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A recently published working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research includes a damning statistic: had the federal government instituted a nationwide moratorium on evictions from March to November 2020, deaths from COVID-19 could have been reduced by up to 40.7 percent. The move would have reduced infection rates by 14.2 percent.
The finding underscores the tragic consequences of the government’s failure to respond swiftly and aggressively to the growing pandemic.
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Forty percent is a shockingly high number; however, one of the paper’s authors, Duke University economics professor Christopher Timmins, said that the estimate makes sense because instituting the moratorium early would have had a compounding effect.
Eviction moratoriums and providing relief from utility disconnections reduced COVID-19 cases by 8.2% from the onset of the pandemic through the end of November 2020, research finds.
The policies that helped financially struggling Americans stay in their homes and keep access to water and electricity during the COVID-19 pandemic also helped reduce the spread of the virus, according to the analysis.
The findings are available as a National Bureau of Economic Research working paper. Newly inaugurated President Joe Biden has proposed a $1.9 trillion relief package to provide rental and utility assistance for those hardest hit by the pandemic’s economic fallout.
“Staying at home, working and schooling remotely, and social distancing have been critical in addressing this public health crisis,” says coauthor Christopher Timmins, a professor of economics at Duke University. “But complying with these measures is difficult when your home and access to water and electricity are at ri
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