The federal eviction ban will expire at the end of this month, which has increased concerns about the fate of the 7 million tenants who still owe rent. According to the most recent U.S. Census report.
The eviction ban was issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to protect many tenants who cannot pay rent.The expiration date of the suspension, which has been extended several times, is now set to July 31, with the purpose of “The final extension of the suspension.”
Danien Johnson is the head of the Alexandria Deportation Prevention Cooperation Organization in Northern Virginia, and is also the social service provider of ALIVE! Tell NPR Some tenants are so worried about being evicted that they won’t even open the mail.
“Many of us can’t do anything,” she said. “They don’t want to answer the phone. The landlord might even call them and try to help them.”
The government is facing increasing pressure to increase emergency rent relief for tenants and landlords.Has stepped up efforts to distribute some US$46 billion in emergency rental assistance And stop the deportation case before they go to court. However, the cooperative relationship between tenants, landlords and agents is not always strong.
The US Treasury Department reported last week that by the end of May, only US$1.5 billion of the initial US$25 billion in emergency assistance had been used up.Since then, more funds have begun to flow in, but state and local governments have Months Start and run their programs
according to Recent surveys by the Urban Research Institute, More than half of tenants and 40% of small landlords don’t even know the emergency rent assistance program that will be provided by September next year.
Biden Senior Advisor Gene Sperling Tell NPR This country is racing against time, and emergency rent assistance is only gradually decreasing.
“We ask our state and local governments to do everything they can to fill this gap as quickly as possible,” he said. “Some are rising admirably. Some are lagging. But we must all do better.”
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