“Rent debt” is the amount Goode and hundreds of thousands of others in LA County still owe their landlords.
It never goes away and just continues to grow, even if you’re protected from being evicted by temporary restrictions.
A moratorium on evictions has prevented people like Goode from being kicked out on the street, but that expires at the end of February.
Larry Gross with LA’s Coalition for Economic Survival points to a recent UCLA study, which says 365,000 LA County households are currently at risk for eviction.
“They have good reason to be scared,” Gross said. “Eviction moratoriums, which are still being planned are great, but they don’t address rent debt at all.