A housing 'apocalypse' is coming as coronavirus protections across the country expire.
The human toll that an eviction takes on a person and family and community is really devastating."The human toll that an eviction takes on a person and family and community is really devastating," says Durana, noting that tenants who are evicted often experience"Housing instability has huge health consequences even when we're not facing a pandemic," says Greene.
"Now more than ever, housing is health care," says Yentel. "Ensuring housing stability for all is both a moral imperative and a public health necessity."Dinae Yentel since the start of the pandemic, though states have been slow to move and the federal government has done little to support tenants. One measure the government could take immediately, says Durana, is to ensure that renters who qualify for federal rental assistance actually get the funds. Currently,Increased resources for tenants, like providing advocates and legal support to tenants facing eviction, would also help keep people in their homes in the years and decades to come, says Greene.
Greene hopes the current crisis will spur structural changes in the housing sector, including stronger protections for tenants nationwide, like homeowners experienced after the 2008 foreclosure crisis. "We're overdue to have that kind of reform in the renters space, particularly for low income renters," he says.
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