evictions

California’s eviction rates are on track to doubling in months ahead. Gordon Tokumatsu reports for NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Jan. 21, 2021. 

Lamonte Goode never thought he’d be in the situation he is now. He says he’s a good tenant. Always respectful, always paid his rent on time, never maxed-out his credit cards, but now his stress level is off the charts because of his debt.

In NO MAN’S LAND, NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit uncovers systemic barriers putting families, like Mike and Dani, in danger by denying basic services to single fathers. Our team holds public officials accountable for a complex web of anti-male biases, racism and outdated rules that often shut these fathers out of housing, child care and even emergency shelter....No Man's...

As the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic stretch into 2021, millions of U.S. renters are bracing for the possibility of having to show up in housing court to avoid getting evicted

Homelessness is poised to surge in the coming weeks and months as Americans face continued economic turbulence and a pandemic-inspired eviction moratorium expires later this month. But vital housing assistance may not be fully available to families that don’t meet the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s definition of “homeless.”

States and cities that passed eviction moratoriums amid the coronavirus-battered economy are wrestling with what comes next

Taylor Swift made sizable donations to help two mothers pay their rent and other bills following a Washington Post story on unemployed Americans facing eviction amid the pandemic, NBC News reports.

A federal judge in Atlanta declined Thursday to put on hold a Trump administration directive that halts the eviction of certain renters through the end of the year in an effort to prevent the further spread of the coronavirus.

In an unprecedented move last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made it illegal for landlords across the U.S. to evict tenants who can’t afford to pay their rent.  The ban could prevent up to 40 million Americans from losing their homes amid the pandemic.  Because the action is so new and has little precedent, questions abound.  Are you eligible?...

James Ryan, the President of Time For Homes, join us to speak about housing insecurity and the growing number of evictions as ripple effects from COVID-19.

California’s renters are protected from being evicted. However, smaller landlords say they are in danger of losing their homes because people are not paying rent.

The crippling economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic could force a wave of evictions across the United States as a federal ban and a patchwork of state moratoriums quickly expire, fair housing advocates and legal experts warned. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security, or CARES, Act that Congress passed in March provided a temporary moratorium on evictions, but it was...

Sada Jones anxiously paces inside her apartment every time she catches a glimpse of her building’s maintenance workers through a damaged glass patio door half boarded up with scrap wood that she says her landlord refuses to repair. Jones, 23, a hotel cook, has been unable to make rent payments on her New Orleans-area apartment since being furloughed on March…

Renters in multiple Bay Area counties could be receiving an extended lifeline this week as those local governments consider extending moratoriums on evictions.

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, renters in many states are protected by a temporary moratorium on evictions. However, the rules leave tenants across the country with a lot of unanswered questions. For example, can a landlord evict you as soon as the relief period ends? Will not paying rent trash your credit and make it close to impossible to get a…

Across Southern California, evictions are on hold to give renters and tenants some financial relief. But eviction notices are still going out and even businesses considered ‘essential’ during the pandemic can be targeted. The Los Angeles County Department of Consumer and Business Affairs tells the I-Team they have heard “hundreds of reports from renters” receiving notices from landlords for not…

California judicial leaders on Monday adopted a statewide emergency order suspending evictions to help deal with the COVID-19 crisis that has crippled the court system. It was one of eleven temporary rules adopted by the state’s Judicial Council during a second emergency meeting since the coronavirus pandemic started. The order delays all eviction cases from moving forward, not just...