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Tenants groups push for long-lasting eviction protections

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Tenants groups push for long-lasting eviction protections
Tenants groups push for long-lasting eviction protections

Kansas Gov.

Laura Kelly issued another ban on evictions and foreclosures due to the COVID-19 pandemic Monday, and while it is progress, tenant rights groups are pushing for more permanent overhauls in the housing system.

STATEWIDE NUMBERSTODAY.THE ECONOMIC TOLL OFTHIS PANDEMIC HAS NOTEASED UP FOR SOME --INCLUDING THOSEWORRIED ABOUT LOSING AROOF OVER THEIR HEADS.THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAUSURVEYED RENTERS ATTHE END OF JULY ANDASKED IF THEY HADCONFIDENCE IN PAYINGTHEIR AUGUST RENT.ROUGHLY 13-PERCENTSAID THEY HAD NOCONFIDENCE.NOW MANY ON THKANSAS SIDE ARE CALLINGFOR MORE TO BE DONE --TO KEEP PEOPLE IN THEIRHOMES.41 ACTION NEREPORTER SARAH PLAKEHAS THEIR STORY.Tenant groups say people astill in the same situation theywere in back when thepandemic began..

And arepushing for permanentoverhauls in our housingsystem.Kansas Governor Laura Kellyissued another ban onevictions and foreclosures dueto the COVID-19 pandemic.It comes with the knowledgethat i already know at leastthree people who have beenevicted at this point.

Whilethisis an amazing step in rightdirection, it still feels toolittletoo late, and it doesn't go asfar out as it could..Tenants rights groups likeZero Rent Kansas says theviction moratorium shouldn'tend here.Our perfect envisioning is tharent would be canceled untilthe end of pandemic, thatthere's also rent free so thatdebt isn't being collected...As of June, the unemploymentrate in Kansas was 7.5percent..

In Wyandotte Countyit was almost 10.5 percent.We need millions of dollarsinfused into theneighborhoods or we need tocreate new systems altogetherDustin Hare is an organizerwith the Community HealthCouncil of Wyandotte CountHe says in someneighborhoods where everyother person was already ipoverty before the pandemic,a ban on evictions is anobvious needWe need more relief packagesfor sure over next severalmonths.

The unemploymentbenefit has been huge forpeople, it's been the only thingnot making this a massivecrisis.Governor Kelly says ifCongress does not act onanother stimulus package thatincludes housing protections,she will sign another evictionmoratorium.Sarah Plake 41 actio

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