As Rents Rise, So Do Pressures on People at Risk of Eviction
“The current surge in prices has pushed the affordable housing shortage into overdrive, as tenants compete for the few affordable units available, with little, if any, pandemic protection or assistance remaining.
‘Poor and working-class people who were already hard-pressed to find a truly affordable place to live now are in a completely impossible position,’ said Tara Raghuveer, the director of KC Tenants, an advocacy organization in Kansas City, Mo., and the housing campaign director at People’s Action, a national advocacy organization.”