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    CDC delivers verdict on eviction and foreclosure bans
    Payton Legal Group
    • Jun 25, 2021
    • 2 min

    CDC delivers verdict on eviction and foreclosure bans

    Centers for Disease Control extends the nationwide ban protecting tenants who are unable to make rental payment for one final month.
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    Calls for extension to eviction ban
    Payton Legal Group
    • Jun 24, 2021
    • 2 min

    Calls for extension to eviction ban

    With one week to go before the nationwide ban on evictions expires, the White House is acknowledging that protections are still needed.
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    Judge finds eviction moratorium “unenforceable”
    Payton Legal Group
    • Jun 22, 2021
    • 3 min

    Judge finds eviction moratorium “unenforceable”

    Judge finds eviction moratorium “unenforceable”. It could prompt a spate of people to be forced from their homes.
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    NMHC asks firms to help renters as eviction ban deadline looms
    Payton Legal Group
    • Jun 22, 2021
    • 2 min

    NMHC asks firms to help renters as eviction ban deadline looms

    In anticipation of the eviction moratorium ending on June 30, The National Multifamily Housing Council has issued a new set of principles.
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    The $50 billion race to save America’s renters from eviction
    Payton Legal Group
    • Apr 8, 2021
    • 5 min

    The $50 billion race to save America’s renters from eviction

    With judges ruling against a federal eviction ban, pressure mounts on the Biden administration to distribute billions in aid to renters.
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    States struggling to get rent relief to tenants amid pandemic
    Payton Legal Group
    • Apr 1, 2021
    • 5 min

    States struggling to get rent relief to tenants amid pandemic

    States struggling to get rent relief to tenants amid pandemic.
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    Biden has extended the eviction moratorium - what that means for mortgage
    Payton Legal Group
    • Mar 30, 2021
    • 3 min

    Biden has extended the eviction moratorium - what that means for mortgage

    The Biden administration announced yesterday that it will extend the CDC’s federal moratorium on evictions of renters.
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    More Americans are missing their rent payments
    Payton Legal Group
    • Feb 11, 2021
    • 1 min

    More Americans are missing their rent payments

    he National Multifamily Housing Council reported that 79.2% of apartment households made a full or partial rent payment by February 06.
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    How many renters owe their landlords back rent
    Payton Legal Group
    • Jan 28, 2021
    • 3 min

    How many renters owe their landlords back rent

    Newly released survey data from rental search platform ApartmentList shows a shocking 28% of renters started 2021 with unpaid rent bills
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    FHFA extends foreclosure, eviction moratoriums for the fifth time
    Payton Legal Group
    • Jan 21, 2021
    • 1 min

    FHFA extends foreclosure, eviction moratoriums for the fifth time

    Results Matter. Knowledge Delivers. Payton Legal Group represents Chicago consumers in matters of foreclosure, bankruptcy, consumer rights,
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    Biden to extend moratorium on evictions and foreclosures
    Payton Legal Group
    • Jan 21, 2021
    • 2 min

    Biden to extend moratorium on evictions and foreclosures

    Results Matter. Knowledge Delivers. Payton Legal Group represents Chicago consumers in matters of foreclosure, bankruptcy, consumer rights,
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    Bank of America provides mortgage relief amid COVID-19 pandemic
    Payton Legal Group
    • Dec 23, 2020
    • 1 min

    Bank of America provides mortgage relief amid COVID-19 pandemic

    Results Matter. Knowledge Delivers. Payton Legal Group represents Chicago consumers in matters of foreclosure, bankruptcy, consumer rights,
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    One quarter of renters are missing payments
    Payton Legal Group
    • Dec 10, 2020
    • 1 min

    One quarter of renters are missing payments

    Results Matter. Knowledge Delivers. Payton Legal Group represents Chicago consumers in matters of foreclosure, bankruptcy, consumer rights,
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    Why an Eviction Ban Alone Won’t Prevent a Housing Crisis
    Payton Legal Group
    • Oct 16, 2020
    • 4 min

    Why an Eviction Ban Alone Won’t Prevent a Housing Crisis

    Results Matter. Knowledge Delivers. Payton Legal Group represents Chicago consumers in matters of foreclosure, bankruptcy, consumer rights,
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    In new lawsuit, more than 85,000 landlords challenge legitimacy of CDC eviction moratorium
    Payton Legal Group
    • Oct 16, 2020
    • 4 min

    In new lawsuit, more than 85,000 landlords challenge legitimacy of CDC eviction moratorium

    Results Matter. Knowledge Delivers. Payton Legal Group represents Chicago consumers in matters of foreclosure, bankruptcy, consumer rights,
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    CDC's new eviction moratorium met with worry from U.S. housing providers
    Payton Legal Group
    • Oct 16, 2020
    • 3 min

    CDC's new eviction moratorium met with worry from U.S. housing providers

    Results Matter. Knowledge Delivers. Payton Legal Group represents Chicago consumers in matters of foreclosure, bankruptcy, consumer rights,
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    Broad protections for multifamily owners, renters needed -- NMHC
    Payton Legal Group
    • Oct 16, 2020
    • 2 min

    Broad protections for multifamily owners, renters needed -- NMHC

    Results Matter. Knowledge Delivers. Payton Legal Group represents Chicago consumers in matters of foreclosure, bankruptcy, consumer rights,
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    Millions of Evictions Are a Sharper Threat as Government Support Ends
    Payton Legal Group
    • Oct 16, 2020
    • 6 min

    Millions of Evictions Are a Sharper Threat as Government Support Ends

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    Attorney Rusty A. Payton has practiced in Chicago for the last thirty years. He is an honors graduate of the Ohio State University and the Ohio State College of Law. His practice areas are centered around helping people and businesses with some of the most important aspects of their financial lives. Buying a home, signing a lease, getting a security deposit back, forming a new business, filing bankruptcy, negotiating debt relief, dealing with foreclosure or working with a mortgage lender to modify a loan or perform a short sale - these are all common aspects of the firm's practice.

    Mr. Payton's overriding concern is to always match his clients' goals with the best and most practical legal solution.  He does this by listening, communicating and employing legal strategies and remedies that suit the particular client situation. He understands that every client brings a unique set of facts and circumstances to the table.  His work on behalf of all clients is just as personal.  At our firm, clients are treated with the utmost respect, and their legal needs are met with exceptional attention to detail, understanding and professionalism.