Houston-Area Judges Are Evicting Renters Who Could Be Protected Under Federal Order
Last March, Madeline Lofland lost her job as a nanny. She wasn’t in a bad financial situation before the pandemic, and she was able to keep paying rent for months with her savings.
But the 23-year-old, who lives in a one-bedroom apartment in Northwest Harris County, found that her unemployment check didn’t cover all of her rent, and when her savings ran out, she gave her landlord the form that’s supposed to stop her eviction under an order issued last September by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — an order that’s meant to slow the spread of COVID-19 by making sure people don’t become homeless or move into crowded shared housing.
“Everything on the CDC declaration applies to me. I’ve tried my best to make partial payments. I was paying my rent seven months after I lost my job,” Lofland said. “I’m constantly looking for a job. I miss having a job.”
But her landlord pushed back, filing a lawsuit to evict her.
Read more: https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/houston-area-judges-are-evicting-renters-who-could-be-protected-under-federal-order/
Heartless Republican judges that disobey federal orders should be removed from their cushy court jobs and see how easy it is to pay their rent/mortgage. Maybe Judge Jeff Williams can move back home with his parents?
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article about this a few days ago. Single women are affected most. They had low er paying service jobs which dried up. and the little savings they had went quickly.
Poverty is becoming more prevalent in the USA
