Across The Nation, Tenants Face Eviction As Republicans Allow Federal Protections And Enhanced Unemployment Benefits To Lapse
Lexington Herald-Leader (KY): Hundreds Of Evictions In Fayette County Set To Resume Despite Pandemic, Mass Confusion
LA Times (CA): These Essential Workers Face Evictions And Could Become Homeless During Pandemic
Georgia Recorder (GA): Eviction Hearings Pick Up Across Georgia After Jobless Benefits Shrink
Prince William Times (VA): Dumfries Man Endured COVID-19. Now He's Facing Eviction
ABC News 4 (SC): Evictions Loom As Lowcountry Families Grapple With Back To School Plans
Washington, D.C. – It has been over three months since Democrats in the House of Representatives passed the Heroes Act, which would provide $100 billion to help renters pay rent and $75 billion to help homeowners pay their mortgages. But because of Republican inaction, protections against evictions have expired and expanded unemployment benefits have lapsed. It’s time for Senate Republicans and the Trump administration to get serious about helping the American people suffering through the coronavirus pandemic.
The Guardian: ‘I Am Beside Myself’: Millions In The US Face Evictions Amid Looming Crisis. “Florence Hobbs hopped around her apartment on a broken ankle, trying to pack everything she owned as fast as was possible. Her landlord had given her a 24-hour eviction notice and she didn’t want her things tossed out of the apartment in Charleston, South Carolina, when the clock ran out… About 1,000 miles north-west, Sheri and Dean Slater, both 64 years old, have one week to move out of their apartment in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They are vulnerable to the effects of Covid-19 because of their age and underlying health conditions.” [The Guardian, 8/25/20]
USA Today: 'We Shouldn’t Have To Beg': Americans Struggle Without Unemployment Aid As Congress Stalls On Extending Benefits. “Cody Waymack and his wife are struggling to survive with their two children after the extra $600 a week in federal unemployment benefits expired in late July. Now the family is living off each of their weekly state unemployment checks: $96 and $48… ‘It was a heartbreaker,’ says Waymack, 32, who has seen his apartment complex post eviction notices on his neighbors’ doors this month. He’s worried his family will be next because they can’t afford to pay their rent come Sept. 1.” [USA Today, 8/25/20]
Washington Post: Debt, Eviction And Hunger: Millions Fall Back Into Crisis As Stimulus And Safety Nets Vanish. “Struggling people are raising rent money on GoFundMe and asking for help with groceries on Facebook Marketplace. In New Orleans, some have staged sit-ins in front of courthouses to block eviction hearings, with signs urging the local government to cancel rent: ‘You can’t wash your hands if you don’t have a sink.’ Karin Smith, 52, of Jupiter, Fla., recently opened the two-bedroom townhouse she shares with her 13-year-old son to a fellow single mom with a daughter. They’re all facing eviction, much like the 22 million other Americans behind on their rent.” [Washington Post, 8/23/20]
New York Times: They’re Making The Rent. Is It Costing Their Future? “Lindsey Henderson, a laid-off retail bagging assistant from Round Rock, Texas, has been paying her rent with a Chase Freedom credit card so that she and her husband can preserve cash and accrue points that help save on food and gas. Olivia Meaders, a 24-year-old woman in Beaverton, Ore., was laid off twice — once in March, and again in July — from her job as a retail manager at a men’s apparel store. To make enough money to pay rent, she began making deliveries for Postmates. Randy Ping, a 49-year-old street performer in Manchester Township, N.J., received $3,000 in donations from friends and has paid his rent through September, but he expects to miss his payment for October and move out shortly after.” [New York Times, 8/21/20]
NPR: 'A Homeless Pandemic' Looms As 30 Million Are At Risk Of Eviction. “Cruz Santos thought her life was finally turning around in early March when she found a job at a shoe store after months of looking. Two weeks later, the store shut down, throwing her back onto the unemployment lines, and leaving her and her three school-age kids at risk of losing the one-bedroom Bronx apartment where they live. ‘I don't know what's going to happen and if they're going to kick me out of my apartment…’ Santos says.” [NPR, 8/10/20]
VIDEO: CNN: She's Out Of Work And Facing Eviction. She's Not Alone. “Up to 40 million renters are at risk of losing their home by the end of 2020. It's a crisis that's disproportionately affecting Black and Latinx renters, and mothers.” [CNN, 8/7/20]
AP: Wave Of Evictions Expected As Moratoriums End In Many States. “Kelyn Yanez used to clean homes during the day and wait tables at night in the Houston area before the coronavirus. But the mother of three lost both jobs in March because of the pandemic and now is facing eviction. The Honduran immigrant got help from a local church to pay part of July’s rent but was still hundreds of dollars short and is now awaiting a three-day notice to vacate the apartment where she lives with her children. She has no idea how she will meet her August rent.” [AP, 8/4/20]
ProPublica: The Eviction Ban Worked, But It’s Almost Over. Some Landlords Are Getting Ready. “One Axiom tenant, who asked that her name not be used for fear of retribution from her landlord, told ProPublica that she fell behind on rent in early April when her 4-year-old’s day care closed because of the pandemic. She was forced to leave her job at a staffing firm to take care of the child, who has severe autism… In May, she received a three-day notice to pay what she owed or leave her home.” [ProPublica, 7/24/20]
Vice: The Eviction Crisis Is Already Here And It's Crushing Black Moms. “In late March, Lacresha Lewis was fired from her job as a package handler at FedEx. She had called out of multiple shifts because she couldn’t find anyone to care for her three kids, she said. Once the coronavirus pandemic closed schools, they were stuck at home. ‘I knew without that job, I wasn’t going to be able to make the full payment of rent,’ said the 35-year-old single mother, who is Black. She pays $1,025 a month for an apartment in Beaumont, Texas, and her stimulus check came just in time for her to make April’s rent. But in the months that followed, Lewis quickly fell behind… About two weeks ago, her landlord told her they’d proceed with evictions in August, Lewis said.” [Vice, 7/24/20]
CBS News: Millions Face Homelessness As End Of Eviction Moratorium Looms. “In Miami, a mother of three called CBS News while she searched for a job. ‘Trying to figure everything out for, you know, for my kids' sake,’ the woman said, who did not want to be identified. She was evicted in May after the restaurant where she was a waitress shutdown.” [CBS News, 7/24/20]
CALIFORNIA
LA Times: These Essential Workers Face Evictions And Could Become Homeless During Pandemic. “Three weeks ago on a Saturday evening, Irma Barbosa was startled by a knock on her door in this San Joaquin Valley town. It was the landlord’s son. She was two months behind on her rent. As she stood in the faded yellow threshold of her $300 unit, which lacks running water and is nearly entirely filled by a twin bed, he told her to be gone by 5 a.m. the next day, she said. Barbosa speaks little English, lacks immigration documents and was panicked at the thought of being homeless within hours, she said through an interpreter.” [LA Times, 8/13/20]
El Tecolote: Faces of Eviction: East Palo Alto Renters Band Together To Push For Rental Relief. “Laura Rubio, a 46-year-old single mother who lives in East Palo Alto and works cleaning houses, lost much of her income as a result of COVID-19 and has been unable to pay her rent regularly. Fearing that she and her daughter, a college student, could be evicted, she has turned to organizing others in her Latino community who are also at risk of eviction to push for rental relief… Many are undocumented, and therefore do not qualify for any federal or state aid. ‘We still try to make whatever payments we can towards rent, but we need more time and support,’ she says.” [El Tecolote, 8/13/20]
Daily News: Evictions Begin For 1,000 LA County Renters With Pre-COVID Judgments. “Betty Ordaz, 55, isn’t sure where to go next… Her landlord’s earlier tongue-lashing calling her “lazy” reverberated in her head, even as supportive neighbors looked on Wednesday morning. They were there waiting for the Sheriff’s Department to serve an eviction order at her home of four years.” [Daily News, 8/6/20]
FLORIDA
First Coast News: Single Mother Begs Florida Gov. DeSantis To Apply For Lost Wage Assistance As She Prepares To Be Evicted. “Stone only receives $148 per week. Stone is contemplating if each dollar will go to food, utilities, rent or her car, but $148 doesn’t cover it all. ‘The food I get I make sure he eats before I do. I’ll eat leftovers, I’ll eat whatever he doesn’t want to eat,’ she said. Stone said if the governor doesn’t apply for LWA to get her that extra $300 per week, she’s going to lose everything. ‘Come September, I’m going to be homeless with my son because the governor is not wanting to help me,’ Stone said.” [First Coast News, 8/22/20]
Miami Herald: Miami-Dade Is Processing Evictions Again. What That Means For Renters And Landlords. “‘I’ve been trying to pay whatever I can, and my general manager sent the landlord a letter stating that I was back at work,’ Walden said. ‘I told them I’m going to pay. I’m expecting to get paid this Friday and will pay some more again.’ Despite the communications, Walden’s landlord, Overtown Housing LLC, filed an eviction notice in Miami-Dade Circuit Court on Tuesday, claiming he owes $3,270.00 in unpaid rent and attorney’s fees as of Aug. 12.” [Miami Herald, 8/20/20]
Pensacola Now: Evictions Set To Begin For Local Residents With Pre-COVID Judgments. “At least 11 Pasadena residents were scheduled to be locked out of their homes this week, according to Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger’s office. The evictions are among 1,000 evictions being enforced by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.” [Pensacola Now, 8/10/20]
ABC 3 Pensacola: Governor's Updated Eviction Moratorium Leads To More Notices On Pensacola Residents' Doors. “The latest eviction moratoriums at the state and national level are leading to more tenants seeing eviction notices on their doors. Several families at a mobile home park in Pensacola tell Channel 3 News they have no idea if they'll have a roof over their heads tomorrow.” [ABC 3 Pensacola, 8/9/20]
GEORGIA
Georgia Recorder: Eviction Hearings Pick Up Across Georgia After Jobless Benefits Shrink. “As Carla Miralles’ hours waitressing at a Brookhaven restaurant shrank as the COVID-19 pandemic kept customers away, the lack of work stressed her ability to pay the rent at her two-bedroom townhouse. The 32-year-old mother is one of the thousands of Georgians at risk of being kicked out of their homes after losing income and falling behind on their rent.” [Georgia Recorder, 8/24/20]
ILLINOIS
Block Club Chicago: With 1 Million Illinois Residents Facing Eviction, Tenants Rights Group Calls For Rent, Mortgage Relief. “Angelic Smith, a lifelong Chicago resident from Hyde Park and a single mother of five children was among those gathered. Smith, who now lives in Hanson Park, was furloughed from her job at Chicago Public Schools in March. She relied on the extra $600 in weekly unemployment benefits to stay afloat. Now that those benefits have expired, Smith said she has no idea how she’ll make next month’s rent payment. She said she tried to go to her landlord for help, but her landlord was unwilling to make a deal.” [Block Club Chicago, 8/18/20]
INDIANA
WPTA21: 600 Evictions Pending In Allen County. “Right now in Allen County, an estimated 600 eviction cases are pending. Kayla Ramirez is one of those cases. ‘We're just trying to get by right now and we've got to move forward. We've got to keep going,’ she says. Ramirez says she's not sure what to do next.” [WPTA 21, 8/19/20]
KANSAS
The Wichita Eagle: Wichita Renters Face Looming Eviction After $600 Unemployment, Federal Ban Expire. “When Michael Martinez came home from work one day in late July, he saw the notice from his landlord: an initial court date in one week for eviction from his home. Now, Martinez has until Aug. 11 to come up with around $3,000 in back payment of rent or he won’t be able to stay in the south Wichita trailer park home where he lives with his wife. He’s been searching for assistance programs in the area that might be able to help, but hasn’t found one yet that will work for him. ‘We knew we were behind on rent,” Martinez said. “But there was nothing I could do about it.’” [The Wichita Eagle, 8/9/20]
KENTUCKY
Lexington Herald-Leader: Hundreds Of Evictions In Fayette County Set To Resume Despite Pandemic, Mass Confusion. “Starting Monday, eviction hearings in Fayette County will resume after being halted in March due to the coronavirus. In Fayette County District Court, 157 eviction hearings are scheduled next week. The following week, the docket shows an additional 143 eviction hearings. That means more than 300 households could be out of their homes and apartments by the first week of September.” [Lexington Herald-Leader, 8/21/20]
LOUISIANA
Wall Street Journal: New Orleans Braces For Evictions As Renters Fall Behind, Belongings Pile Up On Streets. “And at $247 a week, Louisiana has among the lowest maximum unemployment benefits of any state. Chucked-out belongings are now spotted on some New Orleans street corners. Baby cribs and child car seats, the remnants from forced-out families, sit stacked in piles in 90-degree heat.” [Wall Street Journal, 8/24/20]
New York Times Editorial: The Coming Eviction Crisis: ‘It’s Hard to Pay the Bills on Nothing.’ “On March 15, Ms. Matthew lost her job yet again. Federal unemployment benefits allowed her to keep paying $929 in monthly rent, but the last of the federal benefits arrived in late July. Now she’s getting just $232 a week in state benefits. She was able to pay her August rent, and she may be able to pay her September rent, but she doesn’t see how she can pay her October rent… I asked Ms. Matthew if she had a message for policymakers in Washington. ‘I need help,’ she said. ‘It’s hard to pay the bills on nothing.’” [New York Times, 8/9/20]
NPR: Federal Moratorium On Evictions Expires On Friday. What's Next? “Barbara lives in a fourplex in New Orleans with her 7-month-old baby. We are using her first name only because she fears retaliation for speaking out about her situation.
BARBARA: We rent here. And we're currently facing eviction. And I don't really have any family. You know, everybody's struggling now just to try and survive. And it's hard out there. Nobody's working. People are desperate, you know? I don't have a backup plan.
KELLY: Barbara was working under the table managing a bar when the pandemic hit. And when she lost her job, it was unclear whether she'd be eligible for jobless benefits. She hasn't received any so far. And so she can't pay the rent.” [NPR, 7/24/20]
MASSACHUSETTS
WBUR News: Housing Crisis Looms As Mass. Renters And Homeowners Miss Payments. “The numbers are startling. More than 654,000 Massachusetts residents either missed their July rent or mortgage payment or feared they wouldn’t pay August, according to the U.S. Census Bureau… Gladys Vega, executive director of the Chelsea Collaborative, said she’s so worried about people in her neighborhood being evicted, she’s setting up air mattresses to provide temporary shelter at the nonprofit’s offices.” [WBUR News, 8/7/20]
MISSISSIPPI
Mississippi Today: Over Half Of Mississippi Renters Could Face Eviction During Pandemic Without Protections From Congress. “Rodney Boss sits outside the house he rents in south Jackson while his fiance watched over their two children, aged 1 and 5, inside. One-and-a-half months behind on rent and his claim for unemployment stuck in investigations, Boss worries his family will soon face eviction in the middle of a pandemic.” [Mississippi Today, 8/13/20]
MISSOURI
FOX 4 KC: ‘All I Can Think About Is Being Homeless Again’: KC Group Demands Moratorium On Evictions. “Rachel Roman, a Kansas City tenant who just recently overcame homelessness, is facing eviction again due to COVID-19. ‘All I can think about is being homeless again. I’m afraid that all of my hard work will be for nothing, and I’ll end up on the street again, this time with my baby in the middle of a pandemic,’ Roman said.” [FOX 4 KC, 8/21/20]
Riverfront Times: Eviction Crisis Could Trigger Surge In St. Louis Homelessness. “Washington, a resident of the long-troubled Southwest Crossing apartment complex in the Carondolet neighborhood of St. Louis, is unemployed and facing eviction because of missed rent payments. ‘They're going to take me to court when the courts open,’ Washington, 41, tells the Riverfront Times… As for where she and her four young children — ages seven, ten, eleven and fourteen — would live, Washington is still searching for an answer.” [Riverfront Times, 8/19/20]
KCUR: Children Will Bear The Brunt Of Kansas City's Looming Eviction Crisis. “Ashley Johnson’s family may soon be on the move again. Her landlady recently filed a legal motion to have her vacate the room she rents, even though she’s up to date on payments… Johnson used her one-time stimulus check to pay some overdue bills, but money is still tight. She makes $14.50 an hour at her clerical job, but a portion of that is being garnished by a creditor. Cab traffic is down and Johnson doesn’t feel safe transporting passengers during the pandemic. And she’s had few takers for her fledgling holistic wellness business. Mikaela’s high school plans are in limbo, with her school district uncertain about when students will be able to return to classrooms.” [KCUR, 8/6/20]
NEVADA
Review Journal: Las Vegas Facing A Potential Crisis With Evictions. “Five months after getting furloughed because of the coronavirus pandemic, Bradford Cook Jr. is running out of options. The out-of-work MGM Grand electronics technician is collecting state unemployment benefits, but they aren’t enough to cover the rent on his Las Vegas house, and he doesn’t want a roommate living with him and his kids… Las Vegas is facing a potential evictions crisis amid enormous job losses sparked by the pandemic, the high number of renters, the lifting of Nevada’s eviction freeze and the recent expiration of federal unemployment benefits, which make up the vast majority of income for many unemployed Nevadans.” [Review Journal, 8/15/20]
NORTH CAROLINA
Raleigh News & Observer: Thousands Of N.C. Residents At Risk Of Eviction After Rent Protections Expire Next Week. “Monday marks 30 days since the moratorium expired, and landlords with a federally backed mortgage will be able to evict their tenants for nonpayment of rent. Azaria Lunsford, who lives at the Hoover Road Apartments under the Durham Housing Authority, is one of those tenants. Before the COVID-19 pandemic started in March, Lunsford, a single mother who lives in Durham, was driving for Uber as a means to support her four children, three boys and one girl. Once the schools closed, Lunsford, 29, lost her child care and had to stop working to care for her children. With the extra $600 a week in federal unemployment benefits legislated in the CARES Act, Lunsford was able to continue paying the rent, but those benefits ended in late July.” [Raleigh News & Observer, 8/24/20]
OKLAHOMA
News 9: ‘Tsunami’ Of Eviction Cases Expected Soon. “The 6th floor of the Oklahoma County Courthouse was filled with people facing eviction. There were 100 eviction cases Monday. Legal Aid Services expects that number to be around 150 a day by next week. ‘Probably go to the shelter or something that’s the only alternative we have,’ said Ivan Granam, who owed $1,200 in late rent fees.” [News 9, 8/24/20]
OREGON
Mail Tribune: 'Rent Cliff' Looms For Some Struggling To Pay Bills During Pandemic. “Only four people who were surveyed by the Community Alliance of Tenants said they have the ability to pay rent but are intentionally not paying during the eviction moratorium, Sharpe said. ‘People are scraping up everything they have to pay the rent,’ he said. More people reported cutting back on food and medication than on rent, Sharpe said. Although the federal government responded to the pandemic with the weekly unemployment bonus and Paycheck Protection Program funding to help businesses keep workers on the job, some people are falling through the cracks. One woman rented a six-bedroom home to open a care facility. Then COVID-19 hit the area and she couldn’t take in clients, Sharpe said. ‘Suddenly she couldn’t make money, but she didn’t have the tax documents to get relief because it was a brand new business,’ he said.” [Mail Tribune, 8/6/20]
SOUTH CAROLINA
ABC News 4: Evictions Loom As Lowcountry Families Grapple With Back To School Plans. “Some students returning to school this fall are dealing with another crisis from the pandemic: Having no place to live. The ban on evictions has long run out, and the clock is ticking for Nancy Boyd and her daughter. ‘I can’t push people to go any faster, I can’t change anything,’ said Nancy Boyd. On Thursday, Boyd and her daughter are scheduled to be evicted from their home.” [ABC News 4, 8/10/20]
NBC News: Evictions In South Carolina Signal Housing Crisis For Renters Nationwide As Homelessness Looms. “With many offices closed or unable to serve her in person, the coronavirus pandemic complicated her ability to collect all the documents she needed and pay her rent in time. She got an eviction notice days later. Now Latimer — who works at an assisted living facility for $12 an hour — her mom and her kids have to leave their home Monday with no idea where they might next rest their heads.” [NBC News, 8/10/20]
TENNESSEE
FOX 13 Memphis: Making It In The Mid-South: Nearly 9,000 Memphis Families Face Eviction. “One of [Councilwoman Logan’s] constituents came home from the hospital recently to an eviction letter with her possessions out on the street. Logan said the woman had the coronavirus and could not work. ‘No one should have to deal with that at this time,’ Logan said. ‘That’s a very challenging time for her, and she was still getting over COVID and the symptoms.’” [FOX 13 Memphis, 8/21/20]
Bristol Herald Courier: Officials Warn Evictions Could Rise As Protections Expire. “Judge David Tipton started what would be a short eviction proceeding. Tipton asked Halcomb, 51, if he had fallen behind on his rent. Halcomb agreed that was accurate and the judge issued a judgment in the landlord’s favor. The tenant would have to vacate his trailer near Blountville in the coming weeks. It took just a few minutes for Halcomb, a single parent, to be evicted.” [Bristol Herald Courier, 8/16/20]
TEXAS
Galveston County Daily News: Galveston County Eviction Cases Have Become Dire. “‘I’m just scared,’ she said, amid tears. ‘I’m scared of being evicted, and I don’t think I’d be able to get another apartment if I were evicted, even though we’re in the middle of a pandemic.’ For hundreds of residents in the Galveston County who were among the many thousands of Texans who lost jobs because of the pandemic and related closures, the situation is looking even more dire than Brett’s.” [Galveston County Daily News, 8/21/20]
ABC 11: Unemployed Houston Mom Of 2 Hit With Insensitive Eviction Notice. “Sonja Lee lives at The Steeples apartment complex. She said that around 2 p.m. on Monday, a notice to vacate was found folded and taped to her door. It read, ‘Guess who's moving? You!!!’ with a large smiling emoji that appeared to be waving.” [ABC 11, 8/19/20]
Washington Post: Voices From The Pandemic: ‘May Rent. June Rent. Late Fees. Penalties.’ “The layoffs started happening one after another when the city shut down. My son got sent home from his store. My boyfriend did construction, and that dried up. I do office work for a temp agency, and they had nowhere left to send me. We put together all of our savings to pay the rent in March. The stimulus money helped cover most of April. I donated plasma for twenty-five bucks. I cleaned an old friend’s apartment for twenty. I fixed up people’s hair for whatever they could give me, but it was never enough. May rent. June rent. Late fees. Penalties. The hole kept getting bigger.” [Washington Post, 8/15/20]
Dallas Observer: With No More CARES Act Protections, North Texas Tenants Fear Evictions. “Soon, single mother Kimberly Brock will likely be evicted from her Denton home. A federal law that had shielded her from displacement expired on Saturday. That same day, Brock, who has a 5-month-old daughter named Emery, said she received an eviction notice. She hasn't been able to afford her full rent since losing her job working for a family member and was unable to sign up for unemployment, she said.” [Dallas Observer, 7/27/20]
ABC News 8 WLAA: 'They're Playing With People's Lives,' Says Tenant Facing Eviction If CARES Act Isn't Extended Or Replaced. “Collins was laid off from her job in March after COVID-19 took hold of the U.S.… She has enough money from unemployment to possibly cover one month of rent and essential expenses, but that's it. ‘The bill has kept me from being evicted out of my place,’ Collins said. ‘I don't know why lawmakers won't make a decision, they're playing with people's lives right now.’” [ABC News 8 WLAA, 7/22/20]
UTAH
KEUR 90.1 Utah: Uprooted: The Eviction Crisis Beginning To Unfold. “Elise Dantzler has been working in restaurants since she was 15. But, like many in her industry, she was laid off due to the COVID-19 pandemic. That forced the 25-year-old Coloradan to rethink her living situation. ‘I have a Subaru Forester and I built a little sleeping platform, so I could camp really easily. I thought, 'Well, I can live out of my car for a little bit,'’ Dantzler said.” [KEUR 90.1, 8/12/20]
VIRGINIA
Prince William Times: Dumfries Man Endured COVID-19. Now He's Facing Eviction. “In a nearly empty hallway outside of a courtroom in Prince William General District Court, Ronald Stevens, 51, pleaded with his landlord. ‘I’m applying for work and jobs. I have nowhere else to go,’ Stevens said, tearful. Stevens, a food service worker, was laid off from both of his jobs in May due to the coronavirus. Now he’s facing eviction from his apartment in Dumfries for four months of unpaid rent. He stood opposite his landlord and his landlord’s attorney in court on Friday, July 31, where a judge gave Stevens an additional 30 days to come up with his late rent money.” [Prince William Times, 8/5/20]
WISCONSIN
Channel 3000: ‘Nowhere To Go’: Wisconsin Renters Face Evictions As Emergency Aid Falls Short. “Kelli Walton waited four weeks to hear whether she qualified for state emergency rental assistance. When the news came, it was too late. By the time the Social Development Commission, which distributes the aid, told her she was on a waiting list with thousands of others, Walton’s landlord had already issued a five-day notice — kickstarting an eviction.” [Channel 3000, 8/22/20]
Wisconsin State Journal: Evictions Loom As Rental Assistance Gets Spent And Moratoriums Uncertain. “I lost all my hours and my job. I’ve been trying to find something else, but it’s scarce out there,” said Cheyanne Kelley, 21, who worked full time at a hotel until March and recently received a five-day notice from her landlord at the apartment she has rented in the city of since 2018.” [Wisconsin State Journal, 8/9/20]
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