Nearly 50,000 low-income families in Los Angeles could receive rent relief under a new program approved by the City Council on Tuesday.
. Approximately 16,000 families will receive assistance in each of those months, the report estimated.
Currently, nearly all evictions in California are on hold because the state court system is not processing cases except for those deemed emergencies. The city of Los Angeles has passed additional tenant protections, barring evictions for those unable to pay rent due to the coronavirus and allowing renters a year after the expiration of the state of emergency to make up any past due rent.
So far, tenants in Los Angeles and nationwide appear to have been able to keep up with their rent payments much more than many analysts had anticipated, given the economic hardships caused by the virus. The National Multifamily Housing Council, a Washington, D.C.-based landlord trade group, found that more than 92% of tenants have paid at least part of this month’s rent, a figure unchanged from last June. The council’s survey covers 11.4 million professionally managed apartments — about a quarter of the nation’s rental market.Advertisement
As part of the federal stimulus plan, Congress increased unemployment benefits to provide those who have lost jobs with an additional $600 a week, which the housing council credits with helping tenants make their payments.
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