Back in December, Congress approved $25 billion for rent relief as part of the second pandemic overhaul, and earlier this year, the White House authorized an additional $21.6 billion from President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan for the same provision.
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Mehran Mossaddad is a single dad who drives Uber for a living, but when the pandemic hit he stopped because he couldn t leave his daughter home alone. He fell behind on rent and is facing eviction. JUNE 8, 2021 Lynsey Weatherspoon for NPR
Mehran Mossaddad has spent much of the pandemic scared and lying awake at night. He s a single dad with an 10-year-old daughter living outside Atlanta. I get panic attacks not knowing what s in store for us, he says. I have to take care of her.
Mossaddad drives Uber for a living, but when the pandemic hit he stopped because he couldn t leave his daughter home alone. As a result, he s fallen more than $15,000 behind on his rent, and his landlord has filed an eviction case against him.
Mehran Mossaddad has spent much of the pandemic scared and lying awake at night. He's a single dad with an 10-year-old daughter living outside Atlanta
Originally published on June 10, 2021 2:39 am
Mehran Mossaddad has spent much of the pandemic scared and lying awake at night. He s a single dad with an 10-year-old daughter living outside Atlanta. I get panic attacks not knowing what s in store for us, he says. I have to take care of her.
Mossaddad drives Uber for a living, but when the pandemic hit he stopped because he couldn t leave his daughter home alone. As a result, he s fallen more than $15,000 behind on his rent, and his landlord has filed an eviction case against him.
So back in March, when a federal moratorium on evictions got extended, and he heard Congress had approved nearly $50 billion for people to catch up on rent and avoid eviction, Mossaddad thought help was on the way.