“If (the tenant relief act) doesn’t get extended, people won’t be able to pay what they owe,” said Tina Rosales, of the Western Center on Law & Poverty. “We need rent forgiveness.”
California measure aims to pay off 80% of most unpaid rent
“This really sort of puts the ball into the landlords’ court in a way that we’re not quite happy with,” said Cynthia Castillo, policy advocate for the Western Center on Law and Poverty. “It does the urgent work of extending the (eviction) moratorium, which we were very concerned about.”
