The Eviction Ban Worked, but It's Almost Over. Some Landlords Are Getting Ready.

[alwaysinasnit]

https://www.propublica.org/article/the-eviction-ban-worked-but-its-almost-over-some-landlords-are-getting-ready

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Starting July 25, a key component of the federal eviction moratorium is set to expire, allowing landlords that operate federally backed rental properties to give their tenants 30 days’ notice to vacate. After that period, landlords can file for eviction. Axiom has made it clear that it intends to take swift legal action once the protections run out.

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The ban on evictions at federally backed properties that Congress passed in March as part of the CARES Act has played a significant role in shielding the nation’s renters from the risk of losing their homes during the pandemic, a ProPublica analysis of eviction cases filed before and during the pandemic shows.

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But both expanded unemployment payments and the federal eviction ban are set to wind down at the end of the month, and eviction filings have started to tick up in recent weeks as courts in many jurisdictions are either scheduled to or have already reopened.

That sets the stage for a potential crisis for renters and landlords alike if lawmakers don’t extend measures to support renters as Congress returned to session this week, housing advocates say.

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[louis-t]

1. I have a client that has a tenant

that got a stim check, got unemployment for more than he was making, returned to work at full pay yet stopped paying in Feb. Luckily, the moratorium on eviction ended last week. Some people just take advantage.

[alwaysinasnit]

3. Abuses are always a risk, but I think they are a small minority.

[Maven]

2. My God, what a nightmare.

Imagine being so evil that you'd rush to court to make someone homeless after they lost their job in a pandemic.

Our hypercapitalist society is sick and broken.

[alwaysinasnit]

4. I agree with regard to corporate owners, but there are some mom and pop owners who have to pay

mortgages and other expenditures. They are caught between a rock and a hard place.

[obamanut2012]

7. Bad business to depend on rent or air bnb to pay a mortgage

[alwaysinasnit]

10. I don't think this is a recent development about mom and pop rentals. My parents rented

the upstairs unit in the building they purchased in 1960. The rent supplemented my father's income and when he passed away, my mother was able to live off this income. But they did have a mortgage to pay for 20 years together with other maintenance costs.

[gopiscrap]

5. I totally agree

money is all trump and his asshole minions care about...this is why you should never elect a "business person" as president the president should always have had some governmental elected experience

[uponit7771]

6. K&R, Banks need to be told to back off property payment requirements. Most complex owners don't ...

... outright own their properties.

Then there would be no excuse to evict people

[phylny]

8. I honestly don't understand this.

Are there hundreds and thousands of people waiting to rent apartments and properties after someone else is evicted?

[pfitz59]

9. Washington State extended the ban until October

with the caveat that pay if you can. I think landlords have recourse if they prove tenants can pay.

[stopbush]

11. We rent. Have been in the same place for 5 years.

Things got tight in May as we waited for CA EDD to figure out our UI claims and start paying. We have a good relationship with our landlord, who let us pay the second half of our May rent after the 15th.

Since then, we’re back on schedule. We have the rent ready for Aug, and will also be able to cover Sept rent and our other expenses.

But after Sept? Well, if the $600 goes away, we will be in bad shape. My wife is a cosmetologist. She went back to work a month ago but was laid off again last week when CA shut down hair salons again. CA benefits + $600 was equivalent to her normal earnings. CA benefits + $600 is a little below my normal freelance earnings. We cannot afford to lose out on $4800 a month if the $600 goes away. We would be down to maybe 30% of our normal monthly income. Realize that the top weekly UI rate in CA is only $450, and neither of us is getting that top rate (in fact, as my UI benefit is based on 1099 earnings, CA gives me only $167 a week). Our rent is $3200 a month.

Not every renter is making life hard for their landlord, but if the government shuts down our places of employment and doesn’t provide financial relief, we have no money. My wife cannot work in her trade right now. She would be fined and maybe lose her license.

It’s getting scary.

[central scrutinizer]

12. Lose your address, voter registration is invalid

Win win for the repukes.

[alittlelark]

13. Karma will bite them in the COVID

Yeah, throw the families to the streets



I dare YA

[hydrolastic]

14. Eviction restrictions don't make any sense

So you lose your job through the pandemic and then your racking up debt with no way to pay for it, Then your evicted with no money later when its lifted. This is a train wreck about to happen. Why didn't they just put a mortgage and rental freeze. Everybody stays home with no worries. Would have been a noble thing for the banks to do after they were bailed out in 2008. WOW no profit for a bit. The Goldman Sachs banker boys that Trump brought in just couldn't do that! Evict 45!

[hunter]

15. The population density of our neighborhood seems to be increasing...

... as young people move in with their parents and grandparents.

These are young people who would have been living away at college, or were living in their own apartments and working in industries badly impacted by this pandemic.

I have nieces and nephews who have moved back in with their parents, something they never expected would happen.

Our neighbors have grandparents and great grandparents moving in to watch children who would otherwise be in school and daycare.

Extending unemployment benefits helps landlords as well.

If we have to increase taxes on the wealthy to prevent serious economic problems, so be it. We're all in this together, this virus is a danger to all humans.