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“Rashida,” who receives a voucher to help with her rent, nonetheless fell behind on her payments when her employer cut her hours because of the coronavirus pandemic. Her landlord then sued to evict her, ignoring provisions of the CARES Act that protect tenants with HUD vouchers whose income was affected by the pandemic. JALA attorney James Tyer jumped in and filed an answer, arguing that since the case should be dismissed because of the CARES Act protections. JALA was then able to convince her landlord to agree to settle with Rashida, who had by then been able to return to work. Under the terms of the settlement, she would pay back the rest of the rent that she owed, and her landlord would dismiss the case and allow her and her daughter to stay for the rest of her lease.
