California To Pay Off All Past Due Rent Accrued Amid Pandemic
- 3 years ago
California To Pay Off
All Past Due Rent , Accrued Amid Pandemic.
According to a report by 'Newsweek,'
California will pay residents' past due rent
accrued during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that the
goal was to give renters a clean slate.
The Associated Press reports
that the state's $5.2 billion
from Congressionally-
approved aid packages is
enough to pay off overdue rent.
However, 'Newsweek' points out that just
$32 million out of $490 million in requests for rental assistance have been covered so far.
It also remains unsettled whether California will continue to ban evictions for unpaid rent beyond June 30.
Landlords point to the state's economic recovery as a reason not to extend
the eviction moratorium.
According to 'Newsweek,' while employment among middle and
high-wage jobs has increased...
... employment rates for people
making under $27,000 a year are
down over 38% since January 2020.
The stock market may be fine, we may be technically reopened, but people in low-wage jobs, which are disproportionately people of color, are not back yet, Madeline Howard, senior attorney for the Western Center on Law and Poverty, via 'Newsweek'.
Housing advocates have asked the state to
keep the eviction ban until unemployment
rates among low-income workers has
returned to pre-pandemic levels
All Past Due Rent , Accrued Amid Pandemic.
According to a report by 'Newsweek,'
California will pay residents' past due rent
accrued during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that the
goal was to give renters a clean slate.
The Associated Press reports
that the state's $5.2 billion
from Congressionally-
approved aid packages is
enough to pay off overdue rent.
However, 'Newsweek' points out that just
$32 million out of $490 million in requests for rental assistance have been covered so far.
It also remains unsettled whether California will continue to ban evictions for unpaid rent beyond June 30.
Landlords point to the state's economic recovery as a reason not to extend
the eviction moratorium.
According to 'Newsweek,' while employment among middle and
high-wage jobs has increased...
... employment rates for people
making under $27,000 a year are
down over 38% since January 2020.
The stock market may be fine, we may be technically reopened, but people in low-wage jobs, which are disproportionately people of color, are not back yet, Madeline Howard, senior attorney for the Western Center on Law and Poverty, via 'Newsweek'.
Housing advocates have asked the state to
keep the eviction ban until unemployment
rates among low-income workers has
returned to pre-pandemic levels