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    'Tsunami' Of Evictions Feared As $600 In Extra Unemployment Payments End

    Housing advocates and landlords alike say if Congress doesn't extend or replace the extra payments expiring this weekend, millions of out-of-work Americans won't be able to afford to pay their rent.
    by Chris Arnold Jul 24, 2020 3 minutes

    Merry Collins lost her job as a home health aide in Dallas after the coronavirus outbreak hit. Before she started getting $600 a week in extra federal unemployment benefits, she got behind on the rent. And in June her landlord took her to court to evict her.

    "The first day the courts opened here in Dallas," she says. "That's when they filed for eviction."

    Collins sounds winded. She has trouble breathing because she's been struggling to recover from COVID-19. She tested positive. She's

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