ACTION ALERT - Tell Governor Inslee to Extend the Eviction Moratorium through March 31, 2021

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TAKE ACTION - Tell Gov. Inslee to Extend the Eviction Moratorium through March 2021!

Advocates, organizers, housing and service providers, friends and allies: we need your voices again.

According to the Census Bureau's Pulse Survey, 247,959 renter households were unable to pay rent in June. Meanwhile, on August 1st at midnight, our state eviction moratorium will expire, leaving every single one of these households without protection from eviction. Black and Latinx households are many times more likely than white households to be at risk of eviction when the moratorium is lifted. We simply cannot sit by and watch this happen.

While our state is releasing $100 million for rental assistance soon, we know this is not nearly enough, and without the security that an eviction moratorium provides, many people will lose their homes, along with the safety and security that accompany a home.

It is clear that our legislature must weigh in with a longer term solution when they convene next session. Periodic extensions of the moratorium, while helpful in the near-term, are causing significant added trauma for struggling renter households. The sheer stress of hundreds of thousands of people worrying about whether they will become homeless during a pandemic is in itself detrimental to our collective resilience to this pandemic.

Join us in calling on Governor Inslee to extend the eviction moratorium through March 2021 to allow the Legislature time to vote on a longer-term solution to housing stability during COVID-19. Use the form to the right to send Gov. Inslee and your lawmakers an email today!

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NOTE: If your landlord is trying to evict you during the current moratorium, the Attorney General's office can help you enforce your rights. Fill out a complaint form for the quickest response. Copy and paste this link: https://bit.ly/3dOo18b

You can also contact them at civilrights@atg.wa.gov or via phone at (833) 660-4877 and leave a general message by selecting Option 1.

Please note that the Attorney General’s office is only able to respond to tenants with eviction notices and will not be able to answer general questions or assist tenants without notices during this time.

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TAKE ACTION - Tell Gov. Inslee to Extend the Eviction Moratorium through March 2021!

Gov. Inslee

Subject: Extend the Eviction Moratorium through March 2021

Message:

Dear Governor Inslee, I am grateful that you have extended the eviction moratorium twice to ensure that renters are not evicted for being unable to pay rent during the pandemic, and amidst massive job losses and the economic recession. I implore you to continue prioritizing keeping people safe and stable in their homes. Since the last extension, new information has come out illuminating the frightening scale of evictions Washington will face if the moratorium is lifted. The Census Bureau’s Pulse Survey shows that, in June alone, 247,959 Washington households were unable to pay rent. While $100 million for emergency rental assistance is very appreciated, it will come nowhere near meeting the need and many will be left out and at risk of losing their home in August. Further, the racial disparities are bleak and threaten to compound the disproportionate experience of evictions and homelessness that people of color already experience. While 8% of white renter households couldn’t pay rent, 42% of Black renter households and 24% of Latinx renter households were unable to. Further, people of color led households disproportionately report concerns about their ability to pay the next month’s while white renters are consistently confident and steady that they will be able to make rent. The eviction moratorium is an example of anti-racist policy that is preventing significant harm to communities of color while also protecting all renter households. But the repeated stress to renter households of not knowing if the moratorium will be extended or if they will be evicted and experience homelessness during a pandemic is causing additional trauma during a very difficult period. Therefore, I am asking you to extend the eviction moratorium through March 31, 2021, to allow the legislature time to develop a comprehensive plan to ensure tenant and landlord stability throughout COVID-19 and into the long-term. As you know, our state’s homelessness prevention resources are already unable to meet the current demand and homeless shelter capacity has reduced statewide during the pandemic. Our state cannot handle an influx of new people into the homelessness crisis, and it is imperative that we do everything we can to keep people safely housed. Thank you,

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Subject: Please help us extend the eviction moratorium through March, 2021

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I just sent this letter to Gov. Inslee, and I am asking for your support to ensure that renters do not lose their homes during this crisis. *** Dear Governor Inslee, I am grateful that you have extended the eviction moratorium twice to ensure that renters are not evicted for being unable to pay rent during the pandemic, and amidst massive job losses and the economic recession. I implore you to continue prioritizing keeping people safe and stable in their homes. Since the last extension, new information has come out illuminating the frightening scale of evictions Washington will face if the moratorium is lifted. The Census Bureau’s Pulse Survey shows that, in June alone, 247,959 Washington households were unable to pay rent. While $100 million for emergency rental assistance is very appreciated, it will come nowhere near meeting the need and many will be left out and at risk of losing their home in August. Further, the racial disparities are bleak and threaten to compound the disproportionate experience of evictions and homelessness that people of color already experience. While 8% of white renter households couldn’t pay rent, 42% of Black renter households and 24% of Latinx renter households were unable to. Further, people of color led households disproportionately report concerns about their ability to pay the next month’s while white renters are consistently confident and steady that they will be able to make rent. The eviction moratorium is an example of anti-racist policy that is preventing significant harm to communities of color while also protecting all renter households. But the repeated stress to renter households of not knowing if the moratorium will be extended or if they will be evicted and experience homelessness during a pandemic is causing additional trauma during a very difficult period. Therefore, I am asking you to extend the eviction moratorium through March 31, 2021, to allow the legislature time to develop a comprehensive plan to ensure tenant and landlord stability throughout COVID-19 and into the long-term. As you know, our state’s homelessness prevention resources are already unable to meet the current demand and homeless shelter capacity has reduced statewide during the pandemic. Our state cannot handle an influx of new people into the homelessness crisis, and it is imperative that we do everything we can to keep people safely housed. Thank you,

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TAKE ACTION - Tell Gov. Inslee to Extend the Eviction Moratorium through March 2021!

TAKE ACTION - Tell Gov. Inslee to Extend the Eviction Moratorium through March 2021!

TAKE ACTION - Tell Gov. Inslee to Extend the Eviction Moratorium through March 2021!

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