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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFears grow of an eviction apocalypse
https://www.axios.com/eviction-crisis-coronavirus-351bb693-a04f-4ea1-a27d-dceb5163af14.htmlMost states paused evictions when the coronavirus hit but those holds are expiring at about the same time that more generous unemployment benefits are set to dry up.
Why it matters: The one-two punch could easily exacerbate the housing crisis for Americans already bearing the worst of COVID-19's effects.
One fifth of adults polled in May said they had slight or no confidence they would be able to pay their rent or mortgage due in June, according to a weekly Census survey measuring COVID-19s impact on Americans.
An Urban Institute analysis of Census data found nearly 25% of black renters deferred or did not pay their rent last month, compared with 14% of white renters.
In Michigan, courts are bracing for "a coming deluge" of as many as 75,000 landlord/tenant filings. (The state's moratorium expired this week.)
The big picture: The pandemic which forced an economic collapse is adding new burdens on top of the country's longstanding housing problems.
"There was a supply and affordability problem before, and the opportunity for it to get a lot worse presents itself, unless there's really good support coming from the federal, state and local level," Paula Cino of the National Multifamily Housing Council, a trade group for the apartment industry, tells Axios.
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Fears grow of an eviction apocalypse (Original Post)
alwaysinasnit
Jun 2020
OP
That's Disaster Capitalism for you. It's is all about wealth transfer from the Have-Little to
alwaysinasnit
Jun 2020
#4
On top of all the rest of the hardship, what happens to their ability to vote if they're evicted?
scarletwoman
Jun 2020
#2
I've been worrying about this for a while, but I don't know what to do about it besides
scarletwoman
Jun 2020
#5
alittlelark
(18,886 posts)1. The RICH r thrilled - they r set to buy up all properties w/ future value.
Their agents are already lining up options. It's working the way it always works.
alwaysinasnit
(5,038 posts)4. That's Disaster Capitalism for you. It's is all about wealth transfer from the Have-Little to
the Have-Mores.
scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)2. On top of all the rest of the hardship, what happens to their ability to vote if they're evicted?
Democrats need to prepare for organizing voter registration for the newly homeless.
alwaysinasnit
(5,038 posts)3. You're so right.
scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)5. I've been worrying about this for a while, but I don't know what to do about it besides
just pointing it out as often as possible.
alwaysinasnit
(5,038 posts)6. I, too, have no answers. I pretty much have permanent knot in my throat.