DISASTER UPON A DISASTER: U.S. EVICTION CRISIS LOOMS: America’s Eviction Crisis Is A Public Health Disaster Waiting To Happen. Pushing millions of people out of their homes could prolong the coronavirus pandemic and trigger a wave of long-term impacts.

 

Sunday, December 13, 2020

America is on the verge of an unprecedented eviction crisis. On Dec. 31,

the Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention’s nationwide eviction moratorium

 will expire. According to the National Low Income Housing Coalition, 

somewhere between 12 million and 17 million households — 

to 40 million people — have little or no confidence that they can pay 

rent and avoid eviction if they don’t get relief. “We’re looking at the very real

possibility of tens of millions of people

losing their homes this winter during a spike in COVID-19,” said NLIHC President Diane Yentel.

The looming eviction crisis is not only a moral failing and a financial catastrophe, but an unprecedented public health

disaster. A large body of evidence has found links between evictions and health outcomes ranging from

homelessness to domestic violence to chronic stress.