Trump's Latest Executive Orders: Head Fakes and Head Games

[Nevilledog]

TRUMP’S LATEST EXECUTIVE ORDERS: HEAD FAKES AND HEAD GAMES

https://www.emptywheel.net/2020/08/09/trumps-latest-executive-orders-head-fakes-and-head-games/

Before we look at the craptacular bullshit Trump and his henchmen pulled over on major media outlets Friday and Saturday, let’s take a look at what needs urgent resolution.

A COVID-19 patient was evicted from her home while she was still recovering. The ownership of the home is in question yet she was booted out, still struggling to breathe while all her belongings are tossed out on the lawn.

This is likely not the only example like this. The article above notes there have been 9,000 eviction filings in the Memphis, Tennessee area as of June. How many are there today?

How many eviction filings are there across the entire country?

Bloomberg reported as much as a third of renters don’t think they will be able to make August rent payment:

Renters across America are wading into unknown territory. With the lapse of the federal moratorium on evictions that expired July 31 and the end of the $600 per week boost to unemployment benefits, a recent survey reveals the breadth of financial uncertainty now plaguing Americans.

An estimated 27% of adults in the U.S. missed their rent or mortgage payment for July, according to a nationwide survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau weekly over the last three months. Among renters alone, just over one-third (34%) said during the waning days of July that they had little to no confidence that they could make their August rent payment, a stark measure of the ongoing economic devastation for households stretched to the brink by coronavirus pandemic.

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[Wellstone ruled]

1. Marcy knows her stuff.

27% is a aggregate number of the whole Nation. Here in Nevada,home ownership is small,thus the Rental Market is north of 50% of all Housing and we are a total Tourist Economy dependent on Gig and Part Time Workers. Thank fully we have a Moratorium on family Rentals for the next few weeks. At which time or Governor will make a call as to extent this or let it die.

BTW,Mnuichin and Company is one of the Largest Home and Apartment Landlords in Vegas Valley as well as Reno.