Housing
Under a Second Federal Moratorium, Eviction Filings Plummet
In many cities, landlords are filing far fewer legal actions to remove tenants who can’t pay rent since the CDC imposed an eviction ban.
A demonstrator at a protest against evictions outside of the Municipal Court in Philadelphia in September.
Photographer: Rachel Wisniewski/BloombergLess than two weeks after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention imposed new restrictions on landlords, eviction filings have fallen sharply.
The second federal eviction moratorium, which lasts through the end of the year, went into effect on September 4. During the second week of September, with the new rule on the books, eviction filings declined in 16 cities where Princeton University’s Eviction Lab is currently tracking data.