With the federal moratorium on evictions recently<br />expired and federal unemployment checks ending<br />on July 31, an unprecedented eviction crisis is<br />expected to soon hit the United States.<br />Statewide eviction moratoriums have also<br />begun to wind down, meaning eviction proceedings have resumed in more than 30 states.<br />John Pollock, coordinator of the National Coalition<br />for a Civil Right to Counsel, predicts there could be<br />as many as 2.3 million evictions in August alone.<br />States such as West Virginia are expected to<br />be hit harder, as nearly 60 percent of renters<br />in the state are at risk of eviction, compared<br />to 22 percent of renters in Vermont.<br />People of color are especially vulnerable,<br />with just 26 percent of Black tenants saying they have “high confidence” that they'll be able to pay rent.<br />Around 50 percent of Hispanic tenants<br />say that have “no or slight" confidence<br />that they’ll be able to keep their homes.<br />This is in comparison to 50 percent of White tenants who say<br />they have “high confidence” that they can continue to pay rent.<br />"When you look at this gap between<br />people who can pay their rent and<br />people who can’t, it’s almost hard<br />to put into words how bad the<br />inequality will become absent<br />some major intervention." John Pollock, via CNBC
