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Like many Houstonians still experiencing unemployment related to the pandemic, Ben Abell is having a difficult year.
First, he lost his job in oil and gas. Then he and his partner split up, and he had to move out. He s optimistic about finding a new job. And for now, he s couch surfing. I got demoted from full-time to part-time, which they explicitly told me was not performance-related, and I understood. It was what it was. The work slowed down,” Abell said. “And then from there, it just dried up.”
A Happier New Year: Eviction, Foreclosure Freeze Extended Into 2021 for Lucky Few
A Happier New Year: Eviction, Foreclosure Freeze Extended Into 2021 for Lucky Few
Many renters and homeowners won t lose the roof over their heads at the end of the year as the eviction and foreclosure moratoriums have been extended.
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Many renters and homeowners won t have to worry about losing the roof over their heads this new year. And least not at first.
The Federal Housing Administration announced on Monday that it is extending the eviction and foreclosure moratoriums through February. They were set to expire at the end of the year.
Austin-Travis County extend eviction protections until February 1
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Mayor Steve Adler and Travis County Judge Andy Brown signed the orders Dec. 17. We know the efforts taken by the City of Austin and Travis County to protect tenants from eviction during this pandemic are working to keep our community more safe, said Brown in a release. 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. 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.
The federal ban on evictions expires in January. For millions that s when huge problems start.
Millions of U.S. renters face the prospect of eviction in January unless federal officials extend protections put in place during the Covid-19 pandemic.
That month is when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention s ban on evictions is set to expire. The moratorium protects tenants who have missed monthly rent payments from being thrown out of their homes if they declare financial hardship. The CDC ordered the halt on evictions under the Public Health Service Act, which allows the federal government to enact regulations that help stop the spread of infectious diseases.
Denton City Council member Deb Armintor has proposed a relief package that would prohibit landlords from posting notices to vacate to tenants â a legal prerequisite in the eviction process â and subsequent measures designed to preempt what she feels would become a crisis here after the federal moratorium on evictions expires on Dec. 31.
In a procedural move on Thursday, when she and other council members are scheduled to meet, she will ask her colleagues for a one-minute emergency proposal on what she calls LEEP, or Local Emergency Eviction Prohibition. Council members, in such a scenario, are given a minute to explain why the other council members should consider discussing the item. If a consensus is reached â a majority of the seven-member council â debate would begin on the item.