D区暂缓迁离的情况如何.C. 租房者?

2021年9月17日

8月3日, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued an order preventing evictions in counties with “heightened levels of community transmission” of COVID-19. 几周后，美国政府宣布.S. 最高法院驳回了该命令. 公益性服务 Center 住房 Managing Attorney Gabriella Lewis-White and 住房 Initiative Attorney Lauren King fielded our questions about how the ruling will impact D.C. 租客，下一步，以及公益中心正在做些什么来帮助他们.

D的情况如何.C.暂停驱逐?

D .租户驱逐保护.C. are no longer tied to the local public health emergency, which expired on July 25, 2021. 对于计划在2020年3月11日之前驱逐的案件，美国法律规定.S. 法警可能会再次安排驱逐. 房东也可以在有限的情况下发出驱逐通知, such as when a tenant presents a current and substantial threat to the health and safety of those around them or where a tenant has caused significant property damage to the premises.

As of July 24, 2021, landlords may serve tenants with a notice of unpaid rent. 然而, the landlord must apply for funding through the Stronger Together by Assisting You (STAY DC) program if the tenant has not already done so. 然后租户有60天的时间来申请资金. STAY DC applications require an application from both the tenant and landlord. A landlord may not file a non-payment of rent suit while a STAY DC application is pending.

根据委员会的授权.C. 高等法院, each notice of unpaid rent must include the phone numbers to the Landlord Tenant Legal Assistance Network (LTLAN) and the Office of the Tenant Advocate (OTA). 从2021年10月12日开始，可以提起不支付租金的诉讼.

Beginning on September 26, 2021, landlords can serve notices in all types of eviction cases. 到1月1日, 2022, landlords will be able to file all types of eviction cases after any required notices have been served.

联邦政府是否保护D.C. 租房者?

甚至在大流行之前，成千上万的D.C. 居民们已经生活在危险的环境中, 安全和经济适用房的供应越来越少.

当地方保护结束时, the CDC order allowed tenants to submit a certification if they suffered financial hardship due to COVID-19. 最高法院于8月27日推翻了这一禁令.

现在D的驱逐.C. 可以重新开始, 而且不止14个,400 of our neighbors who have fallen behind on their rent may well get evicted in the coming months.

什么是STAY DC? How does STAY DC help 租房者 behind on payments and keep tenants in their homes?

受COVID-19影响的租户可以申请拖欠租金的援助, 未来的租金, 公用事业费用, 并通过STAY DC项目扩大住房支持.

We strongly encourage District residents in need to complete an application as soon as possible.

What is the 公益性服务 Center doing to help District residents now that the eviction moratorium has ended?

Before the pandemic, approximately 30,000 eviction cases were filed annually before in the D.C. 高等法院的房东和房客法庭. That number is expected to grow significantly in the coming weeks following the resumption of eviction filings.

Tenants also find themselves in unequal struggles to keep a roof over their heads. 超过90%的租户将在没有澳门赌场官网的情况下出庭.C. 而98%的房东将有代表.

The 公益性服务 Center is closing the access to justice gap by helping tenants navigate the STAY DC application process and secure financial relief to stay in their homes through the Landlord Tenant Legal Assistance Network (LTLAN). LTLAN是公益中心的合作伙伴, 为城市提供面包, 哥伦比亚特区法律援助协会, 长者法律顾问, 社区法律服务项目, 和正义崛起. 寻求租房援助的人, 不安全的住房条件, 或驱逐辩护可致电202-780-2575.

The 公益性服务 Center is also helping District tenants with eviction record sealing. 什么是驱逐记录封印? 它如何影响潜在的租房者?

驱逐记录在华盛顿是公开的.C., and according to a 2020 eviction study by the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University, those records have a negative impact on a renter’s future housing opportunities. Landlords can discriminate against tenants with eviction records even if the eviction filing did not result in an eviction.

D.C. 议会签署了临时立法，允许D.C. 房客将于2021年1月1日起封存驱逐记录. 防止租户被列入黑名单, 公益性服务 Center staff and volunteers have taken more than 100 eviction sealing cases. 中心的倡导 & 正义的诊所 is currently the only program in the city offering eviction sealing. Tenants who are having trouble securing safe affordable housing due to an old eviction record can call the Landlord Tenant Legal Assistance Network at 202-780-2575 for help.

• 需要法律帮助? 打电话给202-780-2575.
• 注册 to participate in the 公益性服务 Center’s Landlord Tenant Practice training.
• 加入中心的努力 确保住房安全稳定.
• 澳门赌场官网事务所可以承诺为D.C. 租户加入 宣传 & 正义的诊所.