ROUGHLY 30% OF RENTERS polled by the U.S. Census say they have no confidence or slight confidence in their ability to pay rent next month. / AP FILE PHOTO/ANDREW HARNIK
Renters are nearing the end of their financial rope. People who rent have largely been able to survive the initial months of the pandemic helped by unemployment and federal relief checks. But the extra $600 in unemployment benefits ceases at the end of July and local eviction moratoriums are expiring. There is no agreement between…