(Relevant) Emily Benfer is the chair of the American Bar Association’s Task Force Committee on Eviction and the co-creator of the COVID-19 Housing Policy Scorecard with the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. She’s a leading expert on evictions in the U.S., and she’s sounding the alarm. In an interview with CNBC, Benfer said the nation needs to brace for an explosion in the homeless populace as millions of Americans are bracing for evictions brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.
By her calculations, the U.S. could see between 20 to 28 million new homeless by September if federal and local governments don’t take action. One expert predicts the U.S. homeless population could grow by 40 percent this year.