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Real estate groups and tenants agree that rent relief from the federal government can’t come soon enough. (iStock)
Congress has finally reached a deal on a relief package that includes $25 billion in rental assistance, of which New York would receive $1.3 billion.
The National Low Income Housing Coalition estimates that California would receive $2.6 billion, twice as much as New York. Texas would receive $1.9 billion and Florida would receive $1.4 billion, according to the NLIHC estimate. It is up to states to determine how to spend the rental assistance funds, which include aid to state and local governments.
The measure would also extend the Centers for Disease Control’s limits on evictions for one month, until Jan. 31.
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When Tiffany Robinson heard about an order from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to stop evictions, it seemed like the life-raft she needed.
“I thought this is going to help,” said Robinson, “this is going to protect me.”
But Robinson soon found out that what’s often referred to as the “CDC Eviction Ban” is hardly a ban. Earlier this year after the pandemic hit, Robinson lost her job managing construction sites. She was living in Bridge City, Texas and struggling to survive and raise her three kids on unemployment benefits alone. When she started to fall behind on the rent, her landlord filed an eviction case.
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When Tiffany Robinson heard about an order from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to stop evictions, it seemed like the life-raft she needed. I thought, this is going to help, said Robinson. This is going to protect me.
But Robinson soon found out that what s often referred to as the CDC Eviction Ban is hardly a ban. Earlier this year after the pandemic hit, Robinson lost her job managing construction sites. She was living in Bridge City, Texas, and struggling to survive and raise her three kids on unemployment benefits alone. When she started to fall behind on the rent, her landlord filed an eviction case.
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Housing activists protest evictions in Massachusetts, which recently allowed its sweeping statewide eviction ban to expire. That leaves residents with only a much weaker eviction protection order from the Centers for Disease Control and prevention.
Michael Dwyer / AP
When Tiffany Robinson heard about an order from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to stop evictions, it seemed like the life raft she needed. I thought this is going to help, said Robinson, this is going to protect me.
But Robinson soon found out that what s often referred to as the CDC eviction ban is hardly a ban. This year after the coronavirus pandemic hit, Robinson lost her job managing construction sites. She was living in Bridge City, Texas, and was struggling to survive and raise her three kids on unemployment benefits alone. When she started to fall behind on her rent, her land
Activists Are Mobilizing to Create an Eviction-Free United States
Ronel Remy, an organizer with City Life / Vida Urbana, speaks during a Rally to Stop Evictions and Foreclosures at the Brewer Fountain in Boston on October 11, 2020.
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The signs posted in the first-floor windows of 1234 Pacific Street in Brooklyn tell an increasingly familiar story: “We are striking to cancel rent in New York state during the COVID-19 public health crisis. We are striking because we cannot pay, or in solidarity with those who cannot pay. We will not go hungry or without medical care in order to pay rent.”