As August 1 draws closer, Americans still suffering from the economic fall from the coronavirus pandemic are responsible for yet another rent check.The expiration on the federal moratorium on evicts is also nearing.
The Associated Press reconnected with renters ahead of their April payments. Four months later, some have returned to work. One saw her church step in to cover her rent. Some found landlords willing to negotiate, while others are still looking for relief. Harrison modeled the proper form and pace, corrected the men when needed, and gently teased when they tired or slowed down. Some shot barbs back, and Harrison smiled.
The Illinois governor recently extended a moratorium on evictions into August. Still, Williams worries about debt piling up while she's unemployed.- Kathleen Foody, ChicagoThis July 30, 2020 photo shows Jas Wheeler outside her home in Vergennes, Vt.Wheeler, 30, is immunocompromised and fears going back to the bakery would increase risk of infection. The former social worker started working at a small grocery store that pays less but allows more room for social distancing.
FILE - In this March 31, 2020, file provided by Itza Sanchez, Itza Sanchez stands at her home in Richmond, Va.Sanchez fell behind on rent when she stopped selling homemade tamales and collecting scrap metal over fears of contracting the virus. By mid-July, she owed about $950 in unpaid rent. That's when Sanchez got a notice to vacate the mobile home where her family lives.Now she's trying to scrape together $460 for August's rent. She gets food donations from church.
Brooks' mother hasn't found full-time work since losing her insurance-company job. And Brooks doesn't get paid enough as a hospital switchboard operator to cover rent — recently raised to $2,075 monthly — for their two-bedroom Boston apartment. FILE - In this March 30, 2020, file photo, Neal Miller poses for a portrait near where he was living during the COVID-19 outbreak in Chicago.To their surprise, he agreed to reduce the monthly $1,500 rent for their home on Chicago's West Side. Miller's share is now $150, down from $400.
FILE - In this March 30, 2020, file photo, Tnia Morgan, 39, stands outside the Baltimore County, Maryland, home that she rents."I love his smell. I love his smile. I love everything about him," said Morgan, who shares a townhouse in Baltimore County, Maryland, with her newborn grandson, her daughter and a nephew.
The coronavirus tossed all that structure out the window. Bailey could no longer get the one-on-one tutoring that helped her thrive in college. The cafe closed. With no money coming in, she moved back in with her mother. Still is back to working 40 hours a week. But he wonders whether that'll last, as COVID-19 infections surge in the U.S.
In the immortal words of Fascist 'elites' of old: 'Let them eat cake!'. -Or GMO foods.
Yeah, this insane idea of quarantining the healthy may not have flattened the curve but it sure flattened the economy And get this, Democrats are overjoyed! Amazing.
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