A banner against renters eviction is displayed on a controlled rent building in Washington, D.C. on Aug. 9, 2020.(Photo by ERIC BARADAT/AFP via Getty Images) WASHINGTON - The Trump administration has issued a directive halting the eviction of certain renters though the end of 2020 to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.Federal, state and local governments have approved eviction moratoriums during the course of the pandemic for many renters, but those protections are expiring rapidly.
A recent report from one think tank, the Aspen Institute, stated that more than 20 million renters live in households that have suffered COVID-19-related job loss and concluded that millions more are at risk of eviction in the next several months.RELATE.