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With more than 50 million people having lost their jobs a wave of evictions and foreclosures is beginning to sweep the country.The number of homeless is growing. Instead of providing real relief the government is unleashing police departments to evict people from their homes, harass the homeless and continue to carry out routine acts of violence and brutality in Black, Latino and Indigenous communities. Click here to sign our petition.

The patchwork of city and state moratoriums on evictions are not enough. In a few months when these moratoriums are lifted and the rents come due -- we will still not have the money! Massive testing and personal protective equipment are still not available, despite the great productive capacity of the United States. In December 2019, when COVID-19 presented in China, the United States was warned that we would be affected. Instead of using the next two months to prepare, Trump and the U.S. government ignored public health experts, even ridiculing them. Now, due to this lack of preparedness, the United States has become the epicenter of the pandemic.



 

More than 200,000 people in the United States have died and more than 7 million have gotten ill. There is no end to the health and economic crisis in the near future. Tens of millions of people have lost their jobs since March with millions more jobless to come. We are in the worst depression since the 1930s, and it’s getting worse.

 


       
 

Actions in 40 cities say ‘Stop Evictions!’

 		 

 

  

 

 
 

Ithaca tenants win major #CancelTheRents victory

  

 

  

 

 
 

NYC ‘March Against Billionaire Landlords’ hits corporations for housing crisis

  

 

  

 

 

 

Since the brutal May 25 police murder of George Floyd by the Minneapolis police department millions of people have participated in thousands of demonstrations in every state to demand an end to racist police terror and the immediate defunding of police departments. This national revolt against racism is taking place within the context of the unfolding economic depression.

Over 44 million people in the United States have now filed for unemployment benefits, 30% of homebuyers missed their June housing payments and at least 20 million tenants could not pay their rent.. People are being evicted from their homes while at the same time the COVID-19 pandemic is surging and we are being told to “stay home!”


         
 
Over 40 Cities Joined the Day of Action to Cancel the Rents and Mortgages!
  
Nationwide Media Coverage of April 25th 'Cancel the Rents' Car Caravans
  
         
     

 

 

 

 

 

 

As a result of the economic crisis, many renters will be unable to pay their rent on August. No one should lose their housing for any reason in this crisis! Now is the time to act to cancel rents and mortgage payments for tenants, homeowners, small landlords and other small businesses!

A short-term suspension of evictions is not enough to save people's homes. And the meager rescue stimulus payments the government provided are long gone for most people. Even if there is another one, it will be needed for food, healthcare and other necessities.

Canceling rents and mortgage payments for the duration of the crisis can be won! Since the start of the pandemic in the United States, the federal government has pumped at least 5 trillion dollars into the big banks and the largest corporations. Only $249 billion was allocated for unemployment funding. This massive gift to the banks — the 1% at the top, compared to the 160 million U.S. workers — is 20 times the amount allotted for the unemployed. The money is there, it is simply a question of whether it is used to bail out Wall Street or to protect the homes of poor and working people. This wealth and the vast number of vacant housing units can be used to provide shelter for the homeless as well.

The government has the authority to cancel the rent. In fact, a bill has already been introduced in Congress, the Rent and Mortgage Cancellation Act . But this will be bitterly opposed by the landlords and big banks. The mobilization of the people, done in a socially responsible way, is urgently needed to ensure housing for all.


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