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Each year, 2.9 million children under 18 are threatened with eviction, while 1.5 million are evicted — representing 2 in 5 of the entire population that face eviction each year.
Between 2003 and 2007, women made up 60.6% of the evicted population in Milwaukee and 62% of people who appeared in eviction court. This is likely because women are more likely to be impoverished in America, and therefore have less access to legal resources. [ 57 ]
In December 2020, the New York State Legislature passed a state moratorium on evictions. [11] In May 2021, the legislature extended the moratorium until August 31. [12]The Supreme Court struck down a provision of the state moratorium that protected people who filed a form declaring economic hardship, rather than providing evidence in court.
In addition to shortage and affordability issues, the term "housing crisis" has been used for overlapping concepts such as a "fair housing crisis," involving residential discrimination and effects of segregation; an "eviction crisis"; issues of gentrification and displacement; and environmental concerns.
Under state law, landlords can evict tenants if they are planning a "substantial remodel" of a unit. Long Beach housing advocate Maria Lopez saw it as a loophole in tenant protection law.
In Kansas, too many people like my evicted 77-year-old neighbor have nowhere to go | Opinion. Deborah Hirsch. May 14, 2024 at 6:02 AM. Bigstock.
The bank “really left vulnerable people on their own.” The government’s ultimatum divided the community. The leader of Chapman’s organization said it was the best offer the evicted people were going to get. He said he was satisfied with the deal. Many residents and their advocates — including Chapman — objected.
Erik Henningsen's painting Eviction held by the National Gallery of Denmark.1892 RIC and Hussars at an eviction-Ireland 1888 Two men with children, being evicted, stand with their possessions on the sidewalk, circa 1910, on the Lower East Side of New York City. Eviction is the removal of a tenant from rental property by the landlord.