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Drake Goodman and Patty Palmer lease a studio apartment to Carter Haynes. But Haynes has not paid rent since last May, when the shelter-in-place orders caused his fledging restaurant to go out of business. While sympathetic to Haynes’s plight, the loss of rental income has severely damaged Goodman and Palmer’s own finances, and they are growing increasingly desperate. Can they evict Hayes? Should they?
As more Americans get vaccinated and the infection rates continue to decline, there is increasing debate on whether the crisis has passed such that businesses can begin operating normally. One of the flashpoints is evictions for non-payment of rent. Last September, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) issued an
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Landlords Say Tenants Are Not Tapping Rent Relief
A Maricopa County constable arrives to post an eviction order in Phoenix. As COVID-19 vaccinations continue and state leaders push for a return to normalcy, some states are lifting eviction moratoriums and leaving tenants in the hands of local courts.
John Moore
FORT WORTH, Texas
On the morning of April 8, landlord Margarita Palacios went before a Tarrant County, Texas, judge via Zoom and tried to explain why she wanted to evict a tenant who owed $4,350 in back rent.
Palacios, representing The Palace apartments, began to explain, “We sent her links to rental assistance programs and offered to help fill out the applications in our office, but ”
Texas Legal Guidance Highlights Challenges with CDC Moratorium and Landlords Should Take Note; Opines TenantScreeningUSA.com
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Recently Texas Justice Court Training Center released a new guidance related to the extended CDC eviction moratorium, one that may have significant impact on rental housing. Adam Almeida, President and CEO of TenantScreeningUSA.com opines: “The new guidance in Texas may allow for evictions to continue despite the recent extension of the CDC moratorium; and, subsequently, further highlights the need from all employers, not just in Texas but across the country, to work with a well-qualified third-party tenant screening agency, such as TenantScreeningUSA.com, in order to remain compliant with law.
Ron Raether, who discussed the use of COVID-19 vaccination passports. Raether shared that, “[t]here’s going to be different [vaccine] verification standards[;] there’s too much economic pressure to jump start all of these struggling economies.” It appears the Biden administration would agree with the statement;
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reported the administration is discussing the possibility of providing airlines guidance for the use of vaccine passports in hopes that it will “ramp up international air travel safely.” While the Biden administration previously stated it would not require businesses to use COVID-19 health applications, it will nonetheless publish usage guidance “that provides important answers to questions that Americans have, in particular around concerns about privacy, security, or discrimination, soon.” However, others don’t agree.