rent right now and the important number is over 300,000 families the eviction process has already started in the sense that the court papers have been filed as soon as this eviction has now lusted those are going to move very quickly. we expect possibly 3 million evictions in the coming months to happen. obviously everybody knew this was coming. it was not a surprise. in my mind the biggest tragedy you can see congress trying to blame the white house and the white house trying to blame congress. the biggest fault here is we had so much aid, almost $50 billion that was approved some of it in december some of it in march and less than 5% of that money has gotten out so far. only about $1.5 billion got out to actual landlords and the renters who need it. both parties are waiting for this money. and that is the real fault here. why didn t that money get out? i a hundred percent agree.
country. we know that $46 billion were set aside by the federal government months ago to try to get this to the renters in need during the pandemic yet the issue here has been that the money has gotten stuck and tied up at the state level and many states are doing what they can to speed up the application process and speed up the approval so that the renters can get this money. we know at the moment at least 6.5 million renters around the country are behind on rent and many of them now vulnerable to eviction. we should also note that some states including colorado, new jersey and some others have enacted their own moratorium giving more time for these renters to receive some of that help and get it to the landlords. we should also note with the eviction moratorium ending, the landlords do have the option in many places to begin the eviction process or to choose to rent for the waiters to get approved. get this assistance and
renters has been slow. you have states like florida that has only disbursed about 2% of the money. in new york, the governor now assigning more employees to approve the applications. so you have other states with difficulties like these where they have the money, it just has been very difficult getting it to the people that need to pay the money as we get to the first of august, right, when the moratorium will now end and the eviction process will be able to begin against a lot of these renters. it is a very complicated issue. we are expecting congress to possibly pass some type of extension, which they didn t. so now here we are with millions of people in fear of getting evicted. my colleague spoke to an attorney in the atlanta area who is defending a lot of renters just like they re doing in other parts of the country. we re going to hear from this attorney that spoke to vaughn hillyard. reporter: what is it that you need? we need more time and we also need less limitations on wh
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of the 10 major cities with the highest rates of eviction in the country how are located in virginia in richmond alone around $3000.00 tenants are forced out of their homes every year. the vixens a routine job for office a loyal from the sheriff s office several times a week he distributes the dreaded yellow notices. in the state of virginia. the law is strict if the rent is late by 5 days the landlord has the right to begin the eviction process. to threaten tenants have one week to settle their debts otherwise they face eviction by force and officer loyal does not show much sympathy. this morning he and his colleagues have to evict the residents of this house.