see url:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/07/30/evictions-moratorium-expire-rental-assistance/
see full article...It is one of the phenomenons of our most advanced and
wealthy societies that homelessness and hunger and poverty and a lack of
care for the most vulnerable; have become so prevalent on the pavements
and sidewalks of our large cities. Of course, democracy isn't about
that or such human rights as to be free of such burdens...but more about
how the surplus wealth and goodies is apportioned out amongst those who
are in less need of it...we call it equality...or equity...and not equal
opportunity...
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When the pandemic hit, Angela Bears was afraid that she would bring the
virus home to her 3-year-old son, who was in treatment for kidney cancer.
She fell behind on rent for her Kansas City, Mo., home when she decided
it was safer to stop going to her warehouse job. Bears said she applied
for rental assistance multiple times this spring but never heard back.
Without any government aid, she is now $5,000 behind on her rent and
fearing eviction. She is asking for donations online to stay in her home.
“I’ve got boxes. I’ve started packing,” Bears said. “The only thing at
this point that matters to me is that my son doesn’t get sick.”
Bears is one of thousands of Americans who have been shortchanged by a
yawning disconnect between two well-meaning policies lawmakers passed in
response to the pandemic.
One, a federal ban on some evictions, is set to expire Saturday.
Another, a $46.5 billion emergency fund aimed at getting rent to tenants
at risk of eviction, has been painfully slow to get off the ground, with
some states and counties unable to spend even a dollar of the money they
were provided months earlier.
The expiration of the federal moratorium, following a last-ditch effort
by congressional Democrats to revive it that is expected to fail, will
leave renters with few pandemic-era protections as courts begin
processing steep backlogs of eviction cases. Only nine states and D.C.
have some kind of emergency protections for tenants that will last into
August, according to an analysis by The Washington Post.
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