Tenants Scramble To Overcome Setbacks As Eviction Moratorium Expires

San Francisco CA

23 September, 2021

7:19 PM

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By Annika Hom, Mission Local September 23, 2021 Just days before the Covid-19 state eviction moratorium is set to expire on Sept. 30, thousands of San Franciscans have been forced to apply for rental assistance all over again, inciting confusion and delays. State and local officials plan to remedy this situation by streamlining the process for impacted applicants, Mission Local has learned. But so far, that has not happened. To avoid eviction proceedings, California renters need to pay at least a quarter of their back rent incurred between September 2020 to September 2021 by Oct. 1, or prove they have applied and qualified for rent aid. Mission Local covers San Francisco from the vantage point of the Mission, a neighborhood with all of the promise and problems of a major city. You can support Mission Local here.