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.