Good morning. Welcome to Axios today. It's Tuesday, August 3rd. I'm Nyla Boudou. Here's

what you need to know today. A rare moment of discord between democratic leaders and the

president. Plus, openly trans and non-binary athletes make their mark in Tokyo. But

first, today's one big thing. Millions of Americans facing eviction.

The federal moratorium on evictions expired this past weekend, which put almost 4 million

people at risk of getting kicked out of their homes. And a few minutes, Jonathan Swan is

going to share his reporting on a rare rift between the Biden administration and Democrats

on keeping this ban in place. But first, it's hard to actually visualize the enormity

of this if you're not living it yourself. Which is why we wanted to zoom in on one place.

Charlotte, North Carolina, with Danielle Shumtob, an investigative reporter with Axios,

Charlotte. Hey, Danielle. Hey, Nyla. Danielle, it's only been a few days. So it's too early

to know the scope of the whole problem. But can you tell us what renters in Charlotte

are facing right now? Yeah. So we've had an eviction moratorium in place, both a federal

as well as a state moratorium, though the state moratorium expired about a month before

the federal moratorium. There's also some issues with rental assistance and this money

that's been distributed to cities and states to basically help people who've lost their

jobs or help people who are behind on their rent. I spoke with a woman named Maria who

lost her job about a year ago after contracting COVID-19. She applied to our local rent

relief program, which of course uses the money from this federal package. And it took her

about five months to receive the money. And so in that time, her landlord actually tried

to evict her, went through the court process at the very end. She was able to pay off the

balance, but you know, it was a really scary situation for her. She has two children.

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