Biden extends pandemic help for homeowners, renters wait

President Biden's agenda taking center stage this morning in a Washington no longer consumed by his predecessors. IMPEACHMENT TRIAL Looking to drum up support for his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package today, Biden is taking his message directly to the public. Biden, taking his first official trip, is president to Wisconsin, where he'll make the case for his relief package during a CNN town hall. And on Thursday, it's off to Michigan to Tora Pfizer vaccine manufacturing plant back in Washington. The Biden administration is still playing catch up on safely reopening MAWR schools and boosting the national vaccine and testing plans. A group of bipartisan governors sending the president a letter asking for better coordination on distributing vaccines between the federal and state governments, an issue Biden noted in a meeting with local leaders at the White House last week. But I found when I got here that we thought was available in terms of everything from vaccine vaccinators was not the case, so I thank them for the work they did in their cities and their states. In orderto respond to the crisis. The president is also still struggling to get Republicans on board with his relief bill. But with pandemic relief and vaccines on the line, Democrats are growing impatient and ready to move forward without Republican support. We are going to rush to get this done, help deploy more vaccine to help get kids back into school safely and to provide the other, uh, important benefits in this rescue package. And if Republicans are willing to join us in that effort, we will work with those who want to join us. Another major hurdle. A provision to hike the federal minimum wage to $15. Ah, proposal opposed not only by Senate Republicans but also to Democrats. And with enhanced pandemic unemployment benefits scheduled to expire March 14th, Senator Bernie Sanders says there's no time to waste. Congress has got to move forward vigorously, do what the president of the United States campaigned on and wants to do. That's what we've got to do not only to help American people, but to restore faith. The government, in fact, can respond to the needs of ordinary Americans

President Joe Biden is extending a ban on housing foreclosures to June 30 to help homeowners struggling during the coronavirus pandemic.The moratorium on foreclosures of federally guaranteed mortgages had been set to expire on March 31. On his first day in office, Biden had extended the moratorium from Jan. 31. Census Bureau figures show that almost 12% of homeowners with mortgages were late on their payments.The White House says the coordinated actions announced Tuesday by the Departments of Housing and Urban Development, Veterans Affairs and Agriculture also will extend to June 30 the enrollment window for borrowers who want to request mortgage payment forbearance �� a pause or reduction in payments �� and will provide up to six additional months of forbearance for borrowers who entered forbearance on or before June 30 of last year.The White House says more than 10 million homeowners are behind on mortgage payments and Biden's actions are to help keep people in their homes amid “a housing affordability crisis�� triggered by the pandemic. It says “homeowners will receive urgently needed relief as we face this unprecedented national emergency.”Biden's administration says extending forbearance policies “will provide critical support to homeowners of color, who make up a disproportionate share of borrowers�� having trouble paying their loans because of hardships related to the pandemic.The actions announced Tuesday don’t address a federal moratorium through March 31 on evictions of tenants who’ve fallen behind on rent.

WASHINGTON —

President Joe Biden is extending a ban on housing foreclosures to June 30 to help homeowners struggling during the coronavirus pandemic.

The moratorium on foreclosures of federally guaranteed mortgages had been set to expire on March 31. On his first day in office, Biden had extended the moratorium from Jan. 31. Census Bureau figures show that almost 12% of homeowners with mortgages were late on their payments.

The White House says the coordinated actions announced Tuesday by the Departments of Housing and Urban Development, Veterans Affairs and Agriculture also will extend to June 30 the enrollment window for borrowers who want to request mortgage payment forbearance �� a pause or reduction in payments �� and will provide up to six additional months of forbearance for borrowers who entered forbearance on or before June 30 of last year.

The White House says more than 10 million homeowners are behind on mortgage payments and Biden's actions are to help keep people in their homes amid “a housing affordability crisis�� triggered by the pandemic. It says “homeowners will receive urgently needed relief as we face this unprecedented national emergency.��

Biden's administration says extending forbearance policies “will provide critical support to homeowners of color, who make up a disproportionate share of borrowers�� having trouble paying their loans because of hardships related to the pandemic.

The actions announced Tuesday don’t address a federal moratorium through March 31 on evictions of tenants who’ve fallen behind on rent.

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Biden extends pandemic help for homeowners, renters wait

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