Union City Eviction Moratorium During COVID-19 Coronavirus Crisis!
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As you are aware, COVID-19 has been determined by the World Health Organization to be a pandemic. Currently, so many in the Union City community are losing work and wages as a result of the Bay Area’s shelter-in-place order. Without protections, the prospect of Union City tenants also losing their homes and creating an astronomical transmission risk is basically inevitable. An eviction moratorium is now more necessary than ever.
- A moratorium on all causes of eviction. Community members who cannot demonstrate a documented loss of income should not suffer during this time. Not all workers, such as subcontractors, gig economy workers, or undocumented workers, can provide proof of loss of wages. No one deserves to be evicted during a pandemic. Every tenant should receive the same level of protection, without exception.
- Prohibit late fees for any missed payments during the state of emergency.
- Prohibit landlords from evicting a tenant for rent accrued during the state of emergency. This ensures that a landlord cannot immediately serve an eviction notice once the state of emergency ends.
- A rent freeze during the state of emergency. If tenants are unable to make rent during the state of emergency, it is unreasonable to expect tenants to sustain a rent increase.
- Reasonable accommodation, at the conclusion of the crisis, for tenants to pay back any rent due. This must include the option of rent forgiveness.
Let City Council know we need immediate action to protect ALL members of our community during this global health crisis, especially the most impacted: working families, the working poor, and the homeless!
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Como usted sabe, la Organización Mundial de la Salud ha determinado que COVID-19 es una pandemia. Actualmente, muchos en la comunidad de Union City están perdiendo trabajo y salarios como resultado de la orden de Refugio en Casa del Área de la Bahía. Sin protecciones, la perspectiva de que los inquilinos de Union City también pierdan sus hogares y la creencia que serán un riesgo astronómico de transmisión es básicamente inevitable. Una Moratoria de Desalojo es ahora más que nunca necesaria!
El Ayuntamiento necesita tomar medidas. Necesitamosuna moratoria inmediata sobre los desalojos de inquilinos de Union City y un amparo temporal para reducir el movimiento de personas indingentes y destituidas durantela duración de esta crisis de salud pública, con las siguientes recomendaciones:
¡Estamos informando al Ayuntamiento que necesitamosuna acción inmediata para proteger a TODOS los miembros de nuestra comunidad durante esta crisis de salud global, especialmente a los más afectados: familiastrabajadoras, trabajadores de bajos recursos y a los indingentes destituidos!