When the COVID eviction ban lifts in Charlotte, it s going to be the big one Lauren Lindstrom, David Boraks, and Nate Morabito CHARLOTTE JOURNALISM COLLABORATIVE, The Charlotte Observer
Jul. 1 People who are behind on their rent because of the coronavirus pandemic got another reprieve last week: the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention extended its moratorium on evictions for one more month.
The CDC has said it will be the last extension. Several extensions have been made since the moratorium was first enacted in September.
The moratorium doesn t mean evictions have come to a standstill. A review of court records shows judges are continuing to order evictions for Mecklenburg County renters who failed to pay rent and for other reasons like lease violations.
A WCNC Charlotte investigation revealed nursing homes that were fined thousands of dollars after deadly COVID-19 infections spread within their walls also collected government bonuses that, in most cases, offset their original penalties.
WCNC Charlotte s analysis of twosets of federal data identified more than 100 nursing homes in the Carolinas that collected federal incentive payments despite infection control and COVID-19-related penalties, receiving a combined $10 million more in bonuses than penalties.
More than 80% of those nursing homes also had at least one resident die from COVID-19 since March 2020, according to an analysis of Pro Publica s Nursing Home Inspect database.
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The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department defended its use of SWAT but pledged to do better at tracking search warrant locations and demographics in Charlotte.
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