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President Donald J. Trump Is Working to Stop Evictions and Protect Americans’ Homes During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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| September 1, 2020
| White House
Posted on 09/02/2020 12:50:53 PM PDT by ransomnote
TEMPORARILY HALTING EVICTIONS: President Donald J. Trump is taking action to put a temporary halt to evictions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Following an Executive Order by President Trump, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is using its authority to temporarily halt evictions through the end of 2020 in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19.
- Under the CDC Order, American renters who meet certain conditions cannot be evicted if they have affirmatively exhausted their best efforts to pay rent, seek Government rental assistance, and are likely to become homeless due to eviction.
- Those who benefit from this assistance are still obligated to pay accrued rent or housing payments in accordance with their lease or contract.
- Landlords are still permitted to pursue eviction against tenants committing criminal acts, threatening the health or safety of other residents, and damaging property, among other offenses.
- The intent of this Order is to use Federal authority to prevent evictions that could exacerbate the spread of COVID-19.
- It is essential during the pandemic that Americans have an effective place to quarantine, isolate, and social distance, and evicting people from residences undermines that objective.
PROTECTING AMERICANS: President Trump has provided extensive relief to help keep Americans in their homes during the fight against COVID-19.
- The Trump Administration is following through on President Trump’s Executive Order to protect American homeowners and renters during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Last week, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced they would extend their eviction and foreclosure moratorium for Federal Housing Administration (FHA)-insured homeowners through the end of the year.
- HUD has already allocated $7 billion in grants to State and local governments that could be used for rental assistance to address increased eviction risk.
- HUD is also explicitly considering factors associated with eviction risk when allocating nearly $2 billion in CARES Act funding and working with Federal grant recipients to facilitate their use of various funds to assist renters at risk of eviction.
- The Department of the Treasury has also allocated $142 billion in Coronavirus Relief Funds to States and localities, with broad application for rental assistance and other programs.
PROVIDING ASSISTANCE: Over the course of the pandemic, President Trump has made providing assistance to Americans facing financial hardship a top priority.
- HUD is providing housing counseling services and has published resources and guidance to help tenants, landlords, and lenders, including a toolkit to help landlords and public housing authorities work with their tenants during this time.
- President Trump successfully delivered economic impact payments to tens of millions of Americans to help relieve burdened families and workers.
- President Trump has also worked to expand and maintain unemployment benefits to help Americans who are out of work during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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To: ransomnote
Good politics.
Piss poor fiscal management and dereliction of duty to protect private property rights.
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posted on
09/02/2020 1:01:52 PM PDT
by
Mariner
(War Criminal #18)
To: ransomnote
So...I’m just a country boy, but this crap makes no sense.
If people were laid off or terminated from employment due to COVID, they were getting regular unemployment, PLUS $600 a week from taxpayers. You saying they couldn’t pay the damn rent?
If people were not laid off, and continued to work, how were they suddenly unable to pay the damn rent that they had been paying all along?
So, there’s another scenario...persons whose hours may have been trimmed or cut to such a level that they were making enough less than previously, and so cannot pay their rent. This is the closest instance to ‘valid’ that I can see.
This whole ‘eviction freeze’ smells like so much bovine excrement. And, it further impacts persons who may have a few rental properties from which they derive their own incomes... Who is considering those folks?
Smells to high Heaven, IMO.
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posted on
09/02/2020 1:22:54 PM PDT
by
PubliusMM
(RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. Mr Trump, we've got your six.)
To: PubliusMM
Paying a mortgage is over rated. Thankful I no longer have rentals.
Feds going to own all debt before this is finished.
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posted on
09/02/2020 2:16:28 PM PDT
by
zek157
To: Mariner
Read the details. Property rights are protected, these are temporary situations and the landlords will be compensated from funds already at the Presidents disposal. Plus most of these people are probably already in subsidized housing.
Hes taken an issue away from the Dems and also has limited it so they cant do their nobody ever has to pay rent again and by the way were seizing your property shtick.
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posted on
09/02/2020 2:21:08 PM PDT
by
livius
To: ransomnote
If you are a small time landlord, better sell now. You think the renters will pay the back rent? Will your bank forgo all the mortgage payments? Can you afford to keep fixing your properties with no income?
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posted on
09/02/2020 2:44:05 PM PDT
by
dynachrome
(The panic will end, the tyranny will not)
To: ransomnote
More unconstitutional crap from Trump and co.
To: PubliusMM
not everyone laid off or terminated due to Covid got unemployment of any kind. I know of more than a few.
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posted on
09/02/2020 5:35:57 PM PDT
by
b4me
(God Bless the USA)
To: livius
Please provide a link that I, as a landlord, can find out how to recoup lost rent from a tenant. Yes I have a judgement against him for 3 months back rent, was fixin to have him evicted next week, now he says he is quarantined for covid. Show me where I go to collect his unpaid rent.
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posted on
09/02/2020 5:44:33 PM PDT
by
eastforker
(All in, I'm all Trump,what you got!)
To: eastforker
Show me where I go to collect his unpaid rent.Back rent may be the least of it. A rental property is only worth the value of all the rent it will ever earn discounted back to today. Now that the "no eviction" cat is out of the bag, how will property owners be compensated for the loss of property value now that the rental stream is far less certain?
To: b4me
I have heard that, b4me. But, I’ve never seen any details around any specific instance.
Heck, I was a contractor, engaged by a company to perform work for yet another company.
COVID bullcrap got my engagement, and I had NO problem getting full unemployment benefits, including the FED stipend.
What circumstances would keep someone from getting this money, if the employment was legal and above board?
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posted on
09/02/2020 7:01:06 PM PDT
by
PubliusMM
(RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. Mr Trump, we've got your six.)
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