US Housing Crisis Worsens, as Millions Fear Eviction.<br />'Time' reports that 4 million people say <br />they fear being evicted or foreclosed <br />upon in the coming months.<br />The news comes as a federal eviction <br />moratorium is set to end on June 30.<br />The Biden administration <br />faces pressure from housing <br />advocates to extend it.<br />They argue that states <br />need time to distribute over <br />$45 billion in rental assistance, .<br />which has been slow to reach tenants.<br />Two studies released on June 16 suggest <br />that the housing crisis is expected to <br />worsen in the wake of the pandemic.<br />The crisis risks widening the economic gap between Black, Latino and white households. .<br />It also threatens to put homeownership out of reach for lower-income families. .<br />The latest data confirm two <br />things, emergency rental <br />assistance is very slow to <br />reach renters in need, .., Diane Yentel, president of the National Low-Income Housing Coalition, via 'Time'.<br />... and millions of renters <br />remain behind on rent and <br />at heightened risk of evictions, Diane Yentel, president of the National Low-Income Housing Coalition, via 'Time'
