Redistricting season officially kicks off with the release of detailed population data from the U.S. Census Bureau that will be used to redraw voting districts nationwide potentially helping determine control of the U.S. House in the 2022 elections and providing an electoral edge for the next decade.
Census data to redraw House districts will be released Thursday and that is likely to lead to at least some gerrymandering in an effort to win elections.
The federal moratorium on evictions combined with billions of dollars in rent subsidies was supposed to avert the scenario of millions of Americans being turned out of their homes after they lost their jobs during the pandemic and were unable to afford their rent.