Organizations to host free event on how to avoid eviction Cameron Sperance Boston.com correspondent February 13, 2021 7:17 am
The coronavirus pandemic threw fuel on the fire that is the Boston housing crisis, and even so-called eviction moratoriums aren’t completely preventing people from losing their residences.
Massachusetts ended its state-level eviction moratorium in October, and now the main statute keeping some renters from eviction is a federal ban by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Housing advocacy groups say the CDC ban isn’t effective, as landlords can still take their tenants to court and possibly evict them.