The surge of evictions predicted after pandemic-era protections expired is growing, with “renters of color and renters with children are facing the brunt of America’s housing crisis,” according to an article by Caleigh Kelly in The Hill.

“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,” Kelly explains. According to the Eviction Lab, families with children are at higher risk of eviction.

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