Why metro Phoenix renters are spending hundreds of dollars just to find an apartment
Metro Phoenix’s housing shortage is forcing tenants in some cases to pay hundreds of dollars in application fees just to find a place to rent, not including move-in costs such as a security deposit. With apartment vacancies at a nearly 50-year low, some renters are applying to property after property before finding their next home. […]
Small number of big landlords account for large share of Maricopa County eviction filings
Corrections & Clarifications: The name of Saratoga Ridge Apartments was incorrect in an earlier version of the article and in an accompanying map. A relatively small number of landlords have accounted for a large share of eviction filings in Maricopa County, according to a national study. Based on analysis from the Eviction Lab at Princeton […]
Arizona owes workers thousands in additional unemployment payments, lawsuit claims
Thousands of unemployed Arizona workers are owed $2,400 in unemployment benefits because Gov. Doug Ducey illegally cut them off in July, a lawsuit filed in Maricopa County claims. The lawsuit argues that Ducey violated state law when he ended the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation program, which paid unemployed workers up to an additional $300 on […]
Arizona evictions are expected to climb in September. Here’s what renters need to know.
Metro Phoenix tenants who couldn’t pay rent their due to the pandemic are facing possible eviction again. The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last week to block an extension of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention moratorium allowed landlords to start evicting renters for missed payments last Friday. August eviction filings are down from July, […]
Can you be evicted in Arizona as CDC moratorium ends? Here’s where renters could get help
May 15, 2020; Phoenix, AZ, USA; An eviction notice is served at an apartment in east Phoenix.Arizona landlords can start evicting tenants for not paying rent again after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Thursday to block an extension of the national moratorium. Almost 120,000 tenants across the state say they are behind on their rent […]
Supreme Court blocks Biden’s COVID-19 eviction moratorium in blow to real estate groups
Blocking the eviction moratorium allows property owners to begin evicting millions of Americans who are behind on rent during the COVID-19 pandemic.STAFF VIDEOSTAFF VIDEO, USA TODAY SOURCE: https://www.azcentral.com/videos/news/politics/2021/08/27/supreme-court-blocks-eviction-moratorium/5595088001/ AUTHOR: Staff Video, USA Today
There’s a new ban on evictions: What Arizona renters need to know about CDC moratorium
President Joe Biden’s administration unexpectedly announced a new ban on evictions last week, leaving courts, landlords and renters scrambling to navigate a new set of eviction rules. The administration had previously indicated that evictions would resume when the original moratorium expired July 31. But a surge of COVID-19 cases spurred by the more-contagious delta variant […]
Arizona renters safe from most evictions under new Biden eviction moratorium
President Joe Biden’s administration announced a new moratorium on evictions Tuesday — three days after the previous federal moratorium expired. The new moratorium, which will last for 60 days, is narrower than the previous Centers for Disease Control and Prevention moratorium, which protected any American renter who could prove an eligible COVID-19-related impact. The new […]
The CDC eviction moratorium expired. What happens to Arizona renters behind on rent now?
A new targeted eviction moratorium issued last week by the Centers for Disease Control includes areas like Alamance County where community transmission rates of COVID-19 are substantial.Arizona renters impacted by COVID-19 can be evicted for the first time in 16 months after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eviction moratorium expired Saturday. Most housing […]
Months after applying, Phoenix family still waiting for rental aid as eviction moratorium expires
“You can never get a human on the phone, it’s always a voicemail system,” says Melissa Ferralez of contacting the city of Phoenix’s rental assistance program. She is hoping to receive aid to help with the back rent on her north-central Phoenix rental home.Melissa Ferralez applied for rental assistance from Phoenix on March 31. She’s […]
