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Federal regulators trying to give tenants more protections when it comes to evictions
By: Scripps National
and last updated 2021-04-21 13:33:50-04
More protections for renters are set to take effect next month.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) says tenants will need written notice of their rights under the Centers for Disease Control and Preventionâs moratorium. It must come from landlords at the same time as an eviction notice.
It s meant to prevent any illegal evictions. However, renters should know the moratorium protections are not automatic and there is a form that needs to be filled out.
âThey should fill out the declaratory statement and give it to their landlord to receive those protections, and if theyâre able to, they should contact a legal aid attorney in their community that can help them through the process of staying stably housed,â said Diane Yentel, President and CEO of the National Low Income Housing Coalition
LOCKOUTS
No. Two different government orders prevent lockouts at this time.
The State Order
On March 19, 2020, New Jersey Governor Philip Murphy issued Executive Order 106, which suspended evictions throughout the state. This is called an “eviction moratorium,” and it means that, except in rare circumstances,
no tenant may be removed from his or her home as a result of an eviction proceeding. The state eviction moratorium will last until two months after Governor Murphy declares an end to the COVID-19 health crisis. The Governor has extended the official public health emergency several times, most recently through Executive Order 235, which will expire on May 15, 2021. Unless the Governor extends the emergency again, or ends it early, the eviction moratorium will therefore last at least until
Eviction bans helped stop COVID-19 spread in cities, study says
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Evictions in the United States have been banned since early in the COVID-19 pandemic, because of related lockdowns and job losses, which researchers say has helped limit spread of the coronavirus. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo
Eviction bans during the COVID-19 pandemic reduced infection rates not only in people who avoided displacement but also in their communities, according to a new study. When it comes to a transmissible disease like COVID-19, no neighborhood is entirely isolated, said study author Alison Hill, assistant professor of biomedical engineering at Johns Hopkins University, in Baltimore.
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