Renter protections expired in May

By Lindsay Street

Nonprofits brace for a surge in evictions

Low-income and homeless resource nonprofits have reported an increase in need across the state amid the coronavirus pandemic and its associated pinch on the economy.

"We're doubling or tripling the amount we are spending on financial assistance for those getting housed and those who have already been rehoused,"said Marco Corona, chief development officer of One80 Place, a homeless facility in Charleston. He added there has been a "surge in housing and food insecurity" and that evictions and homelessness are often linked.

While the June jobless rate was reported at 8.7 percent and DEW reported unemployment claimants on the week of July 18 fell by 4,983 over the previous week, a state-by-state tool estimates that 281,000 households of renters in the state — more than 53 percent of renters — may be at-risk of eviction.

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