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19-09-2022 | COVID-19

Characteristics of Tenants Who Delayed Rent Payments during Eviction Moratoria in 2020

Authors: Jack Tsai, Kaylee Fish, Vanessa Schick

Published in: Journal of Urban Health | Issue 5/2022

Abstract

This study examined the characteristics of US tenants who reported delaying rent payments during the eviction moratoria in 2020 in respond to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. A nationally representative sample of 3393 US tenants was assessed from May to June 2020 during a period that eviction moratoria were issued across the country. In the total sample, 22.9% of US tenants reported they delayed paying rent because of the eviction moratoria. Tenants who delayed paying rent were nearly 7 times as likely to be at risk of eviction, more than 3 times as likely to endorse recent suicidal ideation, and 1.6 times as likely to report recent illicit drug use compared to tenants who did not delay paying rent. These findings highlight the health and social needs of tenants in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Title: Characteristics of Tenants Who Delayed Rent Payments during Eviction Moratoria in 2020
Authors: Jack Tsai
Kaylee Fish
Vanessa Schick
Publication date: 19-09-2022
Publisher: Springer US
Keyword: COVID-19
Published in: Journal of Urban Health / Issue 5/2022
Print ISSN: 1099-3460
Electronic ISSN: 1468-2869
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11524-022-00684-w

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