Let鈥檚 Talk New Mexico 6/17 8am: Last September, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention instituted a to keep people without secure incomes from losing their homes during the COVID-19 pandemic. New Mexico followed suit with a similar . For ten months the moratoriums have protected thousands of New Mexico renters, but at the same time back rents have continued to accrue and landlords have gone without the income they count on. With the national order protecting tenants scheduled to expire on June 30th and no clear endpoint for the state鈥檚 moratorium, there is potential for a if nothing is done. Join us this week as we discuss the national and state residential eviction moratoriums, as well as programs set up to help tenants get caught up on payments.
Have you fallen behind on rent during the pandemic? Are you a landlord dealing with lost income? Are you concerned about what a large number of evictions could do to the economy or the already troubling housing market?
We want to hear your story. Email LetsTalk@kunm.org, tweet #letstalkNM or call in live during the show.
GUESTS
- Maria Griego,
- Chuck Sheldon, , Former Pres. Apartment Association of New Mexico
- Henry Valdez,
RESOURCES
- for Section 8 Housing Choice vouchers and public housing assistance
- New Mexico鈥檚
- celebrations, where the Dept. of Finance and Administrations will be set up to help with emergency rental assistance applications
- New Mexico's for people behind on mortgages, bills, taxes, etc.
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- Albuquerque Journal, Op-Ed 鈥溾��&苍产蝉辫;
- Searchlight New Mexico, 鈥溾�� Gallup is on the edge of a housing crisis
