Temporary moratoriums on evictions in Santa Monica and other Southern California cities have left both renters and landlords questioning how tenants will be able to make up rent they couldn’t pay during the coronavirus pandemic.

Santa Monica renters may not be evicted during the crisis for not paying rent if they provide documentation showing that they have lost income due to COVID-19 or its economic impacts. After the city lifts its local emergency proclamation, tenants must pay any unpaid rent within six months. In Los Angeles, renters have one year to repay.

But organizations representing renters and property owners doubt that renters will be able to make up rent in a year’s time, let alone six months.

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