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Eviction moratoriums
Eviction filings hit pre-pandemic levels a year after the end of the moratorium
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Richard Cunningham
Jul 29, 2022
"The long-term goal has to just be structurally changing this untenable housing system that we have," said Carl Gershenson, the project director at Princeton University’s Eviction Lab.
New York's eviction moratorium has expired
Jan 17, 2022
As New York and other states seek more funding, tenants also need longer-term fixes to the problem of housing affordability.
Pandemic puts more rental properties in private equity hands
Oct 21, 2021
Investment firms might be able to pay more for renovations, but critics say they accelerate evictions.
Inside Philadelphia's eviction diversion program
by
Amy Scott
Oct 19, 2021
Mediation aims to repair strained relationships and keep tenants in their homes.
In South Carolina town, tenants feel effects of expired eviction moratorium
by
Amy Scott
and Richard Cunningham
Oct 4, 2021
Marketplace’s Amy Scott speaks with housing attorney Nicole Paluzzi about the wave of evictions in North Charleston.
Rent-relief distribution has been slow in parts of the country. What’s going on?
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Anais Amin
Sep 8, 2021
Jessica Thomasson of North Dakota’s Department of Human Services talks about the logistical challenges and the need for outreach.
Supreme Court blocks eviction moratorium as aid trickles out
by
Amy Scott
Aug 27, 2021
Just 11% of federal emergency rental relief had been spent by the end of July, according to the Treasury Department.
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Tenants in Los Angeles anxiously await rent relief as the city struggles to get funds out
by
David Wagner
Aug 10, 2021
In hard-hit L.A., only about 15% of the city’s current rent relief funding has reached households in need.
With pandemic safety net policies expiring, renters brace for eviction
by
Jen Rice
Jul 30, 2021
The federal eviction moratorium is set to expire at the end of July. Houstonians won’t have a state or local moratorium in place to pause evictions.
Millions of renters could face eviction as moratorium ends
Jul 28, 2021
Congress allocated $46 billion for rental assistance — but is that information, and the money, getting to people who need it?