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Evictions in Wisconsin Dipped During a Federal Moratorium What s Next for Renters and Landlords?
Here & Now extra: A nationwide halt on evicting tenants during the pandemic simultaneously slowed down and uncovered deeper fissures in a housing crisis faced by lower income tenants.
Brown County Commissioner Paul Burke presides over an eviction hearing in July 2021. (
Credit: Marisa Wojcik / PBS Wisconsin)
On a Tuesday afternoon, a small crowd of people gather around the door to Commissioners Courtroom B at the Brown County Courthouse in downtown Green Bay. Landlords, renters and attorneys wait to have their eviction cases heard.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, this crowd has been much smaller as landlords were prohibited from evicting tenants for not paying rent.