Evictions rise as moratorium ends -- and they can have a lasting impact on renters

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Parked in front of Boise’s Interfaith Sanctuary mural along the Interstate 184 Connector is a 2004 Honda Civic, which stores most of Brad Stephens’ belongings. A collection of skateboards stacked on top of each other. Plastic bags filled with clothes and bedding. A pair of shoes. An empty gas canister.

Stephens was laid off from a Nampa-based construction company in April 2020, shortly after the coronavirus pandemic hit Idaho. He was served an eviction notice after falling behind on rent and was forced out of his Caldwell home by July. Stephens also began drinking, after having been sober for 10 years.

In February, he moved into Interfaith Sanctuary and joined the homeless shelter’s outpatient program. He stopped drinking again, and staff helped him find a job at the Riverside Hotel in Boise, closer to his 13-year-old daughter’s school. Things began to fall into place — but he still couldn’t find housing.

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More than a year later, the eviction filing remains one of Stephens’ biggest hurdles to finding housing, he said. After the U.S. Supreme Court struck down President Biden’s eviction moratorium extension issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more tenants could soon face the same hurdle.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/idaho-evictions-rise-moratorium-ends-100000626.html

[Hoyt]

1. Looks like feds are going to have to distribute the rent funds allocated

to states who aren’t doing the job. Unfortunately, it’s not just rube states dragging their feet.

Hope someone hurries up and corrects this failure before more people are evicted.