Mitigating Housing Instability During a Pandemic

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Date

2021-05-06

Authors

Layser, Michelle D.
De Barbieri, Edward W.
Greenlee, Andrew J.
Kaye, Tracy A.
Saito, Blaine G.

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Publisher

University of Oregon School of Law

Abstract

One evening in April 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic swept through the United States and businesses closed their doors, Margarita Lopez received a knock on hers. When she opened it, a man handed her a note and said “Good luck.” She was being evicted from her Staten Island apartment; New York’s emergency eviction freeze was set to expire, leaving Lopez with little time or recourse. Reflecting on the experience, Lopez told a reporter, “Every time I walk out of this door, I’m scared for my life. I feel like I have no power. . . . I feel stuck. If I end up homeless, a shelter is not an option because eventually I’ll get sick. It’s a lot of questions about what comes next.”

Description

78 pages

Keywords

COVID-19, Foreclosure, Rental assistance, Eviction

Citation

99 Or. L. Rev. 445