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This is Clevver with Washington Post.

This is Alan Nakashima with Washington Post.

This is Costa Ports. I'm Nicole Ellis.

It's Monday, August 10.

Today, the threat of eviction and power shut off loom as emergency aid expires, and what your COVID test results really mean.

I'm okay, so I'm not paying rent. I'm on rent strike, and I have been since April.

My name is Vanessa Bournis. I live in Oakland, California.

Vanessa was a preschool teacher who hasn't worked since March and hasn't been able to pay her $2,500 a month rent since then.

I'm the primary breadwinner for my house.

She now owes $10,000 in back rent.

I didn't get a response to the strike per se.

They just every month sent out a letter or a note or email saying that the rent is still due.

I think it won't come and fit that it wasn't going away.

She really reflects the greatest concerns of both landlords and lawmakers and housing advocates and economists as well.

She's somebody who is going to owe a significant amount of money when the eviction more toimes eventually end.

There's little prospect of her being able to come up with that money at least not quickly.

I would like to cancelation because of this situation.

I have been unemployed. I have been receiving unemployed benefits.

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