With the future of a coronavirus stimulus package still very much in doubt, several programs and protections are on the verge of ending if action is not taken in Washington.
The Pandemic Unemployment Assistance and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation programs both end Saturday, meaning residents can no longer claim benefits after that date.
Both PUA and PEUC are federal CARES Act programs. PEUC has been delivering up to 13 weeks of benefits after eligible residents go through their state benefits. PUA meanwhile, has provided benefits to residents not traditionally covered by unemployment insurance including self-employed people and religious, contract or gig workers.
This follows the end of the Extended Benefits program as announced just before Thanksgiving.
Separately, the application window for the federal Lost Wages Assistance Program ends Sunday. This is available to claimants who were entitled to receive at least $100 in employment benefits from Aug. 1-Sept. 5. This program offers an additional $300 per week as long as claimants were eligible for benefits and lost their jobs due to COVID-19.
The moratorium on residential evictions as announced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in early September is set to end New Year’s Eve unless a new relief bill is passed by Congress and signed by President Trump. Click here for a link to the CDC order.
