For many Americans, COVID-19 has upended their lives. They’ve lost their jobs, and with them, the ability to pay their rent.

While getting evicted is traumatic generally, eviction during a pandemic adds new layers of peril: Evicted families may double up with other households or move into crowded shelters. That can lead to the coronavirus spreading quickly, especially within vulnerable communities.

These concerns underpin the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s new moratorium on evictions, which was announced this week.

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