Evictions Soar and Rents Skyrocket as Federal Protections End, Plunging Millions into Housing Crisis

Millions of tenants across the US are facing eviction or have already been evicted due to rising rents and a shortage of affordable housing.
Eviction filings by landlords have increased by more than 50% in some cities, with landlords filing around 3.6 million eviction cases every year.
The federal moratorium on evictions has ended, and emergency rental assistance money has dried up in most places, leaving low-income renters in an even worse situation than before the pandemic.
Rent prices nationwide are up about 5% from a year ago and 30.5% above 2019, according to the real estate company Zillow.
While some pandemic protections are being made permanent, millions of vulnerable tenants remain at risk of eviction and homelessness.