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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said Thursday the state’s eviction protections will remain in place through the end of October because counties aren’t getting federal and state COVID-19 relief funds intended for rental assistance out fast enough ahead of the current moratorium that was set to expire Sept. 30.
EXPLAINER: WA tenants get modified eviction reprieve By Rachel La Corte article FILE - A banner against renters eviction is displayed on a controlled rent building in Washington, D.C. on Aug. 9, 2020. (ERIC BARADAT/AFP via Getty Images) OLYMPIA, Wash. - A federal freeze on most evictions enacted last year is scheduled to expire July 31, after the Biden administration extended the date by a month. The moratorium, put in place by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in September, was the only tool keeping millions of tenants in their homes. Many of them lost jobs during the coronavi...
Washington governor extends eviction moratorium to Sept. 30 By RACHEL LA CORTEJune 24, 2021 GMT OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announced Thursday he was extending the state’s eviction moratorium to Sept. 30, with some modifications, to ensure that federal COVID-19 relief funds intended for rental assistance are able to be accessed in time. Inslee’s announcement came hours after the Biden administration extended the nationwide ban on evictions for a month, though the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said this latest federal extension is intended to be the fina...
Close Associated PressIn this photo taken Oct. 14, housing activists erect a sign in Swampscott, Mass. A federal freeze on most evictions is set to expire soon. The moratorium, put in place by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in September, was the only tool keeping millions of tenants in their homes. Idaho, Washington renters facing differing circumstances Idaho tenants wonât be protected from evictions when federal ban ends July 31; Washington moratorium stays in place until Sept. 30 Associated Press
Policymakers have taken several actions in recent months to mitigate housing-related hardship. The Trump Administration and Congress provided $25 billion for rental assistance in December’s COVID-19 relief package, for example, and the Biden Administration recently extended a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention order prohibiting most evictions through the end of March. This assistance, while substantial, will likely be enough to help only a fraction of the 13 million renters who have fallen behind on their rent. Analysts’ estimates of the amount of back rent these renters owe vary ...