In January, President Joe Biden declared equity in housing as a top priority for his administration, and for good reason. Ten million people started off the new year behind on their rent payments — more than the number of people who lost their homes during the 2008 housing crisis.
In addition to extending and expanding the Centers for Disease Control's eviction moratorium and providing relief to close the $70 billion backlog in missed rent payments, we need to tackle the underlying housing crisis that left more than 1 million Americans without a permanent home even before the pandemic.
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