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By Jeff Collins

Joint UCLA-USC study finds "troubling proportions of tenants" are unable to pay rent, leading to increased debt, depression and anxiety.

The notion that renters are using the pandemic as an excuse to take a rent holiday is a myth, a joint study by UCLA and USC released Monday, Aug. 31, found.

Landlords have complained since the start of the pandemic that tenants would refuse to pay rent if they weren’t going to get evicted.

Roughly one in five tenants in Los Angeles County have paid their rent late or skipped at least one payment during the pandemic, putting them at risk of losing their homes when the state's eviction moratorium expires, according to a joint UCLA-USC study released Monday.

"Twenty-two percent of Los Angeles County tenants paid rent late at least once from April to July, while between May and July, about 7% did not pay any rent at least once," according to researchers at the UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies and the USC Lusk Center for Real Estate.

Roughly one in five tenants in Los Angeles County have paid their rent late or skipped at least one payment during the pandemic, putting them at risk of losing their homes when the state's eviction moratorium expires, according to a joint UCLA-USC study released Monday.

"Twenty-two percent of Los Angeles County tenants paid rent late at least once from April to July, while between May and July, about 7% did not pay any rent at least once," according to researchers at the UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies and the USC Lusk Center for Real Estate.

Roughly one in five tenants in Los Angeles County have paid their rent late or skipped at least one payment during the pandemic, putting them at risk of losing their homes when the state's eviction moratorium expires, according to a joint UCLA-USC study released Monday.

"Twenty-two percent of Los Angeles County tenants paid rent late at least once from April to July, while between May and July, about 7% did not pay any rent at least once," according to researchers at the UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies and the USC Lusk Center for Real Estate.

By Maria Dinzeo

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) —With a statewide moratorium on eviction and foreclosure cases set to expire Tuesday, the California Legislature passed an eleventh-hour tenant protection bill lawmakers hope will avert a crisis as they press for more economic relief from the federal government.

Roughly one in five tenants in Los Angeles County have paid their rent late or skipped at least one payment during the pandemic, putting them at risk of losing their homes when the state’s eviction moratorium expires, according to a joint UCLA-USC study released Monday.

“Twenty-two percent of Los Angeles County tenants paid rent late at least once from April to July, while between May and July, about 7% did not pay any rent at least once,” according to researchers at the UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies and the USC Lusk Center for Real Estate.

Roughly one in five tenants in Los Angeles County have paid their rent late or skipped at least one payment during the pandemic, putting them at risk of losing their homes when the state’s eviction moratorium expires, according to a joint UCLA-USC study released today.

The study found that 22% of county tenants paid rent late at least once from April to July, while between May and July, about 7% did not pay any rent at least once.

By Annlee Ellingson 

Most Los Angeles renters are paying their rent on time and in full during the coronavirus crisis.

By Jeff Collins

The notion that renters are using the pandemic as an excuse to take a rent holiday is a myth, a joint study by UCLA and USC released Monday, Aug. 31, found.

Landlords have complained since the start of the pandemic that tenants would refuse to pay rent if they weren’t going to get evicted.

By Jeff Collins

The notion that renters are using the pandemic as an excuse to take a rent holiday is a myth, a joint study by UCLA and USC released Monday, Aug. 31, found.

Landlords have complained since the start of the pandemic that tenants would refuse to pay rent if they weren’t going to get evicted.