National eviction moratorium has soft impact in region

The national federal eviction moratorium helped keep 1.55 million renters in their homes a little bit longer, according to a new report, but the rule had a softer impact in Florida.

Princeton University’s Eviction Lab released the report, analyzing eviction data in 31 cities and six states from both during the pandemic and in previous years. The researchers found that about 1.55 million fewer eviction requests were filed during the period of the federal ban, Sept. 4, 2020 to July 31. (The Biden Administration revised the moratorium Aug. 3, but the U.S. Supreme Court ended that revision.)