Halting Evictions Helped Reduce Spread of COVID-19 in Philadelphia

Halting Evictions Helped Reduce Spread of COVID-19 in Philadelphia

April 2021

The CDC’s order prohibiting evictions in fall – winter 2020 likely prevented thousands of COVID-19 infections per million metropolitan residents, showed a study co-led by Michael Z. Levy, PhD. Dr. Levy discussed this evidence for lawyers defending the moratorium in courts across the country.

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