Pandemic can make 28 million Americans homeless, expert tells CNBC
2020-07-26 00:10:52 source：CGTN
July 25, 2020
A leading expert on evictions told U.S. business news platform CNBC that due to the recession triggered by COVID-19, some 28 million Americans may soon be chased out from their homes.
As a four-month federal moratorium that had protected an estimated 12 million renters from eviction expired Friday at midnight, cities across the country are bracing for a surge of evictions.
"We're looking at 20 million to 28 million people in this moment, between now and September, facing eviction," Emily Benfer, chair of the American Bar Association's Task Force Committee on Eviction and co-creator of the COVID-19 Housing Policy Scorecard with the Eviction Lab at Princeton University, told CNBC. "We can expect this to increase dramatically in the coming weeks and months, especially as the limited support and intervention measures that are in place start to expire."
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