Don’t Let Covid-19 Cause a Surge of Evictions

The coronavirus is putting Americans under severe stress, challenging them to cope with uncertainty, protect themselves and their loved ones, and in many cases just put food on the table. At such a harrowing time, getting thrown out of your home would be an unthinkable hardship. Yet that’s what is likely to happen to millions of renters — particularly people of color — unless Congress finds a solution, soon.

More than 100 million people live in rental housing in the U.S. A disproportionate share of that population consists of Black and Latino families that the pandemic is already hitting hardest in many ways.