More people fell behind on rent in September

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The number of households making a full or partial rental payment dipped slightly in September, according to data from the National Multifamily Housing Council released Wednesday, a sign of families struggling to hold on during the pandemic recession.

The organization’s Rent Payment Tracker found that roughly 76% of apartment households made a full or partial rent payment by Sept. 6, down 3 percentage points from the month before and nearly 5 percentage points from the year before.

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