Local Records Office in Bellflower, CA anticipates rent prices for apartments and houses will continue to fall into the New Year. Due to COVID-19 millions of Americans are unemployed and on the verge of being evicted. Even with programs like the Emergency Renters Assistance Subsidy Program that the government set up to help renters struggling to pay rent many tenants are still facing financial hardship.
Local Records Office is seeing a drastic rise in evections across Los Angeles County. Primarily in lower-income areas with Latino and African American tenants. While other renters who haven’t made rent payments in months expect to get an eviction notice any day. Others are also facing the issue of getting the daily meals.
The reason why apartment rental prices are falling is that people are moving out of some-what nice apartments due to the pandemic. In Manhattan median rents dropped 7.6 % in August. While in Brooklyn, apartment inventory was down 84.2 %. Other renters are being forced to move back home while others don’t have another option. Unfortunately, sleeping in the streets is what some people have to do. According to the Local Records Office in Bellflower, CA, some landlords are not obeying the government rules of not evicting tenants at this time.
A large number of landlords are suing the government complaining that renters are taking advantage of the coronavirus pandemic and not paying rent on purpose. Landlords are also saying they are getting the short end on the stick since there isn’t much government assistance for landlords and property owners.
The thousands of renters who have received eviction notices during the pandemic. Still, with no guarantee, if they can stay another month or even another night.
A private survey by a local Los Angeles homeless charity Shelter saw that more than 155,000 private tenants were threatened with eviction.
The local Records Office is noticing a pattern of people being evicted is causing an overcapacity problem and a food shortage at local shelters across Los Angeles and the state of California.
Local Records Office interviewed Grace Rese, 31, a resident of the city in Bellflower, California. Grace, who has recently been evicted from her two-bedroom apartment where she and her 5-year old son used to live.
“I lost my job at Crunch Fitness in Downey, California back in April right after Governor Gavin Newsom ordered all gyms and fitness centers to a temporary close,” Grace told the Local Records Office.
“At first, we all thought it was temporary. Probably for a week or maybe a month but when months kept going by and gyms were still on lockdown. That’s when I started seeing eating through my savings and started to get worried. I had to feed my son one way or another so I went to a local food bank to get groceries but that only helped for a day or two since my gas and hot water were disconnected for not being able to pay my bills. After that I saw an eviction notice on my front door, this is when things went from bad to worst.” Grace told the Local Records Office.
Local Records Office looked into the eviction case and called Pacific Coast Property Management (PCPM) in Norwalk, California. The Local Records Office left multiple voicemails and emails but Pacific Coast Property Management never returned any calls or emails.
Seeing cases like this one is common in Los Angeles, California, and all across the United States. Low-income immigrant families are being hit the hardest since most of the programs require renters to have some sort of legal status. Being able to find a decent apartment and being able to rent it as an illegal immigrant is a challenge on its own. However, some people still ask the question “how do illegal immigrants rent an apartment?“
Illegal immigrants are not able to apply for unemployment. Since the Employment Development Department State of California (EDD) requires for legal status and a valid social security number.
Local Records Office created a list of things a renter should do when being threatened of eviction.
Local Records Office is also known as LRO helps new homeowners by generating a detailed property report that will help the property owner determine if to sell or keep the property for longer. The report includes various topics like demographics, in-depth history details, a copy of the original deed when the property was first built, and much more.
Getting your hands on a detailed report was almost impossible since most reports offices only had limited information. But all that changed when the Local Records Office came into play.
Local Records Office works closely with records offices across the United States. When obtaining the property’s address the Local Records Office goes to work with local counties and realtors.
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