[The Guardian] Sick, elderly, pregnant: the California renters being evicted even during the pandemic

Sick, elderly, pregnant: the California renters being evicted even during the pandemic

Despite new tenant protections, landlords are pushing out residents who can’t pay rent, making some homeless amid Covid-19

When Covid-19 halted California’s economy, state officials promised to prevent evictions and defend tenants’ rights. But a dozen renters and their attorneys told the Guardian that some landlords are proceeding to expel them from their homes despite the new regulations, indicating there are significant gaps in the protections.

Those tenants include a pregnant woman, a cancer patient, an elderly woman, a mother of six, several newly unemployed low-wage workers and others vulnerable to Covid-19.

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