Joseph Chilton, an attorney in our Smoky Mountain offices, discusses the legal rights of tenants facing eviction from mobile home lots. This video was broadcast live as part of our HOME (Housing on Monday Evening) series on Facebook Live. Watch all of our HOME broadcasts at https://www.facebook.com/events/565600697722686/.
In this August 3 episode of our Housing on Monday Evening (HOME) series on Facebook Live, Jack Lloyd, supervising attorney of our foreclosure team, discusses how mortgage holders can avoid foreclosure during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
George Hausen, executive director of Legal Aid of North Carolina, and Isaac Sturgill, head of our housing practice group, discuss evictions and North Carolina’s new mask requirement in courthouses.
The governor’s order banned landlords from filing eviction cases or scheduling lockouts between May 30 and June 20, 2020.
If your landlord did something to try to evict you between May 30 and June 20, 2020, your landlord may be breaking the law and you may have a legal right to stop the eviction.
The new CARES Act freezes evictions for nonpayment of rent for “covered properties” until near the end of August.
If you rent a home that has a federal housing subsidy (like Section 8, public housing, a tax credit, etc.), or if the property you are renting has a federally backed mortgage (like an FHA loan, a VA loan, a Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac loan, etc.), it is a “covered property,” and a landlord is not allowed to evict for nonpayment right now.
If a landlord filed a case after March 27, 2020, but didn’t file the CARES Act affidavit, then the case should be dismissed.
The N.C. Supreme Court ordered that landlords trying to evict tenants for nonpayment after March 27 must file an affidavit stating that their property is not covered under the CARES Act.
If you think your landlord may be breaking the law, Legal Aid of North Carolina is FREE and may be able to help—even if you missed your first eviction court date or already had an eviction judgment entered against you. You have 10 days to appeal an eviction judgment.
You may qualify for Rental Assistance.
The Department of Health and Human Services allocated $26 million for rental assistance for tenants. Call Legal Aid of North Carolina to find the Community Assistance agency in your county.
We may be able to help you.
If you need legal help, call our statewide toll-free helpline at 1-866-219-5262 or apply online. Se habla español.
0:25 – What should you do if you haven’t been able to pay rent during the pandemic?
1:20 – How do you find and apply for affordable housing?
4:29 – Could it help to make a crisis plan?
6:42 – Are there resources that can help if the stress of finding new housing has impacted your mental health?
List of resources:
Legal Aid of NC Helpline: 866-219-5262
Finding and applying for affordable housing (video recorded 6/9) – https://www.facebook.com/LegalAidNC/videos/606637103304002/?v=606637103304002
Information about Evictions in NC (video recorded 6/1) – https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=249799969455762
Managed Care Organization crisis line: https://www.ncdhhs.gov/providers/lme-mco-directory
Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741 (free, 24/7 crisis counseling)
The NAMI HelpLine can be reached Monday through Friday, 10 am–6 pm, ET.
1-800-950-NAMI (6264)
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255
0:18 – Contact Legal Aid of NC for assistance is you are under threat of eviction
0:55 – Finding and applying for housing
1:28 – what documents do I need?
2:10 – I don’t have ______ (document), how do I get it?
6:03 – I have all my documents, now what?
7:00 – Where do I apply?
8:24 – Watch out for scams
9:45 – what to expect from a typical application process
10:45 – I’m not having any luck and time is running out
NOTE: This video was recorded June 4, 2020. During the pandemic, information changes frequently, and it is possible that this video has old information.
Our free Tenants’ Rights Webinar discusses your rights and obligations as a residential tenant and what impacts the COVID-19 pandemic is having on evictions, such as the delay of pending court cases and the enforcement of evictions that have already been granted, how to contact Legal Aid for Assistance, available emergency rent assistance, and what to expect from the court process.
Free Forum Friday is every Friday on Legal Aid’s Facebook page.
0:17 – Legal Aid of North Carolina update and information on the CARES Act
3:53 – Information on unemployment benefits available through the CARES Act.
11:36 – Domestic violence during COVID-19
Information for tenants renting in North Carolina about the Cares Act during the pandemic. It was recorded on 5/18.
The video covers:
0:41 – What is the CARES Act?
1:14 – Does the CARES Act cover all tenants?
3:48 – How will tenants know if they are covered by the CARES act?
7:44 – How does the CARES act help tenants?
15:58 – Does the CARES act help landlords too?
0:00 – Introduction
1:40 – Who owns the home?
2:40 – Can you prove ownership?
3:43 – Get everything in writing.
4:21 – Property taxes are usually not enough to prove ownership
4:50 – What if my home was already damaged, but the legal owner is wiling to sign it over to me?
6:00 – What if the person on the deed has died? Can I update it? (NO)
7:00 – How do I know who owns the property?
7:25 – If there is no will, property passes to the people named by law – even if the original owner wanted it to go to someone else.
8:50 – Examples of what it looks like if there is no will
12:04 – My home is heir property. What does this mean?
13:15 – Can my relatives force me off the property?
13:49 – Filing for partition
14:29 – But what if I’m the only one who lives there?
15:00 – What if I pay the property taxes and all the bills?
15:23 – What if other people have nothing to do with the property, and I don’t know where to find them?
15:32 – What can you do if you’re in this situation
15:35 – Family tree
16:45 – Talk to a lawyer and each other. What is the plan for the property?
17:45 – Can I get disaster relief funds for heir property?
19:22 – Do my relatives have to sign over their rights before before I can get help?