The Ithaca Tenants Union, which has made national headlines for its #cancelrent campaign, has partnered with the Cornell Law School and the Legal Aid Society of Mid-New York (LASMNY) to create a legal advice housing hotline as a resource for local renters dealing with issues from eviction to...Continue reading >
Long Beach’s current ban on evictions due to nonpayment — in place since March to protect renters from displacement during the coronavirus pandemic — is set to expire July 31, and it’s unclear whether it will be extended. California Gov. Gavin Newsom has so far allowed local governments to ban...Continue reading >
The Texas Workforce Commission, an agency that oversees unemployment benefits, estimates that it overpaid by $32 million, the Houston Chronicle reported Monday. The commission has sent 46,000 notices to people, saying they were overpaid or ineligible to receive benefits. Elizabeth Vargas received...Continue reading >
On Tuesday, Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced that an executive order which mandates public agencies put a hold on residential evictions and eviction filings would be extended through August 31. The move calls on Atlanta Housing, Atlanta Beltline, Inc., the Fulton County/City of Atlanta Land...Continue reading >
Local agencies that offer rental assistance are bracing for new eviction cases in the coming weeks, excluding those receiving a longer reprieve because of the federal CARES Act (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security). “I think several landlords and their attorneys ... purposefully didn’t...Continue reading >
Advocates have warned since the beginning of the pandemic that the 2.4 million farmworkers who plant and harvest the nation’s food live and labor under conditions that make them extremely vulnerable to the novel coronavirus. As the situation in Monterey illustrates, cramped living quarters,...Continue reading >
The federal CARES ACT moratorium on evictions for people in subsidized housing, established during the pandemic, is set to expire soon. And that's confusing renters and courts alike. John Petit heads up Community Legal Aid's housing and consumer programs across eight counties. Petit says they...Continue reading >
Courts around Virginia began working their way through a backlog of more than 12,000 eviction cases last week as a statewide moratorium expired, with many judges apparently declining a last-minute request from Gov. Ralph Northam to continue the stay at the local level. District courts docketed more...Continue reading >
It's the start of the month, which means housing payments are due for many Montanans. Amid the economic fallout of the novel coronavirus pandemic, there doesn't yet appear to be large spikes in evictions and foreclosures. However, state officials are still having trouble distributing federal...Continue reading >
Akron Municipal Court on Monday will resume eviction hearings for the first time since March. The hearings will be held mostly over Zoom, a video conferencing service, but will be closed to the public. John Petit, a lawyer with Community Legal Aid, said he is concerned there might be an “avalanche...Continue reading >
