Eviction crisis still looms without federal rent relief, advocates and local authorities say
On Wednesday the Trump administration announced a halt on evictions through the end of the year, a move that may shield the millions of Americans at risk of losing their homes due to the financial chaos sparked by the coronavirus pandemic.
But the housing crisis that has built up since March — fueled by job losses and the end of federal benefits in July — has already injected the market with so much instability that even a national moratorium may only be a temporary pause.
The moratorium provides no funding for rental relief, meaning unpaid rent and late fees will continue piling up for those who had been expected to slip into eviction proceedings in the coming months. In Virginia, Maryland and the District, advocates say an estimated 1.15 million to 1.64 million people are at risk of losing their homes.
“Eviction has always been seen as a problem for low-income people, but I think there’s an extent to which this is now impacting people who are middle class,” said Palmer Heenan, an attorney with the Central Virginia Legal Aid Society. “Increasingly I’m seeing folks like nurses, firefighters, police officers and accountants."
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