In 2024, landlords filed over one million eviction cases in tracked U.S. jurisdictions by the Eviction Lab’s Eviction Tracking System across more than 30 cities and 10 states, while roughly upwards of 4 million eviction cases are typically filed in a year. The U.S. Census Bureau clocks approximately 342 million Americans, not including illegal migrants. Everyone needs a roof over their head.
Every city in the U.S. is experiencing an affordable housing crisis. Rent costs never go down. They only increase, sometimes increased by 50 percent. This is called “informal evictions” where landlords “informally” coerce or force tenants to vacate homes without going through the court system by raising the rent in exorbitant amounts. U.S. Census Household Pulse Survey data statistic says, “more than 14 million tenants report feeling pressured to move because of a rent increase.”
30 percent or more of the income of American households is spent on housing costs which have reached record highs. Low income Americans rarely have the necessary funds for the first last and security deposits landlords require.
The displacement of American citizens caused by eviction is at a record high resulting in homelessness, where now hard-working families are forced out of homes and are living in their cars, RV’s, in tents or are couch surfing with friends or family.
The severity of the crisis is insurmountable.
What can each of us do to assist ? What can you personally do to assist a homeless person ?
Always Christian with Love at Anne Fisher Foundation. Women Protecting Women and Children.