Evictions

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Michigan Department of Health & Human Services recommends: ● Non vaccinated people should wear masks in: ○ Crowded outdoor settings and events ○ When participating in outdoor contact sports ○ Residential Care Facilities ○ Outdoor congregate settings ● All individuals should wear masks in: ○ Outdoor congregate settings where a covid-19 outbreak is underway ○ Classrooms ○ When participating in indoor contact sports ○ Residential Care Facilities ○ Indoor congregate settings ○ Healthcare facilities

Information taken from michigan.gov/coronavirus

By Noah Walker, Harambee

Evictions have been the talk of the nation because of a nationwide moratorium on housing until July 31st of 2021. Due to unemployment and more people laid off from work, many people in the United States have been relying on unemployment benefits and stimulus checks. Renters have the right to getting legal and financial assistance to rent that was owed since March of 2020 by sending a paper application or online to their Housing Assessment and Resource Agency. You can apply even if the landlord has not given a notice to quit, complaint for eviction, or demand for possession.

Most agencies combating homelessness and evictions use the HMIS system that records confidential data as a coordinated entry form. There is a scale that this database uses to determine how high of a risk and what interventions are needed to obtain housing. The least serious level of homelessness includes being at risk of becoming homeless, a medium score would indicate a need for a rapid rehousing that would quickly get a homeless