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Mayor Marty Walsh and the Boston Housing Authority on Friday announced they are extending the moratorium on non-essential evictions through the end of 2020. Non-essential evictions include all eviction proceedings except those related to criminal activity and those necessary to protect the health and safety of other housing authority residents. “I want to commend the BHA for once again setting…

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Boston Housing Authority is extending its moratorium on nonessential evictions through the end of the year, officials announced Friday.

The crippling economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic could force a wave of evictions across the United States as a federal ban and a patchwork of state moratoriums quickly expire, fair housing advocates and legal experts warned. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security, or CARES, Act that Congress passed in March provided a temporary moratorium on evictions, but it was...

State housing advocates say Massachusetts will see a wave of evictions if certain pandemic-era protections are not extended. They predict the public health crisis will turn into a homelessness crisis, and they are calling on city and state leaders to help. When the pandemic hit, the Flores family in East Boston was forced to make a choice. “We had to…

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh discussed concerns that there will be widespread evictions in the city.

Sada Jones anxiously paces inside her apartment every time she catches a glimpse of her building’s maintenance workers through a damaged glass patio door half boarded up with scrap wood that she says her landlord refuses to repair. Jones, 23, a hotel cook, has been unable to make rent payments on her New Orleans-area apartment since being furloughed on March…

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, renters in many states are protected by a temporary moratorium on evictions. However, the rules leave tenants across the country with a lot of unanswered questions. For example, can a landlord evict you as soon as the relief period ends? Will not paying rent trash your credit and make it close to impossible to get a…

If you can’t afford to pay your rent right now in Massachusetts, you don’t have to worry about getting kicked out of your apartment during the ongoing state emergency. That’s because state lawmakers hit the pause button on evictions for non-payment during the coronavirus pandemic. Supporters call it a crucial step to keeping people safe and providing housing stability...

If you can’t afford rent right now, you won’t have to worry about getting kicked out of your home.

The stay-at-home advisory and the closure of non-essential businesses have been extended by two weeks.

Massachusetts lawmakers have sent to Republican Gov. Charlie Baker a bill they say would provide a safety net for renters, homeowners, and small businesses grappling with the economic fallout of the coronavirus state or emergency. The legislation approved Friday prohibits all non-essential evictions and foreclosures and provides mortgage borrowers with forbearance options and protects tenants from late fees. The bill…