COVID-19 Impacting Evictions

COVID-19 Impacting Evictions

Today was supposed to be the day evictions could resume again in indiana-- but this week governor holcomb extending the moratorium on foreclosures and evictions-- until the state of emergency is lifted--right now that's estimated to be june 4th but the current executive order is still creating some confusion-- and causing some local landlords to skirt the rules-- and find other ways to get tenants who are behind on rent to get out..... call these-- signs of the times-- protesters across the country asking lawmakers to cancel rent-- nats of protesting"no wages, no rent could be falling on deaf ears-- but here in vanderburgh county-- "ultimately th landlord..."

Legal aid societ attorney garvin senn says landlords are learning new tricks-- "landlords who hav the utilities in their name are having the water dept.

Shut off utilities-- as a way to force tenants out-- no one can line like that."

Like mos stories-- there are at least two sides to this one-- landlords who rely on rent payments to feed their own families-- finding themselves in a pinch, too.

20200430 - thu0305 arnold epstein:" don the rent.

I have and adult disabled son, i have to pay his housing, his medical bills, i need money for him" stand up "according to th urban institute a nonprofit research organization, in the evansville metro area, an estimated 21,000 low income jobs have been wiped away due to the pandemic."

(sot matthew desmond/princeton university)"if nothing els changes and evictions continue as normal, this public health crisis will turn into a full- blown homelessness crisis" that's matthew desmond with princeton university-- he runs the "eviction lab"-- an onli scorecard that rates each state's ability to prevent homelessness-- in the tristate-- illinois gets the highest score-- followed closely by kentucky-- indiana is ranked much lower-- scoring less than one out a possible five stars when it comes to policies that prevent people from losing their homes during a pandemic.

Senn worries the worst for those who fell behind on rent is still to come..

"i expect it's going t be really busy when the courts go back, and i expect a to see a number of evictions."

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