After Dec. 31, when a federal evictions moratorium is set to end, more than 30 million people in the United States could be in danger of losing their homes. But if the United States does not move decisively to stave off its looming eviction and homelessness crisis, lives and livelihoods will be destroyed another way. Do all that, by all means, but it’s all too little too late — like taking a Super Soaker to a forest fire that has been burning across the United States for nine months. A vicious financial cycle is touched off: Evictions inflict serious harm on credit scores; landlords don’t want to rent to those who have been evicted before. Americans desperately need help — or, dare I say, a miracle now.

Source: Washington Post December 19, 2020 17:15 UTC