After hard times for renters, cities and states pass dozens of new protections
Posted on AllSides November 23rd, 2021
From The Center
The coronavirus pandemic brought unprecedented hardship to renters, at one point leaving as many as 40 million people at risk of losing their homes.
That the situation got so bad, so quickly for tenants revealed long-lasting issues of housing instability in the U.S., caused by rapidly rising rents and stagnant wages, advocates say.
It also led to action.
Over the last two years, states and cities have passed dozens of laws granting tenants additional rights.
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