Georgia ranks in the top 10 for states whose economy was hit hardest by COVID. Accommodation, food services, transportation, and the arts sectors have each reported a double-digit decline in economic output. One in four small businesses open in 2019 are now closed.
Last year, 3.9 million Georgians experienced loss of a job or reduced hours and more than 1/3 of unemployed Georgians were out of work for at least 27 weeks. 160,000 were at risk of eviction. Georgia apartment owners lost about $300M due to unpaid rent.
In December — at a time when families were trying to celebrate the holidays — more than 33,000 jobless claims were processed, exacerbating an already difficult year, and marking the highest number of claims since October.
And now, in the first week of a new year, new jobless claims jumped 65% with more than 31,000 Georgians filing jobless claims, joining roughly half-million already out of work. Nearly 50,000 Georgians have appealed their rejected claims and are still waiting for a final ruling.
As Georgians continue to struggle to make ends meet, face unemployment, and the threat of eviction and/or homelessness, we must demand economic relief. #sots #sots2021 #gapol
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