As the coronavirus pandemic enters its fifth month, an increasing number of renters from across the country are facing a grim reality -- possible eviction.
pandemic enters its fifth month, an increasing number of renters from across the country are facing a grim reality -- possible eviction.
Shanyka Phillips, a mother of two in New Orleans, has been unemployed for more than three months after the clothing store she worked in closed due to the pandemic. She fears eviction.Phillips lives in an apartment that she describes as leaky, and has been unemployed since the clothing store she worked at shut down three months ago.
New Orleans is just one of an increasing number of places where protections for tenants are starting to phase out, even as coronavirus cases rise in some areas of the country.The 120-day moratorium on evictions in federally assisted housing properties mandated by the CARES Act is also set to expire on July 25th. According to the Urban Institute, that moratorium covers roughly 12.3 million out of the 43.8 million rental units in the U.S. -- one in four units.
"Folks here know what's coming down the pike. We, unfortunately, have had more than our share of experience dealing with disasters and governmental failures," Hill told ABC News. Lawyer Winfield, 53, says the rising number of eviction cases in Louisiana should be treated as a crisis because of their relation to the coronavirus pandemic. He is trying to keep his home.
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