Tell Congress and the White House to Extend the Eviction Moratorium
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Dear Friend,

“I vividly remember coming home as a child to find my family’s belongings
on the lawn. Evictions leave lifelong scars.”  - Congresswoman Rosa
DeLauro 

[ [link removed] ]Lifelong scars are what await children and families across the country
if we don’t take immediate action. The eviction moratorium that was
protecting millions of families from homelessness was lifted yesterday and
now rent (and back rent) is due. This is happening even as billions of
dollars in relief funds earmarked for renters and rental assistance remain
undistributed by state and local governments. And all this is happening as
cases of the COVID-19 Delta variant quickly rise. [1,2]

[ [link removed] ]Families need more time for states to disburse renter relief funds to
pay back rent. 

**Add your name to tell Congress and the White House to take immediate
action to extend the federal eviction moratorium!

According to the National Low Income Housing Association, “6.5 million
renter households remain behind on rent and at heightened risk of losing
both their homes and their ability to stay safe during the pandemic” if
the eviction moratorium isn’t extended. 

Why now? Because families are still waiting on critical federal renter
relief that still hasn’t been disbursed in states. 

Including states like Florida which is currently seeing a historic
increase in COVID-19 cases with 21,683 new cases reported just last
Saturday. To date, Florida has only been able to disburse 2% of the
millions in renter and landlord federal relief dollars it received to make
sure vulnerable families aren’t pushed into homelessness. [ [link removed] ] In fact,
only $3 billion of the $46 billion in emergency rental relief passed by
Congress has been spent across all states. [ [link removed] ]

Let’s make something clear here. Families are trying their best to weather
this storm and shouldn’t have to pay the price of delayed relief funding
and a pandemic that continues to impact our communities. These are factors
that families have no control over. Especially our moms and moms of color
who are experiencing increased economic instability. In fact, one Harvard
study recently reported by New Republican found that mothers are more
likely to be targeted for evictions and that “having children is the
single greatest predictor of if someone will face eviction”. [ [link removed] ]  

[3]Families need more time. Tell Congress and the White House to take
immediate action and extend the eviction moratorium to give states and
localities more time to get billions in rental assistance out to families
who need it! 

There isn’t a second to waste. The longer we wait the longer families are
at risk of eviction. We need Congress and White House officials to hear us
right away. Help get as many signatures as possible before we deliver them
tomorrow by forwarding this email to your friends and family ASAP. 

Together we can help make sure children and families aren’t forced out of
their homes, 

- Nina, Namatie, Maggie, and the and the whole
MomsRising.org/MamásConPoder Team

 

References:

[1] [4]The rent is now due, America, CNN, Aug 1, 2021 

[2] [5]Immediate action needed at federal, state and local levels to keep
renters safe, National Low Income Housing Association, Jul 30, 2021

[3] [ [link removed] ]Florida has disbursed 2 percent of rent aid as eviction moratorium
ending, Tampa Bay Times, Jul 30, 2021

[4]  [ [link removed] ]Immediate action needed at federal, state and local levels to keep
renters safe, National Low Income Housing Association, Jul 30, 2021

[5] [ [link removed] ]Why Landlords Target Mothers for Eviction, The New Republic, March
16, 2021


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