Some SoCal tenants who need help paying rent and utilities have been waiting for months, and now they are afraid of getting evicted from their home.
LOS ANGELES -- Time is running out for tenants who need help to pay rent and utilities. California's pandemic eviction protection program ends on March 31, and those who haven't received rent relief from the state are worried about housing.
"My apartment is rent controlled, and the new owners have really been trying to get me out at any cost necessary. Nineteen years, you can imagine the market price is way more than what I'm paying here, but moving just isn't not an option right this second," she said."My application for rental assistance has been pending since October of 2021," Dixon said."There's no way to go in to file more months because my application is pending.
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