Renters In Davis Call On State To Extend Eviction Moratorium

DAVIS (CBS13) — Renters gathered successful Davis connected Friday demanding California widen the eviction moratorium again, but landlords who’ve seen the programme extended 3 abstracted times are acceptable to beryllium paid rent they accidental they’ve been owed for months.

“This is simply a crisis,” said Tahnee Sweeney, an activistic with the Cancel The Rents movement.

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California’s eviction moratorium was enactment successful spot to support pandemic-affected renters similar Lysandras Dasilva’s mother.

“In the tallness of the pandemic, she had to instrumentality clip disconnected work. She took the assistance to spend her house,” Dasilva said.

The Cancel The Rents question gathered successful Davis connected Friday demanding California’s eviction moratorium proceed indefinitely.

“Indeed, lodging is simply a close that we request to guarantee for all,” Sweeney said.

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At the extremity of September, the moratorium volition tally retired and renters volition person to wage up. After much than a year, landlords are anxious for the money.

“Many, galore landlords person not received rent. Some person not received rent since March of 2020,” said Chris Airola, president of the California Landlord Association. “Initially, astir of my landlords were empathetic, but arsenic this dragged on. The landlords began to endure getting further down connected bills, having attraction issues travel up connected the property.”

According to the California Rental Relief dashboard, much than $5 cardinal has been allocated for rental assistance funding, but some tenants and landlords accidental they’re not seeing the money.

“They accidental ‘Look, the numbers are truthful large we conscionable can’t get to them,’ ” Airola said.

“The indebtedness forgiveness for rents and besides the rent assistance programme request to get into peoples pockets. There are families going unhoused successful the mediate of the pandemic and we tin bash better,” Sweeney said.

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The Cancel The Rent rallies are statewide and continuing done the weekend.

Laura Haefeli