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With eviction hearings scheduled to resume today...the governor signed an executive order for people facing eviction due to being out of work because of the pandemic and help for landlords who need to be paid.

As the governor put it..."you can't be healthy at home without a home."

Fs img txt bullets:no executive order on evictions governor andy beshear money.jpg - tenants given 30 d ... the executive order says landlords must give tenants 30-days notice that they intend to evict.

During those 30- days, the landlord can't charge late fees or penalties for the period starting at the beginning of the pandemic in march through december 31st of this year.

Under the order... landlords and tenants must meet to work out issues.

The governor also announced 15 million federal cares act money for "a healthy at home eviction relief fund".

People can begin applying for that money september 8.

An anti-eviction rally was held in downtown lexington today as eviction hearings were scheduled to resume.

Rally organizers petioned lexington's mayor and council to fund affordable housing, build social housing, enact a rental assistance program and ban sweeps of homeless camps.

They also want the governor to cancel rent and mortgage debt to prevent mass evictions.

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