Advocacy

Take 5 for Advocacy This Week: July 22, 2020

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EXTEND EVICTION MORITORIUM:  Washington’s eviction moratorium ends August 1. Without an extension, hundreds of thousands of Washington residents could lose their homes.

new analysis based on U.S. Census data estimates that without adequate rent assistance, 195,000 Washington households could face eviction over the next four months if the moratorium expires. Among those, Communities of Color are likely to be hit the hardest. Even before COVID-19, Black/African American households were about 10-times and Latinx renter households were almost twice as likely to face eviction as white households. Homeless students service provider David Sims said, “These numbers are infuriating, but not surprising.” We must also consider the layers upon layers of trauma that residents, particularly from Communities of Color, are experiencing right now with increased health issues, loss of family members, income loss, childcare challenges, and more. This is on top of the daily fear of losing their home. 

The Washington Low-Income Housing Alliance is asking for folks to call for lawmakers to extend the eviction moratorium through March 2021. Take action at https://bit.ly/ExtendEvictionMoratorium

You can also talk about your advocacy  and share the action link on your social media networks, using the the hashtags #HomesAreEssential and #RentReliefNow, and encourage others to join you in this effort.