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Despite federal moratorium, eviction rates returning to pre-pandemic levels

  • Written by Benjamin Larsen, Research Associate, Idaho Policy Institute, Boise State University
Despite federal moratorium, eviction rates returning to pre-pandemic levelsOutside Columbus, Ohio, a bailiff signs a writ of eviction for a tenant on March 3, 2021.Stephen Zenner/Getty Images

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Idaho, like many states across the country, faced rising housing costs, low home-vacancy rates and increasing efforts by landlords to evict tenants.

Thanks to increased unemployment benefits, federal...

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