Around a third of US tenants didn't pay their April rent
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- As of April 5, just 69% of people had paid their rent for the month of April, according to data from the National Multifamily Housing Council.
- By the same time last month, 82% of renters had paid their rent for the month.
- While cities and states have put a pause on eviction, there have been growing calls for leaders to freeze rents amid the ongoing pandemic.
- Even as cities and states across the country announce halts on evictions, people who can't pay their rent are also accruing late fees with no idea where they'll get the money to eventually pay off their debts.
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Just around 70% of tenants paid their rent for the month of April — meaning about a third of renters did not pay rent to their landlord this month, according to data from the National Multifamily Housing Council and a group of companies that collect data about real estate.
According to the NMHC, as of April 5, just 69% of people had paid their rent for the month of April. By March 5, 2020, 81% of renters had paid their rent for the month. In April 2019, 82% of renters had paid their rent for the month.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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