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Alabama renters could face eviction; emergency relief available
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Emergency rent help starting to reach more Alabamians hurt financially by pandemic
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But not every area of the city’s finances is immediately bouncing back.
Currently, there is cumulative $1.3 million difference between what’s been billed and what’s been collected in fiscal 2021 by the Water and Sewer Department.
The city usually writes off about $300,000 in unpaid water and sewer bills each year, but the effects of COVID-19 on the local workforce may see that total increase, officials said.
“We anticipate that being much higher this year,” said Susan Snowden, chief financial officer for the city of Tuscaloosa.
Much of that shortfall has resulted from the grace period imposed last year by Mayor Walt Maddox that prevented water and sewer services from being disconnected for delinquent water and sewer customers.
Montgomery County tenants and landlords can access $6M in federal funds made available last month to those struggling to stay current on rent and utility bills due to the impact of COVID-19. And with the recent passage of the American Rescue Act that allocated nationally upwards of $20B in emergency rental assistance, more money will likely be on the way.
Like the CDC’s eviction moratorium, twice extended from its proposed expiration date on December 31 last year to June 30, the latest injection of emergency cash is meant to stymie a surge in court-ordered removals that experts fear would exacerbate a public health crisis that has so far shown no sustained signs of abating.
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