Yikes! 26,000 Arizona renters ask for help to pay landlords
26,000 Arizona renters ask for help to pay landlords (and that's just AZ)
"This assistance will provide some measure of relief for many renters, as well as their landlords, during this unprecedented situation that led to an abrupt loss of income," said Carole Ditmore, director of ADOH.
Evictions
The launch of the renter-aid fund came days after Gov. Doug Ducey’s executive order to delay evictions for people either quarantined or facing economic hardships due to COVID-19.
Help for renters facing eviction
To avoid eviction under Ducey’s executive order, tenants must contact their landlord and provide information that they are missing rent for one of the following reasons:
- Required to be quarantined because they have been diagnosed with COVID-19.
- Ordered by a licensed medical professional to self-quarantine based on symptoms defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- Required to be quarantined because someone in their home has been diagnosed with COVID-19.
- Demonstrate a health condition that puts them at risk for coronavirus, according to the CDC.
- Suffered a substantial loss of income resulting from COVID-19 due to any of these reasons: job loss, reduction in compensation, closure of place of employment or a need to be absent from work to care for a home-bound school-age child.