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    'It's Like A Nightmare': Options Dwindle For Renters Facing Economic Distress

    Even as the unprecedented rate of unemployment continues to climb, protections for renters are running out, as extra unemployment benefits and suspension of evictions expire.
    by Ari Shapiro Jun 01, 2020 3 minutes
    Renters in the Woodner apartment building in Washington, D.C., protest on May 28 to demand that their rent be forgiven during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    As one of the country's worst economic and health crises in history deepens, rent is due again for millions of people who are struggling to make ends meet.

    Over the last few months, states and the federal government have taken steps to help tenants who've lost their jobs. Now, while the unemployment rate is still climbing, some of the protections for renters are running out.

    An extra $600 a week in unemployment benefits for eligible people is set to expire at the end of July, for instance.

    In March, Elaine

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