From WNYC in New York, this is on the media. I'm Brooke Gladstone. Renters in Indiana have until the

end of the month before landlords can once again start eviction. Eviction freezes put in place

across the country to blunt the pain of the virus are set to expire on various states before the end of

the summer. We are just five days away from the expiration of the executive orders,

suspending both evictions and foreclosures.

Roughly a fifth of renters, disproportionately black and brown,

may lose their homes by summer's end.

This crisis is happening now, but in fact, it has always been with us, created not by pandemic,

but by deliberate policy.

What did they need?

Houses, who had the money to loan to developers, banks, who would insure the banks,

the Federal Housing Administration, and the Federal Housing Administration had one tiny little

condition, don't sell to black people. It's all coming up after this.

From WNYC in New York, this is on the media. Bob Garfield is off this week. I'm Brooke Gladstone.

The Heroes Act passed last month by the

house, endorsed by housing advocates and property owners alike, gathers dust on Mitch McConnell's desk

like a papyrus from the ancient land of Punt. Legend has it that Punt was a wonderful place, but I can't help crudely playing on its name

because by punting on the $3 trillion stimulus plan, McConnell shrugs off a raft of data

pointing to a fifth of American renters losing their homes by September.

The fact is, America already was facing its worst housing crisis in modern times.

Matthew Desmond, the founder of Princeton's Eviction Lab,

found that in 2016, four evictions were filed every minute.

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