States grapple with next steps on evictions as crisis grows
Dec. 18, 2020 at 5:00 am
Marshall Reddick told tenants in a Santa Monica apartment building that they would face eviction for not paying rent during the coronavirus pandemic. (Trulia)
Sara Cline, Associated Press/Report for America
Ryan Bowser looked somber as he sat in his cramped Oregon apartment, worried whether he, his pregnant girlfriend and her 10-year-old daughter would have a roof over their heads in the new year. It may well depend on state lawmakers.
The family is three months behind on the $1,165 in rent they pay for their two-bedroom unit in the college town of Corvallis. Bowser, a custodian at Oregon State University, took eight weeks off because he was sick and couldn’t afford child care.
Here is the latest on the coronavirus outbreak in the region:
Long Island could soon be designated the state’s first COVID-19 “red zone”. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says any region that is in danger of reaching 90% hospital capacity within three weeks could be shut down under red-zone restrictions.
Latest data from the state shows 19% of hospital beds are still available on Long Island, near the 10% threshold for a red-zone.
On Long Island, the 7-day COVID-19 positive test rate is 6.14%. The rest of New York is 5.33%.
Suffolk County exceeded a daily COVID-19 positive rate of 8% this week. County Executive Steve Bellone says he does not put too much stock into any one day’s numbers, but “it’s clear the county is moving in the wrong direction.” The daily COVID-19 positive rate on Long Island also exceeded 7%, and the rest of New York exceeded 6% this week.
Eviction moratoriums instituted by 44 states beginning in March have mostly expired. In response, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued the federal moratorium in September that broadly prevents evictions through the end of 2020. The nationwide directive was seen as the best hope to prevent more than 23 million renters from being displaced.
Now, some states want to extend eviction bans further than the federal government. Lawmakers in heavily Democratic California are proposing their moratorium last until 2022, as long as renters pay at least 25% of their rent and attest to financial hardship.
And a six-month extension is the top issue for the Democratic-led Oregon Legislature in a special session Monday. Its one of 15 states where eviction moratoriums are now in place through year’s end, according to the Eviction Lab at Princeton University.
States grapple with next steps on evictions as crisis grows
by Sara Cline, The Associated Press
Posted Dec 17, 2020 12:02 am EDT
Last Updated Dec 17, 2020 at 12:12 am EDT
CORVALLIS, Ore. Ryan Bowser looked sombre as he sat in his cramped Oregon apartment, worried whether he, his pregnant girlfriend and her 10-year-old daughter would have a roof over their heads in the new year. It may well depend on state lawmakers.
The family is three months behind on the $1,165 in rent they pay for their two-bedroom unit in the college town of Corvallis. Bowser, a custodian at Oregon State University, took eight weeks off because he was sick and couldn’t afford child care.
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Taylor Wood and her boyfriend, Ryan Bowser, talk to Wood s 10-year-old daughter, Freya Wood, in their Corvallis, Ore., apartment on Dec. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Sara Cline) Previous Next
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States grapple with next steps on evictions as crisis grows
SARA CLINE | Associated Press/Report for America
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Ryan Bowser looked somber as he sat in his cramped Oregon apartment, worried whether he, his pregnant girlfriend and her 10-year-old daughter would have a roof over their heads in the new year. It may well depend on state lawmakers.
The family is three months behind on the $1,165 in rent they pay for their two-bedroom unit in the college town of Corvallis. Bowser, a custodian at Oregon State University, took eight weeks off because he was sick and couldn t afford child care.