest-income people, seniors without internet access, immigrants or others for whom English is not their first language are leaving their homes at an alarming rate.
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Matthew Desmond, a sociologist at Princeton University in New Jersey and director of the Eviction Lab, a centralized public database that tracks evictions nationwide, tweetedlast week thatfamilies often will mistakenly "see an eviction notice as an eviction order."
In Milwaukee, in 34% of cases in which a tenant received an eviction notice, they moved without going to court, said Desmond.
As of Jan. 23, the Eviction Lab found landlords have filed 227,396 evictions during the pandemic in 27 cities that keep digital records.
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Another issue is that Biden's eviction moratorium protects only people who have been directly affected by the pandemic.
"If you’re an essential worker being paid $7.25 and were on the brink of eviction on Feb.1, 2019, the CDC eviction moratorium doesn’t allow that person to receive a stay on an eviction because they don’t qualify," said Andreanecia Morris, executive director of HousingNOLA, a community-led advocacy group out of New Orleans.
Joe Biden's federal eviction moratorium may not protect all rentersJulián Castro, who was secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President Barack Obama, told USA TODAY the patchwork of eviction moratoriums at all levels of government exposes renters to gaps in the system.
...
The problem is renters aren't automatically covered under the federal eviction moratorium.
To avoid eviction, a tenant is required to provide their landlord with a signed copy of the CDC declaration.
As a result, Diane Yentel, who leads the National Low Income Housing Coalition in Washington, D.C., said marginalized renters, such as lowest-income people, seniors without internet access, immigrants or others for whom English is not their first language are leaving their homes at an alarming rate.
...
Matthew Desmond, a sociologist at Princeton University in New Jersey and director of the Eviction Lab, a centralized public database that tracks evictions nationwide, tweetedlast week thatfamilies often will mistakenly "see an eviction notice as an eviction order."
In Milwaukee, in 34% of cases in which a tenant received an eviction notice, they moved without going to court, said Desmond.
As of Jan. 23, the Eviction Lab found landlords have filed 227,396 evictions during the pandemic in 27 cities that keep digital records.
...
Another issue is that Biden's eviction moratorium protects only people who have been directly affected by the pandemic.
"If you’re an essential worker being paid $7.25 and were on the brink of eviction on Feb.1, 2019, the CDC eviction moratorium doesn’t allow that person to receive a stay on an eviction because they don’t qualify," said Andreanecia Morris, executive director of HousingNOLA, a community-led advocacy group out of New Orleans.