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The financial safety net for the pandemic will vanish this summer, and there are two very different economic realities for Texans returning to “normal.”
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The county has $10.7 million in federal funds to help pay rent for people affected financially by the pandemic, but as of this week, no rent payments have been made.
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Tenant advocates can’t say how many renters in the Austin area have been affected by notices like these; some estimate dozens, others thousands.
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After Yearlong Ban, Austin And Travis County Will Let Some Landlords File Evictions Starting In JuneResidential tenants who are five months or more behind on rent and have exhausted all rent assistance will be subject to eviction.
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When it launched in February, the Texas Rent Relief program struggled to help tenants who'd fallen behind on rent due to the pandemic. In the first six weeks, just 250 Texans got help, out of the 72,000 people who applied.
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Judges in Texas are being told it's not their job to enforce a CDC order aimed at stopping evictions. Housing groups fear that a wave of unnecessary evictions will leave thousands homeless.
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The previous order was set to expire Thursday.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is extending an order preventing evictions. It was set to expire this week, which could have displaced staggering numbers of people from their homes.
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The Center for Disease Control and Prevention is moving to extend an order aimed at preventing evictions during the pandemic. Housing groups say the order could prevent up to 1 million evictions.
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"Black individuals make up about 21% of all renters, but they make up 35% of all defendants on eviction cases," says Peter Hepburn, a researcher for Princeton University's Eviction Lab.