More than 14% of renters are still behind as national eviction ban comes to an end

More than 14% of renters are still behind as national eviction ban comes to an end

More than 10 million Americans, or 14% of U.S. renters, say they aren't caught up with their housing payments, meaning many could be at risk when the national moratorium on evictions expires in under a month. comes from data collected by the Census Bureau between May 12 and 24 and analyzed by The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. The CBPP also found that more than 26% of Americans continue to have trouble meeting their usual expenses, and around 9% couldn't afford enough food. With so many renters still behind, the number of evictions could rise steeply when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's lifts on June 30. That protection will have been in place for 10 months. Although the policy , it's reduced the normal number of eviction filings over the same time period by at least a half, according to , an assistant professor of Sociology at Rutgers University-Newark and a research fellow at The Eviction Lab. The CDC's eviction moratorium has faced and landlords have criticized the policy, saying they can't afford to house people for free or shoulder the country's massive rental arrears, which could be as high as . Yet housing advocates say the