A new bill backed by more than a dozen House Democrats would create a national database to comprehensively track evictions across the U.S., and launch a federal committee to puzzle out new policies to help keep people from being removed from their homes.
Reps. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., and Joe Kennedy III, D-Mass., on Thursday introduced the We Need Eviction Data Now Act, days before the federal eviction moratorium set by the first coronavirus relief package expired July 25. Some states issued their own eviction moratoriums following the coronavirus’ emergence and White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow on Sunday said the next rendition of COVID-19-induced relief will lengthen the now-expired federal hold. Still, the bill also comes as fears of mass displacement are mounting—one expert warns up to 28 million people could face evictions in the months to come.
“If the federal government does not step in quickly with additional measures to prevent evictions, we will surely see a wave of evictions across the country. In addition to the hardship that comes with families losing their home, mass evictions, unlike anything we have seen in modern history, are expected to produce a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic,” DeLauro said in a statement ..
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