Evictions Cases Skyrocket as Pandemic-Era Moratoriums End

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🗓️ 23 August 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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As pandemic-era eviction moratoriums have ended, Bay Area counties are seeing a surge of eviction cases coming to court. Some tenants owe tens of thousands of dollars after not paying rent, in some cases, for years. In Alameda County, evictions ballooned to more than 500 per month starting in May. And, a single judge is charged with reviewing all of those cases. We’ll talk about how eviction cases are overwhelming county courts, and what lessons we can take from how the moratoriums played out. Guests: Natalie Orenstein, reporter, Oaklandside Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:02.5	When the pandemic descended on Northern California,
1:07.6	cities and counties around the region passed eviction moratoria designed to keep people in their housing,
1:10.6	despite the wild economic turmoil of that time. But a moratorium is not
1:12.4	forever, and though local governments stretch them out, now the evictions are coming in droves.
1:17.7	So today we take a deep dive into what's happening in Alameda County. One official estimated that
1:22.5	renters owed $125 to $300 million in back rent to landlords there.
1:28.3	The Oakland side's Natalie Ornstein has spent weeks reporting on the eviction court in Hayward
1:33.2	that's trying to keep up with the flood of evictions,
1:35.5	and she'll join us to share what she's learning right after this news. Welcome to Forum. I'm Alexis Madrigal.
1:52.0	Evictions are terrible for the people who experience them.
1:55.0	Matthew Desmond's book, Evicted and subsequent work at his eviction lab at Princeton,
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