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Landlord-leaning eviction courts are about to make the coronavirus housing crisis a lot worse

  • Written by Katy Ramsey Mason, Assistant Professor of Law & Director, Medical-Legal Partnership Clinic, University of Memphis
imageEviction moratoriums have already begun to expire. Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images

The United States is on the verge of a potentially devastating eviction crisis right in the middle of a deadly pandemic.

Federal, state and local eviction moratoriums had put most of the pending cases on hold. But as the moratoriums expire and eviction hearings...

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