Evictions Climb, Despite Bans.

The article discusses the plight of renters in the U.S. who have become unemployed or underemployed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and who have been evicted or are at risk of being evicted. It notes many of the vulnerable renters are hourly workers and those with gig-economy jobs. It compares the help for renters included in the pandemic relief bill passed by the U.S. Congress in December 2020 with the actual scale of the problem.