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It’s been a bad year. You lost a lot of work because of the pandemic. You haven’t been able to pay the rent in months. And now your landlord tells you it’s either pay up or pack up.
So do you go? Right now? Pack up your home and leave, with an eviction on your record that will put you in another bad spot when you try to find somewhere else to live?
The truth is, a lot of people would go, mainly because they don’t know they might have options – and allies.
The
Columbia branch of the NAACP has launched a pilot program that aims to let tenants affected financially by the coronavirus pandemic know what those options might be; it also lets landlords know what
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Estimated 19,000 US citizen children in SC will not receive stimulus checks over parents documentation
Estimated 19,000 US citizen children in SC will not receive stimulus checks over parents documentati By Chris Joseph | December 28, 2020 at 9:27 PM EST - Updated December 29 at 5:31 AM
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Congressional relief in the form of stimulus checks is coming for American citizens, just not all of them.
President Donald Trump signed the bill on Sunday, which expanded the eligibility for the checks to people whose spouse or parent is undocumented.
However, if both parents are undocumented, no relief checks will be going to those U.S. citizen children.
CDC suspension on evictions set to expire in days, protection not automatic Advocates for justice are sounding the alarm on what they say could be a major housing crisis. (Source: WAVE 3 News) By Emily Scarlett | December 18, 2020 at 11:52 AM EST - Updated December 18 at 1:18 PM
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Advocates for justice are sounding the alarm on what they say could be a major housing crisis if the current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suspension on evictions isn’t extended.
The stay is currently set to expire Dec. 31, 2020.
The homepage of the
South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center website, right away, provides COVID-19 resources. It’s a statewide organization, which offers advocacy and litigation on behalf of underserved South Carolinians.