Holly Ray, a lawyer in North Alabama said there is a severe lack of guidance on the CDC eviction moratorium guidelines. Mobile received $1.8 million in CARES Act funding, $1.5 million of which went to Legal Services of Alabama to help Mobilians who are in the process of being or have been evicted. Census, 28.7% of the adult renters in Alabama have no or slight confidence in their ability to make next month’s rent payment. Census, 11.3% of adults in Alabama either missed last month’s housing payment or have little to no confidence that they can pay next month’s housing payment.Īccording to the U.S. AHFA expects to accept applications from landlords and tenants beginning March 1.Īlabama had an estimated excess of 621 COVID-19 deaths after a statewide moratorium expired on May 31.Īccording to the U.S. Governor Kay Ivey authorized the Alabama Housing Finance Authority (AHFA) to implement the state’s new $263 million COVID-19 emergency rental assistance program. ERA Alabama says that if local rent relief programs are not operating yet, ERA Alabama might accept their application. People are still being evicted and we can offer them assistance right now.” While Alabama renters began applying for the statewide emergency rental assistance program on March 1, residents of Huntsville and Madison County have been unable to apply for their local rental assistance programs. Commissioner Violet Edwards opposed the postponement saying, “On Monday, there were 800 people on the docket for eviction. The Madison County Commissioners postponed the start of the Emergency Rental Assistance Program to make decisions as to who will be eligible for the assistance and who will distribute the funds. The application process for Alabama Housing Finance Authority's "Emergency Rental Assistance Alabama" ( ERA Alabama) program began March 1. Visit our searchable database and map which allows some renters to identify if their home is covered by the CARES Act eviction moratoriums. This tracker links to news reports of the growing evictions crisis in various cities and states. See NLIHC’s top priorities for the next COVID-19 relief bill. Congress should also provide additional resources and protections to address the health and housing needs of America’s lowest-income resources and people experiencing homelessness. Congress should extend the federal eviction moratorium through the duration of the public emergency and address the moratorium’s shortcomings by improving and enforcing the order.
The federal eviction moratorium, does, however, have significant shortcomings that undermine its public health impacts.
The temporary moratorium on evictions extends vital protections to tens of millions of renters at risk of eviction for nonpayment of rent during the global pandemic. A federal eviction moratorium issued by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is in effect from Septemto March 31, 2021.
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