His mortgage and other bills continued to pile up, he said, so he went to court. “I understand that they do not want to throw people out, but I also want my rent,” he said. Because the federal moratorium technically lapsed for a few days, some landlords went ahead with evictions. Most evictions don’t make it to court, said Ms. Bortolin of the Nevada Coalition of Legal Service Providers. “When people hear the word moratorium they think they don’t have to act,” she said.

Source: New York Times August 11, 2021 09:01 UTC