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Coronavirus 200,000 Wisconsin Families Are at Rick of Eviction as $600 Boost Expires
Coronavirus 200,000 Wisconsin Families Are at Risk of Eviction as $600 Boost Expires

While the end of the eviction moratorium didn’t result in a huge spike in evictions, renters may not be as fortunate in the coming weeks and months.

Jonathon Sadowski Jonathon Sadowski August 3, 2020 1:25 pm EDT
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Coronavirus Eviction Moratoriums Are Set to Expire. Elizabeth Warren Has a Bill to Stop It.

“Housing is a human right and an absolute necessity to keep families safe during this crisis, and Congress must step in now to help keep people in their homes.”

Emiene Wright Emiene Wright June 30, 2020 10:27 am EDT
Housing In this May 21, 2020, file photo, people from a support organization for immigrant and working class communities unfold banners, including one advocating rent cancelation, on a subway platform in the Queens borough of New York during a vigil memorializing people who died from coronavirus. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)
Housing Landlords Are Harassing and Threatening Tenants Who Are Struggling to Pay Rent During Coronavirus

The data and analytics real estate firm Amherst projects that 28 million renters, or about 22.5% of all households, are at risk of eviction.

Associated Press Associated Press June 15, 2020 12:08 pm EDT
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Coronavirus The #CancelRent Movement Is Growing

It’s an issue that touches Americans all over the country.

Kathleen Walsh Kathleen Walsh May 26, 2020 10:45 am EDT
Coronavirus people can't pay their bills at the end of the month
Coronavirus US Households Are Having Trouble Meeting Basic Needs, Survey Shows

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, participants report not having the means to cover food, health and rent costs.

Associated Press Associated Press May 21, 2020 12:22 pm EDT

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Coronavirus Tens of Thousands of Tenants Are Planning the Largest Rent Strike in Decades

About a third of renters didn’t pay rent in April, and with the number of unemployed at over 26 million and counting, even more are expected to have trouble paying in May.

Emiene Wright Emiene Wright April 30, 2020 7:57 am EDT
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Coronavirus ‘If I Do Pay My Rent, It’s Going to Eat Into My Food Money.’

Here are some of the stories of Americans trying to make rent, this month and beyond.

Associated Press Associated Press April 1, 2020 10:21 am EDT