Legal, housing rights groups call for statewide moratorium on evictions

Some tenants at weekly motels are being threatened that they will either be kicked out or have their locks abruptly changed if rent isn’t paid. Some landlords have told renters even if they can’t evict a tenant, they plan to enter the property daily until the inhabitant leaves.

Even after some Nevada courts halted evictions from being processed for 30 days, Lauren Peña, an attorney who runs the Civil Law Self-Help Center with Legal Aid of Southern Nevada, said there are landlords trying to skirt the law and find ways to get rid of tenants who might not be able to pay rent during the health crisis.

“Right now, tenants are trying to understand eviction suspensions and if it applies to them,” she said. “The messages I’m hearing that landlords are giving tenants are really deceptive.”

Groups representing vulnerable renters and unemployed workers are asking Gov. Steve Sisolak to issue a statewide moratorium on evictions and extend tenant protections.

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