This is an article that is poorly written and leaves out many things. One being that 2/3 of those unemployed or underemployed have been getting more money than they did when they were working (not "in some cases" as the article suggests). In no way should people have been late on rent yet since the extra $2,400 a month doesn't run out till next week. Those people have been fully taken care of already...you are talking about things you clearly have no grasp of because you don't even live in the US to see what is going on.