Stories tagged: "housing"

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 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 Most Renters Won’t Be Protected Under Trump’s Proposal to Help Americans Keep Their Homes

Most Americans who rent their home will not be eligible for eviction protections, despite what President Donald Trump said this week.

Associated Press Associated Press March 20, 2020 11:02 am EDT
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Coronavirus Cities Are Freezing Evictions to Help Low Wage Workers Hurt by Coronavirus

This week, San Jose, California, and Miami-Dade County approved legislation to temporarily halt evictions. Advocates in San Francisco, Seattle, and New York are hoping their jurisdictions will be next.

Emerald Pellot Emerald Pellot March 13, 2020 1:43 pm EDT
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Politics Trump Wants to Ignore Climate When Considering Infrastructure Projects

Plus three other things you need to know today, January 10.

Emiene Wright Emiene Wright January 10, 2020 11:30 am EST

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