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Legal Aid of Roanoke Valley assisting locals get access to rent relief
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Eight years after moving into her Old Southwest apartment, Roanoke resident Rhenda Milman hopes a rent relief application or a long-awaited backlog of unemployment payments due to her will clear an outstanding balance with the landlord.
With a court hearing scheduled next week, Milman is one of hundreds of city residents facing the possibility of eviction. Although a recently extended federal order has stopped landlords from evicting pandemic-impacted tenants for now, the moratorium will end eventually â and tenants will still be responsible for paying all of their back rent.
âTrouble with unemployment,â Milman said. âIâm still waiting for months. Iâve not been able to get in touch with anyone from the unemployment office.â