Eviction Protection Extended, But Millions Of Renters Still Face Uncertainty
Consider This from NPR
NPR
4.2 • 6.2K Ratings
🗓️ 3 August 2021
⏱️ 12 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
After the Supreme Court ruled that the CDC could not extend that moratorium, the Biden administration asked Congress to take action. But Congress failed to maintain protections for renters before the House went into August recess.
Now, many renters fear eviction could coming knocking at their doors.
Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., told NPR that she is urging local governments to institute any protections possible to prevent a wave of mass evictions across the country.
The Virginia Poverty Law Center's Christine Marra explains where the national situation leaves renters in her state and across the country.
In participating regions, you'll also hear a local news segment that will help you make sense of what's going on in your community. Email us at considerthis@npr.org.
See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.
NPR Privacy Policy
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | One day last year when Amy Kuzno was walking home from her morning shift as a chef at K-Pol's |
| 0:06.5 | Louisiana kitchen, she got a phone call. |
| 0:09.2 | My boss called me and said, um, don't come back to work. |
| 0:11.7 | It was March 15th, 2020, the beginning of the pandemic here in the US, and the restaurant |
| 0:17.1 | industry was in really bad shape. |
| 0:19.0 | And I said, okay, well, what do I do now? |
| 0:21.3 | They were like, I don't know, yeah, I know. |
| 0:23.2 | She had moved from Detroit to New Orleans with the dream of becoming a chef, but like millions |
| 0:29.3 | of Americans, the pandemic cost Kuzno her job. |
| 0:33.6 | Today, she's one of more than seven million Americans who are behind on rent. |
| 0:38.7 | I have no money to move anywhere, even if I had some more to move. |
| 0:41.4 | At the stroke of midnight last Saturday, a federal eviction moratorium that had been in place |
| 0:46.6 | for nearly 11 months came to an end. |
| 0:50.2 | And I tried. I did actually get a job about four weeks ago, and the place that I got hired, |
| 0:55.5 | the day after my first day, they contact face me and then closed down my department because of Delta |
| 1:01.4 | author. |
| 1:02.2 | This moratorium and unemployment checks have been helping keep people like Kuzno afloat for nearly a year. |
| 1:08.9 | But in Louisiana, the supplemental $300 per week of unemployment benefits ended the exact same day |
| 1:16.3 | as the federal moratorium did. |
| 1:18.3 | Kuzno feels like she's just out of options now. |
| 1:21.0 | You know, I'm not a number. |
| 1:22.2 | I'm not a statistic. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from NPR, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of NPR and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.