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A door hanger tell tenants where they can learn more about eviction protections during the pandemic.
Austin Mayor Steve Adler and Travis County Judge Andy Brown have extended a ban on evictions until Feb. 1.
“In the next few weeks, many Travis County families will be celebrating holidays, a vaccine will become available for our community, and at the same time increasing COVID cases continue to be a challenge,” Brown wrote in an emailed statement. “Now is not the time to roll back these important protections. We must continue to make the health and safety of our community our number one priority.”
1) March 6: SXSW Canceled For the first time in 34 years, the multimedia South by Southwest Conference and Festivals were canceled, as Mayor Steve Adler and then-Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt declared a local state of disaster in light of growing fears about a potential outbreak of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Drive-through COVID-19 testing at a CommUnityCare site on April 10 (Photo by Jana Birchum)
2) March 13: COVID-19 Hits Home Austin Public Health officials announced that two people in Travis County were presumed to have contracted the novel coronavirus, making them the first cases of COVID-19 identified in Travis County. The announcement set off a chain reaction over the next 36 hours, as Austin ISD and UT canceled classes for the day and APH urged event organizers to strongly consider canceling or postponing events expected to exceed 250 people. The next day, the city and county prohibited such gatherings.
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