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Michael Pope reports Eleven percent of renters in Virginia are behind on their rent, according to Census surveys. That s 123,000 households, mostly people of color. Sarah Treuhaft at the research and advocacy group PolicyLink says clearing all that rent debt is an equity issue.  We ve had a national reckoning on structural racism in this county, and what we see now is the majority of people of color in this country are renters. They ve been locked out of homeownership because of structural inequities, and now people are behind on rent and we need to clear that debt. The good news is that rental assistance is available, and Congress has set aside about a billion dollars just for Virginia. Christie Marra at the Virginia Poverty Law Center recalls a conversation she had with a man in Northern Virginia who didn t think he qualified.  He thought he made too much money, and in fact any tenant who is at 50 percent of area median income is eligible for this money. Even if you make as

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