Comments on: Eviction Moratorium End Could Leave Millions Homeless

By: NYC Subway Has A (Huge) Homeless Problem - OK WASSUP!

NYC Subway Has A (Huge) Homeless Problem - OK WASSUP! — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 12:04:12 +0000

[…] Current EventsWith more than 7 million residents spread across 5 boroughs in what is hands down the largest city in the nation, it should come as no surprise that a large portion of those New York City residents are homeless and living on the streets. During the height of the nearly 2 year COVID crisis, former mayor Bill DeBlasio created a program to put the homeless up free of charge inside vacant hotels in order to keep them off the streets and prevent further spread of the coronavirus. However, that program expired last year, which evicted the homeless and sent them flooding right back onto the streets. […]

By: Mr.BD

Mr.BD — Tue, 03 Aug 2021 17:02:21 +0000

In reply to Truthiz1. It is the Repubs Truth. They already blocked the extension and they do not want any more money going out because they think it stops people from wanting to go work for it.

By: Mr.BD

Mr.BD — Tue, 03 Aug 2021 17:00:48 +0000

So they already have money to stop people from getting put out on the street but they have it locked up somewhere? What kind of craziness is that? If a million people get put out of their house right now that is going to spread the virus like crazy and hurt everybody. Congress better get on the ball.

By: Wil

Wil — Tue, 03 Aug 2021 15:52:56 +0000

New York Times:

The White House scrambled on Monday to head off a crisis after the federal moratorium on evictions expired over the weekend, pressuring states to speed disbursement of billions in bottled-up rental assistance and calling on local governments to enact their own extensions.

The moratorium, imposed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last fall during the height of the coronavirus pandemic, lapsed on Saturday after a frenzied effort to extend the freeze through the end of the year failed on Capitol Hill, putting hundreds of thousands of tenants at risk of losing shelter.

“There is just a lot of fear right out there now,” said Bob Glaves, executive director of the Chicago Bar Foundation, which has been working with tenants and landlords to tap a $47 billion fund allocated by Congress to pay off back rent accrued during the pandemic.

By: Truthiz1

Truthiz1 — Tue, 03 Aug 2021 13:11:13 +0000

But there’s also this………

What about those hard-working people/tenants who may need a little help but for whatever reason they do NOT meet the eligibility requirements for approval and therefore can NOT receive some assistance?

What do they do? Who do they turn to?