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Real systemic challenges that exists in our housing system where today about 90% of landlords show up to court with legal representation. but fewer than 10% of tenants do. so, you know, one of the structural solutions to this is to get right to counsel, so that all tenants who are threatened with losing their home have legal representation to help them defend it. the most important thing to do is stay in place, look for assistance in legal aid and also to see if there's assistance available through emergency rental assistance programs to help pay that back rent that might be owed. >> yeah, and...

Need for a literacy center. the after five year, they went up on my rent, and i was doing this out of pocket. i had 25,000 volumes of books that i had collected, so i started to sell the books and then i added the educational toys and games, and then it started to get busy. grandma's place is located in harlem. through the pandemic, the community came to my aid and helped me to raise the back rent, and i am always in debt to the community, and we support one another, and it is not going anywhere and i am going pass it on to my children and my children's childreren and it wi be here after i am ...

Building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. >> five point $2 billion to pay 100% of your back rent if you have been impacted directly a covid-19. >> that was governor newsom last july talking about the states rent relief program, but that program has a lot of problems. only a small percentage of applicants have actually seen the money. ama: california's rick -- rent relief housing key expires and many are still waiting for the money to come through. larry: what than half the applicants are still waiting for a simple response. that lack of response could b...

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Every time i see a sign that says, "we're closed." >> you know, my friend who's a chef and restauranteur in atlanta or georgia, tweeted out yesterday, buy gift certificates, and then burn them en masse. don't use them. but, listen, the other thing i would say, if you're going to a restaurant, this is hopefully, this will be short lived, we'll get through this. but i can tell you from personal experience, i have about $1 million in back rent that i owe right now. it's -- i don't know where that's coming from, but i've been lucky. i've had landlords that are working with me. a lot of other chefs...