Can I sue my landlord for trying to evict me because they are doing something illegal?

I have rented my place for over 7 years. I had interviews set up for jobs... And with planned to cover octobers rent.... At the end of the month I ended up getting covid. I was sick for roughly 3 weeks quarantined... Making it impossible for me to have worked. I could not come up with officers rent. Since then got hired at amazon, just haven't started yet. I spoke with my landlord explaining the situation. I told them how I would qualify for the emergency rental assistance program that was created specifically because of covid. They told me I can not apply for it because they don't report my rent as income. Now they want to evict me ( giving me less then 30 days)for being behind on octobers rent and now November. They have apparently not reported my rent for the last 7 years. And said they don't want to claim it now so me applying for the program would make them have too... So because they are committing tax fraud my 6 year old and 3 year old and myself are supposed to be homeless?