The government's weekly $600 checks have helped keep many out-of-work renters in their homes since the pandemic began. But those payments are scheduled to end in July, and evictions will be legal soon after
from the Urban Institute shows more than 8.9 million households are now “rent-burdened,” meaning they’re spending more than 30 percent of their income on rent. That’s nearly double pre-pandemic estimates, which put the number of burdened households at about. Once eviction moratoriums end in July, these renters are at risk for losing their homes.
“Returning to the status quo is not the most optimal arrangement to begin with,” said Sarah Strochak, an Urban Institute research analyst.Rent burden was a problem before Covid-19 hit, especially for low income households Wealthier households were less likely to have trouble paying rent, but for some, it was still a concern — 10 percent to 20 percent of renters earning around the median wage were considered rent-burdened.Now, let’s show what happened after unemployment began spiking amid the Covid-19 outbreak.
State unemployment insurance and the CARES Act supplementary payments have largely restored the status quo, at the cost of $5.5 billion per month.
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