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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Read More »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 program for low-income renters facing eviction has won two years of funding, a victory for advocates.
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Read More »September 21, 2021 1 Comment
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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Read More »September 8, 2021 Comments Off on ‘A double whammy of hardship’: Two anchors of COVID safety net end, putting millions at risk
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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Read More »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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Read More »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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Read More »August 20, 2021 Comments Off on ‘The final gut punch’: Amid federal eviction moratorium, landlords look for an exit
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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Read More »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 ...
Read More »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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Read More »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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