The Looming Eviction Crisis
The clock is ticking for thousands of renters.
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Episode Notes
The clock is winding down on the CDC’s eviction moratorium. The moratorium will lift in less than two weeks, marking an end to the pandemic-era protection. What happens to vulnerable tenants when the clock runs out?
Guests: Henry Granville Widener, a rent strike organizer in Maryland, and Alieza Durana, a reporter for Princeton’s Eviction Lab.
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Podcast production by Mary Wilson, Davis Land, Danielle Hewitt, Elena Schwartz and Carmel Delshad.