THE
THE STATS
THE STATS DON'T REALLY SHOW HOW BAD THE PROBLEM REALLY IS. HERE'S JEREMY JOJOLA BEARSE
LOOK AT EACH OTHER LIKE OK,
WE'RE SORRY THIS IS OUR HOME.
JUST WHEN THOSE FAMILY ROOTS
WERE GROWING SO WELL NEVER IN A
MILLION YEARS DEEP HERE
THE MORE FAMILY FOUND
THEMSELVES ON DEADLINE TO GET
OUT OF THEIR FOUR BEDROOM HOUSE
KIND OF HAPPENED OUT
OF NOWHERE.
ANDREA AND TREY BOTH LOST THEIR
JOBS EVERYTHING WITH THE SHUT
DOWNS.
OUR BUSINESS GOT HIT PRETTY
HARD.
HE WORKED IN THE FITNESS
INDUSTRY.
THEY JUST TOLD ME THAT I WASN'T
NEEDED ANYMORE.
SHE WORKED IN CHILD CARE .
TIMES ARE REALLY TOUGH AND
UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS PUT FOOD
ON THE TABLE, KEEP THE LIGHTS
ON OR PAY THE HOUSE UNABLE TO
MAKE RENT, THE MOORES GOT A
NOTICE IN THE MAIL THREE DAYS
BEFORE CHRISTMAS PAY OR FACE A
COURT ORDERED EVICTION.
AN EVICTION CAN RUIN A PERSON'S
FINANCES LIKE A BANKRUPTCY A
SCARLET E THAT FOLLOWS RENTERS
FOR YEARS MAKING IT HARD TO GET
NEW HOUSING LOANS OR EVEN A JOB
IS VERY, VERY HARD.
THE MOORES HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO
TRY TO PAY THEIR BACK RENT AND
LEAVE.
THEY'RE NOW ABOVE 150000 PEOPLE
IN COLORADO ON THE BRINK
OF EVICTION AND STUDIES HAVE
SHOWN TWO OUT OF THREE PEOPLE
WILL ACTUALLY LEAVE THEIR HOME
BEFORE AN EVICTION IS FILED IN
COURT TO AVOID THAT SCARLET
LETTER E IT'S LIKE AN EVICTION
THAT'S HIT I WOULD SAY MOST
EVICTIONS ARE HIDDEN RIGHT
THERE.
THERE'S A MASSIVE DISPLACEMENT
PROBLEM BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T
KEEP RECORDS ON THESE KINDS
OF THINGS.
AND SO UNTIL IT GETS TO A
FILING, NO ONE KNOWS WHAT'S
HAPPENING.
ZACH NEWMAN RUNS THE NONPROFIT
THE COVID-19 ADDITION DEFENSE
PROJECT.
I WOULD SAY WE'RE CERTAINLY IN
THE MIDDLE OF AN EVICTION
CRISIS RIGHT NOW BOTH IN
COLORADO AND THE UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT MORATORIUMS THAT
HAVE HELPED PEOPLE LIKE
THE MORE STAY IN THEIR HOMES
DURING THE PANDEMIC HAVE KEPT
COURT ORDERED EVICTIONS
ABNORMAL LOW DOWN 60 PERCENT
COMPARED TO TWO YEARS AGO.
SOUNDS GOOD, BUT THE BANS ON
CARBON RELATED EVICTIONS DON'T
STOP BACK RENT FROM PILING UP.
THE DEBT PICTURE HERE IS
TERRIFYING AND THERE'S NO REAL
GOOD PLACE TO GO.
I MEAN MOST TENANTS WHO ARE AT
THE BRINK OF EVICTION ARE NEVER
GOING TO BE ABLE TO PAY THAT
DEBT BACK.
WE CAN SEE RENTERS ARE RUSHING
TO GET A PIECE OF THE BILLIONS
OF DOLLARS IN COVID RELIEF
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN
SENDING TO THE STATES LAST YEAR
COLORADO RENTERS AND LANDLORDS
APPLIED FOR 44 MILLION IN
EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE.
IF THERE'S A SUDDEN CRISIS
OF NEED THIS PAST MONTH PROVES
IT IN JANUARY ALONE, COLORADO
RENTERS AND LANDLORDS APPLIED
FOR 52 MILLION TO HELP MORE
THAN ALL OF 20-20.
I THINK THERE'S BEEN A REALLY
SIGNIFICANT FEAR OF A CLIFF IN
THE ABSENCE OF MONEY.
BUT AS LONG AS PEOPLE ARE
MAKING RENT, THE COLORADO
APARTMENT ASSOCIATION DOESN'T
SEE A PROBLEM.
NO, WE ARE NOT IN THE EVICTION
CRISIS.
IT'S BEEN PREDICTED NOW FOR TEN
MONTHS AND IT'S CONTINUING NOT
TO HAPPEN.
TRUE HAMMOCKS GROUP REPRESENTS
LANDLORDS.
HE SAYS MORE THAN 95 PERCENT
OF COLORADANS ARE MAKING TIME
RENT PAYMENTS.
PAYMENTS ARE STRONG.
EVICTIONS ARE AT AN ALL TIME
LOW AND THERE'S NO INDICATION
OF THAT CHANGING ANYTIME SOON.
THERE IS NOT A CLIFF OR
SANAMEIN LOOMING ON THE HORIZON
.
HE ACKNOWLEDGES MOST PEOPLE
LEAVE THEIR HOMES WITH JUST A
THREAT OF EVICTION.
YEAH, THERE'S LOTS
OF CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE PEOPLE
VOLUNTARILY SURRENDER A RENTAL
UNIT, YOU KNOW, FROM ONE PARTY
TO THE NEXT AND THAT HAPPENS IN
THE VAST MAJORITY OF CASES
PROBABLY THE MOST STRESS THAT
I'VE FELT IN MY LIFE.
ANDRIUS SHE TRIED GETTING
RENTAL ASSISTANCE THROUGH A
NONPROFIT BUT THE MONEY NEVER
CAME.
STRANGERS FROM AROUND
THE COUNTRY STEPPED IN.
I WAS LIKE SPEECHLESS AND
CREATED A GOFUNDME LEGTHS IN A
WEEK WE HAD REACHED OUR GOAL
THE GOFUNDME E1E HELP
THE MOORES PAY THEIR BACK RENT
AND THEIR LANDLORD DID NOT FILE
AN OFFICIAL EVICTION BUT WOULD
NOT RENEW THEIR LEASE THEIR
DOWNSIZING TO A TWO BEDROOM
APARTMENT.
IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN A TOUGH
PROCESS.
THIS IS ACTUALLY A VERY COMMON
THING BECAUSE THE SITUATIOIN
YOU NOW HOMELESS ESPECIALLY
THIS YEAR MORE THAN ANY OTHER
YEAR A LOOK BEHIND THE DOOR
OF ONE COLORADO FAMILY'S HIDDEN
EVICTION CO THIS YEAR FEDERAL
AND STATE HOUSING AID IS MORE
THAN FOUR HUNDRED MILLION
DOLLARS.
THE GOVERNMENT MAKES SEND MORE
HELP LATER THIS YEAR AND
ANOTHER RELIEF PACKAGE SOME
LANDLORDS FACING A CRUNCH CAN
ALSO GET A PIECE OF RENTAL
ASSISTANCE.
TEXT THE WORD EVICTION TO THREE
ZERO THREE EIGHT SEVEN ONE
FOURTEEN NINETY ONE AND I'LL
SEND YOU SOME RESOURCES IF YOU
DO NEED HELP.
OUR EVICTION EXPERT SAYS