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Pandemic Relief and the Georgia Elections By Ben Jealous Ben Jealous (Courtesy photo) Fair warning: this isn’t a traditional Christmas-week column.  If we think of clarity as a kind of gift, though, we can be grateful that the effort to pass a much-needed COVID-19 relief bill in the waning days of this Congress makes one thing crystal clear: hurting families and small businesses will be abandoned if Republicans keep control of the U.S. Senate by winning Georgia’s January 5 runoff elections. There is some good news. The $900 billion package includes emergency relief for renters, ...

Channel3000.com December 21, 2020 5:05 PM Kelly Anne Smith - Forbes Advisor Posted: Updated: December 23, 2020 6:42 AM The stimulus package agreed on by Congress this week provides relief for renters worried about making ends meet as the pandemic drags on. But that sense of security may be short-lived for many unless political leaders take further action to prevent evictions. The Consolidated Appropriations Act includes an extension of the CDC’s eviction moratorium for renters through Jan. 31, 2021. It also offers monetary relief to some renters in distress, although the details o...

States grapple with next steps on evictions as crisis grows Dec. 18, 2020 at 5:00 am Marshall Reddick told tenants in a Santa Monica apartment building that they would face eviction for not paying rent during the coronavirus pandemic. (Trulia) Sara Cline, Associated Press/Report for America Ryan Bowser looked somber as he sat in his cramped Oregon apartment, worried whether he, his pregnant girlfriend and her 10-year-old daughter would have a roof over their heads in the new year. It may well depend on state lawmakers. The family is three months behind on the $1,165 in rent they pay for their...

Eviction moratoriums instituted by 44 states beginning in March have mostly expired. In response, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued the federal moratorium in September that broadly prevents evictions through the end of 2020. The nationwide directive was seen as the best hope to prevent more than 23 million renters from being displaced. Now, some states want to extend eviction bans further than the federal government. Lawmakers in heavily Democratic California are proposing their moratorium last until 2022, as long as renters pay at least 25% of their rent and attest to fin...

States grapple with next steps on evictions as crisis grows by Sara Cline, The Associated Press Posted Dec 17, 2020 12:02 am EDT Last Updated Dec 17, 2020 at 12:12 am EDT CORVALLIS, Ore. — Ryan Bowser looked sombre as he sat in his cramped Oregon apartment, worried whether he, his pregnant girlfriend and her 10-year-old daughter would have a roof over their heads in the new year. It may well depend on state lawmakers. The family is three months behind on the $1,165 in rent they pay for their two-bedroom unit in the college town of Corvallis. Bowser, a custodian at Oregon State University, t...