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Black community braces for next threat: Mass evictions

Monday, June 22, 2020 10:58 AM | Daphne Politis (Administrator)

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/12/mass-evictions-314699

A new tremor is threatening to shake minority communities as protests over racial injustice sweep the country: A wave of evictions as a federal moratorium on kicking people out of their rental units expires.

The ban on evictions — which applies to rentals that are backed by the government — expires in a matter of weeks. On top of that, the federal boost to unemployment benefits that many laid-off workers have used to pay their rent is set to end July 31.

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