This is the story of a couple who rented their home in California and stopped receiving payments during the pandemic, as told to freelance writer Jamie Killin. Insider reviewed the lease agreement and court documents between the landlords and renters. We’ve chosen to keep all names private.

When my husband, who’s 74, and I, a disabled 65-year-old woman, decided to live out of an RV, we leased our house in California, with an option to buy to a young couple with a toddler. Shortly after they moved into the house in February 2020, the pandemic struck and they quit paying rent.

With eviction moratoriums in the US — which have been off and on since the beginning of the pandemic, and were most recently ended by the Supreme Court in August — they’ve now cost us our entire savings.

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