What If No One Pays Rent?
Planet Money
NPR
4.6 • 29.8K Ratings
🗓️ 9 April 2020
⏱️ 22 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This is Planet Money from NPR. |
| 0:07.2 | The other day we called up Emily Gordon. |
| 0:09.4 | She works as a server at a Mexican restaurant called Cafe Inez in Philadelphia. |
| 0:13.7 | Or at least she used to work there until last month when she got laid off, like so many |
| 0:18.4 | other people who work at restaurants all around the country. |
| 0:21.6 | And just like so many other people across the country, she found herself in this position |
| 0:25.6 | where her income had totally stopped, but her bills had not. |
| 0:30.4 | So today we happen to be talking to you on the first of the month, on April 1st. |
| 0:34.7 | Is your rent due today or when is your rent due? |
| 0:38.6 | So it is due today. |
| 0:40.1 | And you said you had money saved up. |
| 0:41.9 | How much money did you have saved up? |
| 0:43.7 | I had about 1,500 bucks saved. |
| 0:46.4 | Okay. |
| 0:47.4 | And what's your rent? |
| 0:48.4 | My rent is typically 750 bucks. |
| 0:51.7 | Okay. |
| 0:52.7 | So that's a lot of your savings. |
| 0:53.7 | I mean, obviously if you don't have income. |
| 0:55.7 | Yeah, it would be a half, yeah. |
| 0:58.0 | Emily decided that without any income and without any way to go back to work as a server |
| 1:02.8 | anytime soon, she shouldn't spend half her savings on just this month's rent. |
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