We don’t know enough to help.

We don’t know how many people have received eviction notices since the moratorium expired over the weekend.

We will never know how many people were informally evicted — people who left their homes quickly out of fear of being asked to pay what they do not have, or people who faced lock-outs or intimidation from their landlords.

We don’t even really know how many renters were actually at risk of eviction or which landlords are on the brink of financial ruin over the last...