evictions

Massachusetts eviction protection policy that was enacted to help residents during the coronavirus pandemic expired on Friday, with evictions already on the rise. Chapter 257, as the law was called, prevented people from being evicted from their homes if they had applied for rental assistance and were waiting for it to come through. Advocates had pushed for the measure to…

The residents were given written warnings late last summer, but some say that they have been unable to find alternate housing

Seven households and more than a dozen people in the so-called Coast Guard housing neighborhood in Nahant, Massachusetts were served eviction notices on Wednesday morning. These homes are owned by the town. “We got served by the constable,” resident Susan Alessi said. “He said, ‘Sue, I’m so sorry. I was in tears this morning, when I figured out I...

Some of the biggest increases are in West Coast cities such as Sacramento and Portland, Oregon. Numbers are also up about 30% in South Dakota and Prince George’s County, Maryland, and 15% in Asheville, North Carolina.

Eviction filings around the country are returning to pre-pandemic levels in many cities and states.