Time is running short for renters to pay up, seek assistance or move as the national eviction moratorium comes to an end.

About 8.1 million renters were behind on their payments in mid-June, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Another 4.5 million said they thought they faced eviction. Not all will be evicted, but the end of the moratorium July 31 means that as many as 4.2 million adults are at risk of eviction in July and August, according to an estimate by the Urban Institute.

Congress appropriated about $46 billion in rental assistance in coronavirus relief packages. Here’s what renters can and can’t do to stay in their homes as the moratorium ends.

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