Renters Prepare for Eviction After Supreme Court Ruling
So you own some rental property, and the government won't let you kick out renters who are not paying.
You see them spending "your" money on all kinds of other things, but they won't pay you.
The government sends them COVID money for not working, for having small children, etc, but you get none of it.
What am I missing?
Millions of renters are at risk of being evicted and the states and cities charged with providing emergency rental aid are unlikely to reach many in time, after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a national ban on most evictions Thursday night.
Landlords, with the exception of those in a handful of states and cities that have their own restrictions, will be able to go to court and obtain evictions for unpaid rent.
In most courts, eviction cases that have been delayed by judges for many months and can now begin to go forward again. In others, evictions that were approved and in the hands of marshals and sheriffs are ready to be executed. In states including Texas, some judges were allowing evictions to go forward, despite the ban.
Only about 11% of the $47 billion program for rental assistance created by Congress to help tenants and landlords and prevent evictions had been distributed, the U.S. Treasury Department said this week.
In a letter written Friday, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and other senior officials called on state and local leaders to do a better job distributing the aid by making the application process simpler.
The letter, which was also signed by Attorney General Merrick Garland and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge, was sent to all 50 state governors and thousands of mayors, a Treasury spokeswoman said.
New York said it would suspend eviction cases for tenants who have applied for rental assistance and are waiting to be approved. “New Yorkers should complete and submit their applications immediately,” said Gov. Kathy Hochul in a statement Friday. “This is urgent.”
California and New Jersey still have eviction protections on the books.
Tenants have missed rent payments during the pandemic because of job losses, loss of hours at jobs and other reasons. Some renters who became fully employed again after losing jobs have had trouble paying back the rent they owe from their time unemployed.
Some landlords have gone for months, sometimes more than a year, without receiving payments from tenants, straining their own finances.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention put the eviction ban in place last September out of concern that eviction activity could worsen the spread of Covid-19.
Landlords, with the exception of those in a handful of states and cities that have their own restrictions, will be able to go to court and obtain evictions for unpaid rent.
In most courts, eviction cases that have been delayed by judges for many months and can now begin to go forward again. In others, evictions that were approved and in the hands of marshals and sheriffs are ready to be executed. In states including Texas, some judges were allowing evictions to go forward, despite the ban.
Only about 11% of the $47 billion program for rental assistance created by Congress to help tenants and landlords and prevent evictions had been distributed, the U.S. Treasury Department said this week.
In a letter written Friday, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and other senior officials called on state and local leaders to do a better job distributing the aid by making the application process simpler.
The letter, which was also signed by Attorney General Merrick Garland and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge, was sent to all 50 state governors and thousands of mayors, a Treasury spokeswoman said.
New York said it would suspend eviction cases for tenants who have applied for rental assistance and are waiting to be approved. “New Yorkers should complete and submit their applications immediately,” said Gov. Kathy Hochul in a statement Friday. “This is urgent.”
California and New Jersey still have eviction protections on the books.
Tenants have missed rent payments during the pandemic because of job losses, loss of hours at jobs and other reasons. Some renters who became fully employed again after losing jobs have had trouble paying back the rent they owe from their time unemployed.
Some landlords have gone for months, sometimes more than a year, without receiving payments from tenants, straining their own finances.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention put the eviction ban in place last September out of concern that eviction activity could worsen the spread of Covid-19.
So you own some rental property, and the government won't let you kick out renters who are not paying.
You see them spending "your" money on all kinds of other things, but they won't pay you.
The government sends them COVID money for not working, for having small children, etc, but you get none of it.
What am I missing?
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