D.C. tenants plan rent strikes, hoping for city’s help as coronavirus shutdown continues

The rent is due again. So, too, are mortgage payments, utility payments, phone bills.

In a nation where an unprecedented number of Americans are applying for unemployment assistance — 30.3 million in the past six weeks — paying the bills has become a daunting task for many.

With evictions banned during the coronavirus pandemic in the nation’s capital, D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) advised tenants this week to “stay current” on rental payments “to the best of your ability.”