CDC extends eviction ban through July, but enforcement in Texas is up to individual judges
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A No Trespassing sign hangs from the corner post of Lucille Hammash s home in central Houston, on April 11, 2021.
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The federal government’s pandemic-related eviction moratorium, which was scheduled to expire June 30, has been extended to July 31, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention order released Thursday.
The CDC order says the purpose of the temporary halt is to slow the spread of COVID-19. Although millions of Americans are beginning to return to a sense of normalcy following their vaccinations, health officials warn that the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant across the United States including in Texas could be dangerous, especially among unvaccinated populations.
Texas Courts Are Proceeding With Evictions. The Impact Could Be Disastrous.
Despite a CDC moratorium on evictions, some Texas judges kept allowing them. Housing advocates worry about the long-lasting impacts of the decisions on the most vulnerable.
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Tyler Hicks
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May 7, 2021
3:46 pm
Vickie Clark starts every day with a prayer. “I am not my situation,” she reminds herself. She has many blessings in her life: her seven children and her “grands,” what she calls her new grandchildren. Despite all that has happened to her, she still has her many friendships. And she is grateful to still be alive.
Texas storm recovery for renters like this Dallas man is hard-fought
“What is an emergency, if not this?” says this disabled renter
Tom Strzyz holds his head as he talks about what he went through during the winter storm that hit Texas in mid-February. Strzyz along with several residents, lost power, fetched water from the swimming pool and hot water only began to flow this week in spurts at the Wildflower Apts complex in Dallas on Thursday, March 11, 2021.(Lola Gomez)
Tom Strzyz sulked in the muggy air outside his mucky apartment.
The epic snowstorm, failed electricity and busted pipes have sent his spirits south. Almost four weeks since the Texas arctic blast began on Valentine’s Day, his apartment is still a mess, especially the bathroom where a wall turned to sponge from a water leak and exposed the timber.
Renters can’t stay and they can’t go
“We didn t see it coming. Now, we have three weeks and we have no idea what to do,” said Nadia Guardado of Irving.
Guardado and her husband, David Delacruz, are one of the North Texas families with nowhere to go when their lease ends at the end of the month.
The couple, who work in the music industry, saw their work dry up nearly overnight last March. Guardado said her boss received a PPP loan that kept her working for a couple of months, but she’s back on furlough. The couple said they got by on savings, unemployment benefits and credit cards until falling behind on rent in September.