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This Form Can Help You Combat Eviction During COVID-19

Good Nesting
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Do you feel like you’re in a fight to keep your family off the streets? Fill out this form, and it could be all you need to prevent eviction during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Has the COVID-19 pandemic ruined your finances to the point that you can’t pay the rent? If so, you may feel as if you’ll see an eviction notice soon. But the CDC Eviction Moratorium can help you stay where you are without fear of eviction, even if you haven’t been paying the rent.

How the CDC Is Protecting Renters During the Pandemic

Evictions pose two major problems during the coronavirus pandemic. First, they destroy housing stability for families negatively impacted by coronavirus shutdowns and all of the job and income loss that followed. And second, evictions increase the probability of the virus being spread.

Think of what would happen if evictions occurred on a mass scale during this pandemic. Families would be forced to move into overcrowded shelters, making the spread of the disease likely. Or they would move in with friends and family in close quarters, which could cause more infections and hospitalizations.

To keep all of this from happening, the CDC created an eviction moratorium. It puts a halt to evictions due to nonpayment of rent until June 30, 2021. You can still be evicted for other lease violations, but not being able to afford your rent won’t be a reason why you can be kicked out of your home.

Rent Is Still Due

If you breathed a sigh of relief after reading that you won’t have to worry about evictions, for the time being, know this: The rent is still due. When? Once the moratorium ends, and even though it could be extended once again past June 30, you will have to pay your landlord any back rent and fees owed. In short, use the moratorium to save cash, as rent is a debt that will have to be paid.

Qualifying For the Eviction Moratorium

Besides the rent being due, here’s another thing many don’t know about the eviction moratorium: You have to apply for it, and everyone is not eligible.

Applying for CDC eviction protection is as simple as filling out this short form and giving it to your landlord. The form determines eligibility, and it also declares promises from you that:

  • You will pay your landlord once the moratorium expires, or you could be evicted legally.
  • Without the moratorium, you would be evicted and homeless or living in crowded housing.
  • You’ve done everything in your power to at least pay some of the rent.

As for eligibility, it’s relatively straightforward. If one of the following applies from each of these lists, you should be good to go:

List A:

  • Received a stimulus check.
  • Made less than $99,000 individually or $198,000 jointly in 2020 or 2021.
  • Receive government assistance.
  • Weren’t required to report income to the IRS in 2020.

List B:

  • Lost your job.
  • Lost income, hours, or wages.
  • Have to pay excessive medical bills out of pocket.

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