Reaching vulnerable tenants to enforce state and local eviction moratoriums

By Public Rights Project – An essential component of the public health response to the COVID-19 crisis is ensuring that people stay home. For low-income individuals and families, however, staying home may pose a challenge in the face of job loss or a significant reduction in income. Even without a public health crisis, low-wage workers struggle to afford rental housing. Now, the economic fallout of the pandemic threatens the housing stability of many tenants, including those who were not at high risk of housing instability before this crisis. Over half of low-income workers estimated that they would be unable to pay rent by May.