More than a million renters avoided eviction in 2021 due to expanded legal protections enacted as part of the American Rescue Plan. Now that the federal eviction moratorium is lifted, housing-insecure Americans are more likely to be evicted.
According to data from the Census, the US saw at least 1.5 million fewer eviction filings while the moratorium was in effect.
A provision of the March 2020 Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act prevented landlords from evicting their tenants during the pandemic. The initial eviction moratorium ended in July 2020.
