Hello and welcome to Slate Money COVID our midweek update on the coronavirus crisis.

I'm Felix Salmon of Axios.

I'm here with Emily Peck of Huffpost.

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I'm here with Anna Shimaski of Breaking Views.

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And welcome, if that is the right word, to April.

It is now April, the 1st of April April and that means it's rent day. So we're going to talk all about rent and whether you should pay it.

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So it's April the 1st it's Rent Day so let's talk a bit about Rent Day. So let's talk a bit about Rent Day because obviously a bunch of people, millions of people, have lost their jobs. They don't know when they might be able to start earning money again, and rent is due today.

So, Emily, if you've lost your job and rent is due today, what are the considerations? Should you be paying your rent or no?

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