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How lawyers could prevent America's eviction crisis from getting a whole lot worse

  • Written by Jennifer Prusak, Associate Clinical Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University
How lawyers could prevent America's eviction crisis from getting a whole lot worseA St. Louis woman is evicted from her home. AP Photo/Jeff Roberson

Lawyers may be the only thing standing in the way of eviction for millions of renters.

With the end of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s eviction moratorium on Aug. 26, 2021, most landlords can now ask courts to evict tenants who haven’t been...

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