A surge in evictions in some cities and states is returning rates to pre-pandemic levels and highlighting how renters of color and renters with children are facing the brunt of America’s housing crisis.

Eviction rates have been steadily increasing after dropping dramatically due to renter protection measures passed during the COVID-19 pandemic. As federal assistance has ended, the fate of renters has largely been left in the hands of state and local governments.

The Eviction Lab at Princeton University, the largest nation’s eviction database, reported a 78 percent increase in evictions from 2020 to 2021 in the 10 states and 34 cities it monitors. And the crisis has likely gotten worse since then as remaining eviction moratoriums have ended.

The trends are not impacting American renters equally. Nonwhite tenants and tenants with families are feeling the brunt of America’s housing crisis.

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