MIKE C: A STEADY STREAM OF CALLS
HAVE ROLLED IN TO THE LEGAL
ADVICE AND REFERRAL CENTER IN
CONCOR
TENANTS CONCERNED THEY COULD
FACE EVICTION IF THEY CAN’T MAKE
RENT THIS MONTH.
BRECKIE: THE GOVERNOR HAS PLACED
A MORATORIUM ON EVECTIONS, WHICH
MEANS LANDLORDS CANNOT BRING AN
ACTION IN COURT RIGHT NOW TO
REMOVE A TENANT FROM THEIR
HOUSING.
MIKE C: THE MORATORIUM DOESN’T
MEAN A BACKLOG OF RENT WON’T
DUE EVENTUALLY, JUST NOT RIGHT
NOW.
HAYES-SNOW WARNS THERE COULD B
A PROOF OF BURDEN REQUIRED.
BRECKIE: I CAN’T SPEAK TO WHAT
EACH TOWN ACROSS THE STATE WILL
REQUIRE.
MY ASSUMPTION IS THEY ALL HAVE A
PROCESS THAT WILL INCLUDE A KI
OF VERIFICATION OF ABILITY TO
PAY.
MIKE C: HOWEVER, RENTERS IN
SHORT-TERM HOUSING, LIKE HOTELS
OR MOTELS, DON’T QUALIFY AS
TENANTS AND ARE NOT ENTITLED TO
THE SAME LEGAL PROTECTIONS
HAYES-SNOW SAYS THERE IS ALSO
GRAVE CONCERN FOR THOSE IN
SECTION-8 HOUSING.
BRECKIE: IF THEY LOSE THEI
HOUSING, THEY VERY OFT
ALSO LOSE THEIR SUBSIDY.
SO THEY GO FROM BEING IN A PLACE
WHERE THEY CAN MANAGE THEI
FINANCES TO HAVING THEIR REN
BECOMING A MUCH LARG
PERCENTAGE OF THEIR TOTAL
INCOME.
MIKE C: TO GET AHEAD OF THE
SITUATION, HAYES-SNOW RECOMMENDS
RENTERS FILE FOR HOUSING
ASSISTANCE EARLIER RATHER THAN
LATER.
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