Although the national ban on evictions is now over, a number of states have issued their own protections for renters that will last for months more.

These local policies can buy tenants time to get approved for federal rental assistance and help them to stay in their homes.

States and cities have been slow to get out the $45 billion in aid allocated by Congress to address the renters’ crisis wrought by the coronavirus pandemic. Those funds were authorized in the last two major stimulus packages, passed in December and March, and yet just $3 billion has reached households, according to data by the U.S. Treasury.

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