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New research from the University of Michigan offers insights into how Michigan can maintain the low eviction rates achieved during the COVID-19...

Report: Michigan eviction filings dropped 65% in 2020 ABC15 and last updated 2021-06-02 12:06:15-04 (WXYZ) — The number of eviction cases filed between April and December 2020 decreased by 65% compared to cases filed during those months in 2019, according to researchers from the University of Michigan. The Michigan Eviction Project reports that the percentage of cases resulting in eviction orders also dropped the pandemic. Additionally, the state's Eviction Diversion Program increased the number of tenants receiving legal assistance in eviction cases. However, researchers said these tren...

View Comments More than 20,000 Michiganders have applied for help to pay their rent through a federally-funded rent aid program that launched two months ago, reflecting an ongoing need for housing assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic. Rent remains one of the top pandemic-related reasons people call the United Way's 211 service, right above vaccine information, according to a statewide dashboard. A federal moratorium on some evictions is slated to end June 30 unless the federal government extends it. In recent weeks, the moratorium has faced legal challenges but still remains in effec...

Attorneys, rental advocates react to judge saying CDC 'overstepped' with eviction moratorium A Washington D.C. judge ruled the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention overstepped when the agency imposed a nationwide eviction ban under the Trump administration. The policy was then extended by the Biden administration and was set to expire at the end of June. Posted at 9:45 PM, May 05, 2021 and last updated 2021-05-05 23:20:49-04 (WXYZ) — A Washington D.C. judge ruled the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention overstepped when the agency imposed a nationwide eviction ban under the...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Drake Goodman and Patty Palmer lease a studio apartment to Carter Haynes. But Haynes has not paid rent since last May, when the shelter-in-place orders caused his fledging restaurant to go out of business. While sympathetic to Haynes’s plight, the loss of rental income has severely damaged Goodman and Palmer’s own finances, and they are growing increasingly desperate. Can they evict Hayes? Should they? As more Americans get vaccinated and the infection rates continue to decline, there is increasing debate on whether the crisis h...