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Ow!

Everyone knows the damage the coronavirus can do to your body.

It can destroy your lungs, it can injure your kidneys,

it can even take down your presidency.

But it turns out the pandemic isn't just harming our bodies.

It's also harming our homes.

Are we headed for another mortgage crisis?

The slow-motion disaster in America's neighborhoods

with more than 21 million Americans out of work,

more and more homeowners are struggling to pay their mortgage.

We've seen a big spike in the number of the link went into homeowners

since the pandemic began.

Right now, 6.6% of all mortgages are in some stage of delinquency.

That's 3.3 million American homes,

nearly doubling in just nine months.

If we don't put money in people's pockets,

if we don't extend a moratorium on evictions and mortgage foreclosures,

we're going to be seeing millions of people who are homeless

in the middle of winter when disease is rampant.

We're going to be seeing people who are being forced to go to work,

even if they're sick because they need to put food on the table and pay rent.

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