July 1 marks the day many Atlanta landlords will ask tenants to make good on their rent since judicial emergency extensions made it so owners could not pursue evictions due to the coronavirus pandemic.
On March 14, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia Harold Melton declared a statewide judicial emergency. That order has been extended three times, with revisions. As of July 14, the busiest housing court in Georgia is planning to resume eviction hearings.
Fulton County also faces a backlog of nearly 2,000 eviction cases as the new order will force legal deadlines on tenants. Yet, to avoid mass vacancies, many landlords have worked with tenants to find a reasonable middle ground in order to pay the rent back in full.
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