City Club of Eugene: Losing Health and Home: Oregon's Pending COVID-19 Eviction Crisis
This City Club program is the third in a three-part series on local housing issues. From The City Club of Eugene: Eviction has been described as “the nuclear option” to address disputes between tenants and landlords, and the most common cause of eviction is the nonpayment of rent. Evictions initiate a cycle of housing instability for the renter—especially in markets like Eugene with little available housing—and they are time-consuming, stressful, and expensive for the landlord. Even before 2020, many local residents were living one step away from eviction. Housing costs have risen sig...
Source: klcc.org