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One of the dire unintended consequences of the pandemic is people losing their homes because they canât pay their rent or mortgage due to job loss through no fault of their own.
To help keep people in their homes, on April 2, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis issued a moratorium on evictions and foreclosures.
That, however, ended Oct. 1. Get more from the Citrus County Chronicle
Prior to that, on Sept. 4, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) stepped in and issued an order which protects Florida families who canât pay rent because of COVID-related job loss.
The order requires tenants to sign and submit to their landlords a declaration that they have been unable to pay their rent because of COVID-19Â â and that they have exhausted all efforts to find work and government assistance.