Democrats and their liberal economic advisers obsess about income inequality. Will someone please tell them that no act in modern times has widened the gap between the rich and the poor more than the lockdowns going on right now?
Diane Yentel, the president and CEO of the leftist National Low Income Housing Coalition, said, âThe majority of the up to 17 million households at risk of losing their homes this winter are people of color.â
Politico reported that minorities and the poor have âbeen more vulnerable to job and income losses from the ensuing economic crisis, in large part because Black and Latino workers are over-represented in the service industries wiped out by shutdowns.â
Justin Eby spent months sounding the alarm about the stateâs $150 million rent relief program.
Ebyâs concerns began in July when the program was launched and his team at the Lancaster County Housing and Redevelopment Authority was tasked with creating a process to disburse the countyâs share of the relief funds â $2 million â to renters who had experienced job loss due to COVID-19.
It was immediately evident to Eby that the program was plagued by problems: the application process was complicated and time consuming; the requirement that renters be 30 days in arrears limited the pool of eligible renters; and the legislatively mandated monthly rent cap of $750 discouraged some landlords from participating, meaning their tenantsâ applications would be denied.
Renters facing eviction to get a reprieve from the state, and from the federal stimulus
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Alice Prael, of New Haven, left, and Adam, who didn’t want to give his last name, stand with signs in front of Bradshaw’s house during an emergency hearing. “I’m just here to support as much as I can,” Prael said.
With state and federal restrictions on who can be evicted set to expire Dec. 31, a trio of state and federal developments will help keep many Connecticut renters in their homes through at least the end of January.
Gov. Ned Lamont announced Thursday he plans to extend the state’s eviction moratorium until Feb. 9. Congressional leaders announced Sunday evening they reached a deal on an economic stimulus package that housing advocates estimate will send an estimated $237.3 million to help Connecticut residents pay rent. The deal also extends the federal order to halt some evictions through January.
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Renters who have fallen behind on their monthly payments because of the income they’ve lost due to the coronavirus pandemic have received some good news.
Congress is expected to extend the nationwide eviction moratorium by one month, as part of the $900 billion economic recovery package that was agreed to on Sunday night.
What You Need To Know
Rent activists say there are too many loopholes in the eviction moratorium
Evictions are still being filed but not completed
Past-due renters are concerned that an eviction could keep them from finding suitable housing in the future
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