$1M from Md. labor department to fund workforce solutions to address homelessness

October 26, 2022 Comments Off on $1M from Md. labor department to fund workforce solutions to address homelessness

The Maryland Department of Labor announced nearly $1 million in funding to support and train jobseekers experiencing homelessness or in need of eviction prevention.

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Maryland’s access to counsel in evictions program readies to launch with new funding

April 13, 2022 2 Comments

Maryland's access to counsel program for low-income renters facing eviction has won two years of funding, a victory for advocates.

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Lawmakers attempting to revive nationwide eviction moratorium

September 21, 2021 1 Comment

Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., flanked by Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, left, and Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif., right, speaks to the press on Aug. 3, 2021, after it was announced that the Biden administration will enact a targeted nationwide eviction moratorium outside of Capitol Hill in Washington. Several progressive lawmakers, including Bush, on Sept. 21 introduced a bill that would reimpose a nationwide eviction moratorium at a time when deaths from COVID-19 are running at their highest levels since early March. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades, File)

Progressive lawmakers introduced a bill that would reimpose a nationwide eviction moratorium at a time when deaths from COVID-19 are running high.

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‘A double whammy of hardship’: Two anchors of COVID safety net end, putting millions at risk

September 8, 2021 Comments Off on ‘A double whammy of hardship’: Two anchors of COVID safety net end, putting millions at risk

Mary Taboniar, a housekeeper at the Hilton Hawaiian Village resort in Honolulu, looks over bills at her home in Waipahu, Hawaii, on Sept. 4, 2021. Taboniar went 15 months without a paycheck, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. The single mother of two saw her income completely vanish as the virus devastated the hospitality industry. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)

With the end of two anchors of the government’s COVID-19 protection package expired, untold millions faced Labor Day with a suddenly shrunken social safety net.

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Most rental assistance for those at risk of eviction has not gone out, feds report

August 25, 2021 Comments Off on Most rental assistance for those at risk of eviction has not gone out, feds report

Only 11% of the tens of billions of dollars in federal rental assistance has been distributed, the Treasury Department said, the latest sign the program is struggling to reach the millions of tenants at risk of eviction.

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Federal appeals court refuses to end CDC’s eviction moratorium

August 20, 2021 Comments Off on Federal appeals court refuses to end CDC’s eviction moratorium

A federal appeals court allowed a federal COVID-19-related pause on evictions to remain in place, setting up a likely battle before the Supreme Court.

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‘The final gut punch’: Amid federal eviction moratorium, landlords look for an exit

August 20, 2021 Comments Off on ‘The final gut punch’: Amid federal eviction moratorium, landlords look for an exit

Gary Zaremba checks in with a tenant to discuss building maintenance at one of his at properties, Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021, in the Queens borough of New York. Landlords say they have suffered financially due to various state, local and federal moratoriums in place since last year. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Many landlords are saddled with tens of thousands of dollars in lost rent. They are struggling to pay property taxes, staff salaries, insurance and maintenance.

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CDC issues new eviction ban for most of US through Oct. 3

August 3, 2021 Comments Off on CDC issues new eviction ban for most of US through Oct. 3

WASHINGTON — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a new eviction moratorium that would last until Oct. 3, as the Biden administration sought to quell intensifying criticism from progressives that it was allowing vulnerable renters to lose their ...

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With eviction moratorium ending, here’s how Maryland is helping tenants

July 30, 2021 Comments Off on With eviction moratorium ending, here’s how Maryland is helping tenants

A federal freeze on most evictions enacted last year is scheduled to expire Saturday. Here’s the situation in Maryland.

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Biden to allow eviction moratorium to expire Saturday

July 29, 2021 Comments Off on Biden to allow eviction moratorium to expire Saturday

The Biden administration announced it will allow a nationwide ban on evictions to expire Saturday, arguing that its hands are tied.

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