The additional $600 a week in unemployment benefits is going away, leaving jobless workers wondering how they’re going to survive. Clayton Northcraft and his roommates are packing up and moving out of their Pasadena apartment.
“We really love it here…I mean, this is our community,” said Clayton Northcraft, an unemployed Pasadena resident. A bartender at Guinness before COVID-19, he can no longer afford rent without $600 per week in federal unemployment benefits.
“The federal employment is so important right now,” he said.
More than 33,000 Marylanders filed for unemployment the week ending July 18. Northcraft said state unemployment benefits are not enough.
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