evictions

Evictions are skyrocketing with pandemic protections and rent relief programs ending for tenants. Melissa Colorado reports.

Thousands of people have been removed from their buildings since Jan. 2022, when the eviction moratorium expired. Programs like New York’s Emergency Rental Assistance Program, or ERAP, will stop taking applications starting Friday, meaning more evictions could be coming as well.

Some of the biggest increases are in West Coast cities such as Sacramento and Portland, Oregon. Numbers are also up about 30% in South Dakota and Prince George’s County, Maryland, and 15% in Asheville, North Carolina.

Eviction filings around the country are returning to pre-pandemic levels in many cities and states.

New York will let its eviction and foreclosure moratorium expire at the end of the week, but will once again let people apply for eviction protection and rent relief, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Tuesday.

Housing advocates say evictions are increasing around the country, several months after a federal moratorium was allowed to end

For the third year in a row, the Bronx is leading the state in 2021 eviction filings, according to the public eviction filing database. There have been eviction filings against more than 2% of all the households in Bronx County so far this year. This number includes eviction filings from January 1 to Sept. 20, according to the site. Data…

New York state legislators are working through a rare special session to extend an eviction moratorium – but some landlords are unhappy about it. Gilma Avalos reports.

The State of New York’s eviction moratorium is set to expire Tuesday — just before midnight. Romney Smith has the latest.