Photo by David Rodriguez, The Salinas Californian click to flip through (2) Graphic by CalMatters When Blanca Esthela Trejo, 46, lies down to sleep, it feels like shards of glass stab her back and cut into her lungs a lingering effect of COVID-19. I d like to be crouched down, hunched over all the time, because the pain is too much, she said. But Trejo is foregoing medical treatment because she has put paying the rent on her Salinas apartment above all else to keep a roof over her three children s heads. A state law passed in January extended eviction protections for tenants through June 30, as long as tenants show they lost their income due to COVID-19 and pay a quarter of what they owe.
In summary
Complex rules and landlord resistance are limiting the success of an unprecedented effort to help tenants. Advocacy groups are concerned what will happen after a statewide eviction moratorium ends June 30.
When Blanca Esthela Trejo, 46, lies down to sleep, what feels like shards of glass stab her back and cut into her lungs a lingering effect of COVID-19.
“I’d like to be crouched down, hunched over all the time, because the pain is too much,” she said.
But Trejo is foregoing medical treatment because she has put paying the rent on her Salinas apartment above all else to keep a roof over her three children’s heads.
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