California to extend eviction ban, pay back rent for tenants
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Updated: 11:12 AM PDT Jun 25, 2021
I'm here in that spirit. Uh, and in that light, but I'm also here just quickly, uh, that, you know, that we also just passed hours ago. Uh, and we just put out moments ago a release that the state of California has now agreed with the Legislature to the largest and most comprehensive renter, uh, protect Protection deal in the United States. Let me be specific, anybody that has been impacted by Covid that owes rent going back to last april, not just this april last april, We will pay 100% of that rent. We'll also pay that rent 100% of it going forward uh, through September. So anyone that's been impacted by this pandemic, it cannot pay rent. 100% of that rent will be paid for. Not 80% not 25% 100% will be paid for under this rent deal. And forgive me for saying this. But that's not all. Yeah, I want to sound like a game show host, but we recognize that rents one component, a big part of that ranch check goes to pay water And utilities electricity, 100% of water utilities will also be picked up. We put $5.2 billion 2.6 billion but 5.2 total into the rent deal and $2 billion six rather seven point uh Remarkable $7.2 billion dollars As part of this agreement. 100% uh to pay back. Hopefully it will come people on that moratorium will also not expire next week. It will expire on September 30 as a consequence of the deal that was reached the legislature. Thank you. So, um remember and thank you senator for making that happen uh and getting that done. And that's a big part of why we're here as well as you said it. Well, he's just homeless, but he also was evicted, but he's also an example of what we are here to highlight. And that is we can solve homelessness. He's a living manifestation of that. For some, that for some to think this is overwhelming. It can't be done. Just just meet his mom, meet his siblings, that persevered grit and hard work and are here today as testament to a different belief. And so I just hope folks in closing shift their mindset because a lot of pessimism, you know, it's never been worse and we're never going to solve this. It can be solved. We have vision, we have a plan and we now have the resources and yes, again, this resourceful mindset to try new things, to iterate, to learn from our mistakes, but be willing to own up to them and make them by being willing to engage in different kinds of partnerships and a different kind of intentionality
California to extend eviction ban, pay back rent for tenants
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Updated: 11:12 AM PDT Jun 25, 2021
California will ban evictions for unpaid rent through the end of September and pay off all back rent for eligible tenants under a deal announced Friday by Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders.California banned evictions after Newsom imposed the nation's first statewide shutdown in March 2020 and ordered most businesses to close and people to stay home to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Those protections are scheduled to expire on Wednesday. The new agreement will extend the eviction moratorium through Sept. 30. To be eligible for $5.2 billion provided by the federal government to California for this the effort, tenants must pay at least 25% of what they owe by Sept. 30, sign a declaration that they have had economic hardship because of COVID-19 and must earn 80% or less of the area median income.“Our housing situation in California was a crisis before COVID, and the pandemic has only made it worse - this extension is key to making sure that more people don’t lose the safety net helping them keep their home,” said Senate President Pro Tempore Toni Atkins, a Democrat from San Diego. “While our state may be emerging from the pandemic, in many ways, the lingering financial impact still weighs heavily on California families.”Newsom, who will face a recall election later this year fueled by criticism of his handling of the pandemic, said in a news release he is thankful for the legislative proposal, “which I am eager to sign into law as soon as I receive it.”California has some of the most expensive rents in the country affordable and an housing shortage. About 25% of California's renters pay at least half of their income on housing costs, a figure that includes rent and utilities, according to the California Department of Finance.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California will ban evictions for unpaid rent through the end of September and pay off all back rent for eligible tenants under a deal announced Friday by Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders.
California banned evictions after Newsom imposed the nation's first statewide shutdown in March 2020 and ordered most businesses to close and people to stay home to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
Those protections are scheduled to expire on Wednesday. The new agreement will extend the eviction moratorium through Sept. 30.
To be eligible for $5.2 billion provided by the federal government to California for this the effort, tenants must pay at least 25% of what they owe by Sept. 30, sign a declaration that they have had economic hardship because of COVID-19 and must earn 80% or less of the area median income.
“Our housing situation in California was a crisis before COVID, and the pandemic has only made it worse - this extension is key to making sure that more people don’t lose the safety net helping them keep their home,” said Senate President Pro Tempore Toni Atkins, a Democrat from San Diego. “While our state may be emerging from the pandemic, in many ways, the lingering financial impact still weighs heavily on California families.”
Newsom, who will face a recall election later this year fueled by criticism of his handling of the pandemic, said in a news release he is thankful for the legislative proposal, “which I am eager to sign into law as soon as I receive it.”
California has some of the most expensive rents in the country affordable and an housing shortage. About 25% of California's renters pay at least half of their income on housing costs, a figure that includes rent and utilities, according to the California Department of Finance.
