To halt evictions, US cities turn to mediation programmes
The idea is to prevent evictions before they happen by pushing landlords to negotiate. One of the biggest hurdles is ensuring residents know how to access it.
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The most and least housing-secure US metro areas in 2020
City Monitor's Housing Security Index finds that in the US, metros with high shares of jobs in accommodation and food service face some of the biggest challenges due to Covid-19.
Housing Security Index 2020: United States
Explore metro-area data related to US housing security in our interactive index.
Urgently needed: Timely, more detailed standardized data on US evictions
A newly created database is a good start but nowhere near enough.
For renters, an affordable housing crisis was already raging. Then coronavirus hit
Landlords are reporting notable decreases in rent payments, and it's only the first month.
