Moratoriums on evictions across the United States have been put into place this year to deal with the economic uncertainty that many have faced with COVID-19. Because those are set to soon expire, millions of renters around the country are facing eviction.

Just recently, Gov Cuomo signed into a law a new piece of legislation that extends that moratorium on evictions for at least 2 months now for property owners and renters in the NY region.

This new one to be signed has been regarded as possibly one of the strongest pieces of legislation to be passed yet, which is set to protect renters from being evicted during this time.

Various private organizations have also tried to gather funds for renters this year who have been in need of help, that are at risk of losing their homes. For many, government help simply wasn't there or wasn't enough. And while the government seeks to help some with offering a moratorium on evictions, they are harming others in the process by violating their property rights.

Some landlords have voiced their concerns that they are worried that those who are financial stable might take advantage of the situation as an opportunity to not pay rent.

They say the verification process is too lenient and that there's no limit on your income, as some of the issues with the current extension on that eviction moratorium. Some of them are dealing with tenants who haven't responded to e-mails for months now, or paid any rent for months.

It's a terrible situation for renters but also for property owners as well, who might have extreme difficulty this year terminating the rental agreements with tenants who violated their rental contract.

There is also a federal eviction moratorium that has been passed previously that is set to expire and that could mean that millions of people won't know if they will have a place to live or not, if they cannot afford to pay their rent.

It's estimated that roughly 6.7 million renter households are currently unable to pay rent.

Black and Latino neighborhoods have reportedly seen 2x as many evictions this year. Millions are just struggling to get by and don't even have their basic necessities covered.

“We’re facing potentially the worst housing and homelessness crisis in our country’s history,” - D. Yentel, CEO and president of the National Low Income Housing Coalition in Washington, D.C.

Housing justice advocates have already called for an extension of that moratorium on evictions and it looks like several jurisdictions are already making moves to pass one piece of legislation or another that is going to address this issue.

Despite the various moratoriums on evictions that have been put into place though, there are still tens of thousands of eviction cases that have been filed in courts around the country. Millions of households are at risk once that ban on evictions expires in Jan.

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