{"id":4233,"date":"2021-06-10T16:04:59","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T16:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/affordablehousingonline.com\/blog\/?p=4233"},"modified":"2021-08-27T13:37:30","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T13:37:30","slug":"some-hud-residents-still-face-eviction-challenges-during-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/affordablehousingonline.com\/blog\/some-hud-residents-still-face-eviction-challenges-during-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Some HUD residents still face eviction challenges during pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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While serving the most vulnerable people in our communities, some HUD Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) around the country have used the eviction process to push renters into paying back bills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Renters in federally assisted housing have been protected from eviction through most of the pandemic. The CDC eviction moratorium<\/a> is in effect for low-and moderate income renters until June 30th. It would seem that few PHA residents would face eviction during the pandemic because they could not pay rent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But even before the pandemic, there were a few PHAs around the country that filed often for evictions. The Howard Center for Investigative Journalism<\/a> at the University of Maryland recently looked into five PHAs that were \u201cfrequent filers\u201d in their communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These PHAs filed for large numbers of evictions, and most of these were for nonpayment of rent. Their service areas ranged from large and medium-sized cities to small rural communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The PHAs examined by the Howard Center served the following communities:<\/p>\n\n\n\n