3.8 million tenants in the US could be evicted in the next two months

According to the United States Census Bureau, 3.8 million tenants are likely to be evicted in the next two months. Comparatively, only 3.6 million eviction cases were filed in the entire year of 2018. In 2018, the Eviction Lab at Princeton University estimated that there were only 898,479 evictions in 2016, although this number may be a low estimate compared to more recent reports.

3.8 million tenants in the US could be evicted in the next two months

‘Cancel the Rents’: People Across the US Mobilize Calling for Housing Relief

The Party for Socialism and Liberation concluded its three-day nationwide campaign calling for the cancellation of rent and mortgages and to stop all foreclosures on January 31. The campaign started on January 29 with hundreds of people, along with housing rights movements and other groups in major cities, participating. The primary demand of the campaign was to seek government intervention in dealing with the ballooning housing crisis in the US.

‘Cancel the Rents’: People Across the US Mobilize Calling for Housing Relief