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Davie Family Tries to Avoid Eviction as CDC Is Set to Extend Ban Through June
While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is set to extend a moratorium on evictions that was set to expire Wednesday night, more will face eviction as it’s going to get tougher to prove COVID-19 is the reason renters can’t pay.
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Rental Dispute in Hialeah Sheds Light on Landlord-Tenant Issues During the Pandemic
A rental dispute in Hialeah sheds light on the issues tenants and landlords face during the pandemic.
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Study Suggests Millennials Show Racial Bias While Looking For Roommates
While some data shows that millennials may be the least racially biased group in the nation, they still show “strong racial bias and anti-Blackness” when looking for roommates, a UCLA study released today suggests.
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Landlord Weighs in On Eviction Moratorium
Patrick Weir said his tenants stopped paying rent in April. “I’m being taken advantage of,” Weir said. “After they stopped paying, I sent them emails, I sent them texts and I called them. They have not responded.” For the past five months, Weir said he has kept paying the mortgage on his property – even though the tenants owe him more...
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Rent's Due, Again: Monthly Anxieties Deepen as Aid Falls Off
The coronavirus pandemic is entering a new month, meaning Americans struggling amid the economic fallout once again have to worry about paying their rent
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Gov. DeSantis Extends Moratorium on Evictions, Foreclosures Until August 1
Gov. Ron DeSantis extended a moratorium on evictions and foreclosures until August 1.
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Moratorium on Evictions, Foreclosures Set to Expire Wednesday
The current moratorium on evictions and foreclosures across the state is set to expire, but people across the state are asking for Gov. Ron DeSantis to extend it for a second time. NBC 6’s Sasha Jones reports.
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Some Landlords Are Using Harassment, Threats to Force Out Tenants During COVID-19 Crisis
Sada Jones anxiously paces inside her apartment every time she catches a glimpse of her building’s maintenance workers through a damaged glass patio door half boarded up with scrap wood that she says her landlord refuses to repair. Jones, 23, a hotel cook, has been unable to make rent payments on her New Orleans-area apartment since being furloughed on March…
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Renters, Landlords on Private Market to Face Eviction Backlog in July
The coronavirus pandemic and the economic shutdowns put a crunch on people’s rents and mortgages. While one moratorium was just extended to August, many on the private market face a moratorium end in just a few weeks.
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State Eviction Moratorium to End in July
The coronavirus pandemic and the economic shutdowns put a crunch on people’s rents and mortgages. While one moratorium was just extended to August, many on the private market face a moratorium end in just a few weeks. NBC 6’s Phil Prazan reports.
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Tenants Behind on Rent in Pandemic Face Harassment, Eviction
The coronavirus pandemic has shut housing courts and prompted most states and federal authorities to initiate policies protecting renters from eviction.
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DeSantis Extends Moratorium on Evictions, Foreclosures
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has extended his executive order preventing foreclosures and evictions amid the coronavirus pandemic through June 2. NBC 6’s Jamie Guirola reports.
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Here's What You Need to Know About Rent Relief During the Pandemic
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, renters in many states are protected by a temporary moratorium on evictions. However, the rules leave tenants across the country with a lot of unanswered questions. For example, can a landlord evict you as soon as the relief period ends? Will not paying rent trash your credit and make it close to impossible to get a…
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City of Miami Approves Rental, Utilities Assistance Program for Residents
The City of Miami has approved a plan that helps residents and small businesses with rent and utilities costs during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Landlords Are Targeting Vulnerable Tenants to Solicit Sex in Exchange for Rent, Advocates Say
Some landlords are taking advantage of the coronavirus outbreak, soliciting sexual favors in lieu of rent payments from economically vulnerable tenants, according to advocates. Khara Jabola-Carolus, executive director of the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women, said her office has received more reports of landlords sexually harassing their tenants in the last two weeks than it had in…
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Mother Who Lost Her Job Fears Eviction
A mother who lost her job amid the coronavirus pandemic is scared she will get evicted, despite the governor’s orders to suspend evictions. NBC 6’s Jamie Guirola reports.
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Rent Concerns During Pandemic
COVID-19 has severely impacted people’s wallets and as many live pay check to paycheck, many are struggling to pay their rent. NBC 6’s Amanda Plasencia reports.
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Coronavirus Economy Could Burst America's Big-City Rent Bubble
The gridlocked coronavirus economy could upend housing from coast to coast, bursting national apartment rents that have risen by 150% over the last decade, experts say. Yet the situation will likely do little to alleviate the housing crisis, because the more than 16 million Americans who filed for unemployment insurance in the last three weeks will still need roofs over their heads, say economists and...
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What To Do If You Can't Make Your Rent or Mortgage Payments Because of the Coronavirus Pandemic
Millions of U.S. households are expected to face financial burdens in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
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‘Star Trek' and ‘Rent' Star Anthony Rapp Is Engaged
Tell the folks at home, what you’re doing, Anthony Rapp. Uh, getting engaged. The “Star Trek: Discovery” actor and original cast member of cult Broadway musical “Rent” is set to marry partner Ken Ithiphol. The two have been together for at least two years. Rapp, 48, announced the happy news on his Instagram page on Saturday night, alongside a photo...