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PHOENIX Nadeen Bender stood outside her home, a tattered two-man tent, surrounded by the re-purposed Amazon Prime boxes she uses to store her life’s belongings. One by one, she checked the cartons to make sure nothing had been stolen in the night.
When asked about her Christmas plans, the rail-thin 43-year-old said through a face mask, “to try to avoid it.” Then she burst into tears.
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The tent city that has served as Bender’s neighborhood for the past seven months is in the middle of downtown Phoenix, just down the road from luxury high-rise apartments and expensive restaurants.
Millions of struggling renters will likely be protected from eviction at least for another month.
The stimulus bill that was passed by Congress late Monday night extends a national ban on evictions until January 31. The moratorium, which was put in place by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in September to stop the spread of the coronavirus, was initially set to expire at the end of this month.
The package also provides $25 billion in emergency rental assistance. But the relief bill still needs to be signed by President Trump.
Should the package go through, neither of the measures will likely be enough to keep the most at-risk renters in their homes past January.
A view of tents at a homeless encampment in Phoenix, Arizona, on Dec. 18, 2020. REUTERS/Michelle Conlin MICHELLE CONLIN
PHOENIX, Ariz. â Nadeen Bender stood outside her home, a tattered two-man tent, surrounded by the repurposed Amazon Prime boxes she uses to store her lifeâs belongings. One by one, she checked the cartons to make sure nothing had been stolen in the night.
When asked about her Christmas plans, the rail-thin 43-year-old said through a face mask, âto try to avoid it.â Then she burst into tears.
The tent city that has served as Benderâs neighborhood for the past seven months is in the middle of downtown Phoenix, just down the road from luxury high-rise apartments and expensive restaurants.
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