5:01 As housing prices skyrocket, unemployment persists and wages are stagnant, housing security has become urgent. A federal judge last week struck down the CDC’s eviction moratorium. In New Mexico there are some local protections for renters, however, there are ways around those rules and many will soon expire. UNM law professor Serge Martinez talked to KUNM about working with law students and with the housing advocacy group Amparo to help Albuquerque’s most vulnerable people stay in their homes.
SERGE MARTINEZ: These are folks who are one financial hiccup away from financial disaster and one of the first places you feel that is in your housing situation. They are at risk every month of potentially not being able to make rent.