● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ Real Estate Groups Have So Far Poured Millions Into Stopping #Eviction Moratorium https://truthout.org/articles/real-estate-groups-have-so-far-poured-millions-into-stopping-eviction-moratorium/

Real Estate Groups Have So Far Poured Millions Into Stopping Eviction Moratorium

The real estate industry has spent over $100 million on lobbying over the course of the pandemic.

● NEWS ● #DemocracyNow ☞ #CDC Issues 60-Day #Eviction Moratorium After Progressives Pressured Biden & “Moved Mountains” https://www.democracynow.org/2021/8/4/cdc_eviction_moratorium_biden_cori_bush

CDC Issues 60-Day Eviction Moratorium After Progressives Pressured Biden & “Moved Mountains”

The Biden administration has issued a new two-month moratorium on evictions, covering much of the country, after facing public pressure from progressive lawmakers led by Congressmember Cori Bush of Missouri, who was once unhoused herself and slept...

● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #CDC ☞ Calling New #Eviction Ban 'Just a Start,' Omar Says Rent Should Be Canceled Until End of #Pandemic https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/04/calling-new-eviction-ban-just-start-omar-says-rent-should-be-canceled-until-end

Calling New Eviction Ban 'Just a Start,' Omar Says Rent Should Be Canceled Until End of Pandemic

"We have the House, Senate, and White House—there are no excuses for our inability to act. We have the power to stop the next eviction crisis and must act now."

● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Democrats Took Millions From Real Estate Interests Before Allowing #Eviction Moratorium to End https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/03/democrats-took-millions-real-estate-interests-allowing-eviction-moratorium-end

Democrats Took Millions From Real Estate Interests Before Allowing Eviction Moratorium to End

"Real estate developer money unites the Democratic Party."

● NEWS ● #MintPressNews #Finance ☞ The Politics of Spectacle: On #Eviction Moratorium, The Squad Talks the Walk https://www.mintpressnews.com/on-eviction-moratorium-progressive-agenda-squad-talks-the-walk/278126/

The Politics of Spectacle: On Eviction Moratorium, The Squad Talks the Walk

The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated that not even The Squad is willing to do what is necessary to meet the needs of the people.

CDC issues new ban on evictions of most US renters after protest

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a new, 60-day moratorium on rental evictions, a move the United States public health agency said would protect about 90 percent of Americans.

The announcement on Tuesday comes amid a surge of COVID-19 cases linked to the spread of the Delta variant and follows the expiration on July 31 of the CDC’s previous ban on forced removals of millions of tenants who have been unable to pay rent during the pandemic.

The new ban applies specifically to US counties with “high levels of community transmission” of the virus, the CDC said in a statement. ...

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/3/cdc-issues-new-eviction-ban-most-us-renters-after-protest

#covid19 #housing #eviction #EvictionBan #USCDC #renters #homelessness

CDC issues new ban on evictions of most US renters after protest

Move sought by President Joe Biden after Congress fails to act on expired national ban of forced removals.

● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Eviction ☞ Biden, Pelosi, and Schumer Told 'Stop Playing the Blame Game' and Extend Eviction Moratorium https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/02/biden-pelosi-and-schumer-told-stop-playing-blame-game-and-extend-eviction-moratorium

Biden, Pelosi, and Schumer Told 'Stop Playing the Blame Game' and Extend Eviction Moratorium

"Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer: Stop playing the blame game and show us who you stand for. Do whatever it takes to extend the eviction moratorium."

● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ #AOC Slams Democrats Who Would Rather Skip Town Than Vote to Extend #Eviction Ban https://truthout.org/articles/aoc-slams-democrats-who-would-rather-skip-town-than-vote-to-extend-eviction-ban/

AOC Slams Democrats Who Would Rather Skip Town Than Vote to Extend Eviction Ban

"We cannot in good faith blame the Republican Party when House Democrats have the majority," she said.

● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Eviction ☞ 'A Devastating Failure': Eviction Ban Expires as House Goes on Vacation and Biden Refuses to Act https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/01/devastating-failure-eviction-ban-expires-house-goes-vacation-and-biden-refuses-act

'A Devastating Failure': Eviction Ban Expires as House Goes on Vacation and Biden Refuses to Act

"We’re now in an eviction emergency," said Rep. Cori Bush. "Eleven million are now at risk of losing their homes at any moment. The House needs to reconvene and put an end to this crisis."

US #eviction as symptom of a crashed economy (with media in denial about) https://www.salon.com/2021/07/31/millions-face-eviction-as-congress-last-minute-effort-to-extend-moratorium-falls-short/

Millions face eviction as Congress' last-minute effort to extend moratorium falls short

A recent Census survey found that 7.4 million Americans are currently behind on rent

● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ Congress Goes on Vacation, Letting #Eviction Moratorium Expire Amid #DeltaVariant Surge https://truthout.org/articles/congress-goes-on-vacation-letting-eviction-moratorium-expire-amid-delta-surge/

Congress Goes on Vacation, Letting Eviction Moratorium Expire Amid Delta Surge

Cori Bush, Ilhan Omar and Ayanna Pressley slept outside the U.S. Capitol building to demand that the House reconvene.

● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Eviction ☞ Bush, Pressley, and Omar Sleep Outside Capitol to Demand Extension of Eviction Moratorium https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/07/31/bush-pressley-and-omar-sleep-outside-capitol-demand-extension-eviction-moratorium

Bush, Pressley, and Omar Sleep Outside Capitol to Demand Extension of Eviction Moratorium

Rep. Cori Bush, who was formerly unhoused, slammed her Democratic colleagues who "chose to go on vacation early today rather than staying to vote to keep people in their homes."

● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ As #Biden Refuses to Act, Dems Make Last-Minute Push to Extend #Eviction Moratorium https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/07/30/biden-refuses-act-dems-make-last-minute-push-extend-eviction-moratorium

As Biden Refuses to Act, Dems Make Last-Minute Push to Extend Eviction Moratorium

"If the administration won't act to extend the national eviction moratorium that expires on Saturday, we must," said Rep. Pramila Jayapal.

● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Progressives Issue Dire Warning as House Bill to Extend #Eviction Moratorium Dies https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/07/30/progressives-issue-dire-warning-house-bill-extend-eviction-moratorium-dies

Progressives Issue Dire Warning as House Bill to Extend Eviction Moratorium Dies

"This pandemic isn't over and Congress must extend the eviction moratorium," implores Rep. Jamaal Bowman.

● NEWS ● #TruthOut #Finance ☞ Democrats Make Last-Minute Push to Extend #Eviction Moratorium https://truthout.org/articles/democrats-make-last-minute-push-to-extend-eviction-moratorium/

Democrats Make Last-Minute Push to Extend Eviction Moratorium

The effort faces long odds despite warnings about the potentially devastating public health impacts of mass evictions.

● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ Just Two Days Before It Expires, #Biden Announces #Eviction Moratorium Will End https://truthout.org/articles/just-two-days-before-it-expires-biden-announces-eviction-moratorium-will-end/ still protecting the rich

Just Two Days Before It Expires, Biden Announces Eviction Moratorium Will End

The eviction moratorium is set to end on July 31, which housing experts say will cause a wave of evictions.

● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ Ocasio-Cortez Slams Biden Admin's "Reckless" Decision on #CDC #Eviction Moratorium https://truthout.org/articles/ocasio-cortez-slams-biden-admins-reckless-decision-on-cdc-eviction-moratorium/

Ocasio-Cortez Slams Biden Admin's "Reckless" Decision on CDC Eviction Moratorium

The White House will allow the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's eviction moratorium to expire on July 31.

Millions of Americans Expect to Lose Their Homes as Covid Rages

(November 23, 2020)

Millions of Americans expect to face eviction by the end of this year, adding to the suffering inflicted by the coronavirus pandemic raging across the U.S.

About 5.8 million adults say they are somewhat to very likely to face eviction or foreclosure in the next two months, according to a survey completed Nov. 9 by the U.S. Census Bureau. That accounts for a third of the 17.8 million adults in households that are behind on rent or mortgage payments. ...

Roughly half of households not current on their rent or mortgage payments in Arkansas, Florida and Nevada think there’s a “strong chance” of eviction by early January. This equates to more than 750,000 homes where an eviction is the biggest worry, according to the survey.

By metro area, the threat of eviction is most pressing in New York City, Houston and Atlanta.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-23/millions-of-americans-expect-to-lose-their-homes-as-covid-rages

#housing #eviction #homelessness #covid19 #PostCovid #EconomicJustice

Zenep Tufekci has written some of the best online media analysis there is. She's got landlord problems

My landlord wants me to sign a new lease that gives me only two hours notice to show the house to potential buyers, upon which I am supposed to vacate the house—and if I don't do that three times, he can evict me. Two hours notice. In the middle of a pandemic.

-- Zeynep Tufekci

https://nitter.net/zeynep/status/1313212697706668037

This is unconscionable both for Tufekci and for renters everywhere. Please give this visibility.

#landlords #TenantsRights #eviction #ZeynepTufekci #pandemic #covid19

Gig Economy Company Launches Uber, but for Evicting People

"SINCE COVID-19 MANY AMERICANS FELL BEHIND IN ALL ASPECTS," reads the website copy. The button below this statement is not for a GoFundMe, or a petition for calling for rent relief. Instead, it is the following call to action, from a company called Civvl: "Be hired as eviction crew."

During a time of great economic and general hardship, Civvl aims to be, essentially, Uber, but for evicting people. Seizing on a pandemic-driven nosedive in employment and huge uptick in number-of-people-who-can't-pay-their-rent, Civvl aims to make it easy for landlords to hire process servers and eviction agents as gig workers. ...

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/ep435n/gig-economy-company-launches-uber-but-for-evicting-people

#eviction #civvl #gigEconomy #covid19

Gig Economy Company Launches Uber, But for Evicting People

A company called Civvl says evicting people is the "FASTEST GROWING MONEY MAKING GIG DUE TO COVID-19."