By Wisconsin Watch and Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Thousands of Wisconsin renters have been wrestling with the question of where to find housing if they are evicted because they lack funds to pay their rent.
That question has become increasingly urgent since May 26, when Gov. Tony Evers’ 60-day moratorium on evictions expired. Evers was among the first governors to lift a state moratorium, and his $25 million statewide emergency rental assistance program falls far short of meeting statewide needs.
Milwaukee’s black-majority neighborhoods are being hit the hardest as aid programs designed to prevent evictions fall well short of what’s needed.
But it’s not just a Wisconsin problem. Roughly 30 to 40 million renters nationwide are at risk of losing their homes this year as state moratoriums on evictions expire.
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