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To embed this piece of audio in your site, please use this code:XLike many Houstonians still experiencing unemployment related to the pandemic, Ben Abell is having a difficult year.Abell's not alone. In November, just the first renter in New York City since the start of the pandemic. By that time, thousands of Houstonians — many of them impacted by COVID-19 — had already lost their homes in the six months since the Texas Supreme Court allowed evictions to resume back in May.And while Congress weighs extending the CDC national eviction moratorium, it’s unclear what limited impact that extension could have for people on the edge of eviction in the Houston area.According to data from , the CDC order has stopped only 9.6% of eviction cases in Harris County since the national moratorium went into effect. That means 9,386 evictions were not stopped by the order, out of a total 10,383 eviction cases heard in Harris County since September.Landlords haven’t been filing fewer eviction cases under the moratorium, either. In fact, the numbers are up. Landlords filed 6,814 eviction cases in the three months before the order went into effect on Sept. 4, compared to 7,230 in the past three months while the CDC moratorium has been in place.filled with false hope, flaws and gaps that do not truly provide protections for all renters.”Listen to the extended interview with Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Nathan Hecht that aired on Houston Matters.To embed this piece of audio in your site, please use this code:X"These millions of dollars left on the table highlight the fact that so many landlords have refused rent relief in favor of eviction," Karni said.Congress is also reportedly considering a relief package that would include a stimulus check worth $600 for each adult and child, while according to data from , the median amount owed in eviction court is around $1,900.Fill out the form below to subscribe our new daily editorial newsletter from the HPM Newsroom.· Wells Fargo is giving Harris County $7.5 million in grant money to go towards making homeownership affordable for communities of color.· The infected inmate, a man in his 30s, was booked into the jail Aug. 15, appeared in court two days later and reported monkeypox symptoms Aug. 21, according to the Harris County Sheriff's Office.· The number of monkeypox cases in Texas has surpassed 1,000 — an increase of more than 50% since last week. The state’s count also includes Texas’ first presumptive pediatric case in Harris County.· The City of Houston and Rice University’s Kinder Institute conducted a situational analysis on the state of children’s rights with a community assessment of over 600 Houstonians.

To embed this piece of audio in your site, please use this code:XLike many Houstonians still experiencing unemployment related to the pandemic, Ben Abell is having a difficult year.Abell's not alone. In November, just the first renter in New York City since the start of the pandemic. By that time, thousands of Houstonians — many of them impacted by COVID-19 — had already lost their homes in the six months since the Texas Supreme Court allowed evictions to resume back in May.And while Congress weighs extending the CDC national eviction moratorium, it’s unclear what limited impact that...

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