Variation in State-Level Eviction Moratorium Protections and Mental Health Among US Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Although evictions have been associated with adverse mental health outcomes, it remains unclear which stages of the eviction process are associated with mental distress among renters. Variation in COVID-19 pandemic eviction protections across US states enables identification of intervention targets within the eviction process to improve renters' mental health.

Objective

To measure the association between the strength of eviction protections (ie, stages blocked by eviction moratoriums) and mental distress among renters during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study used individual-level, nationally representative data from the Understanding Coronavirus in America Survey to measure associations between state eviction morator

SUBMITTER: Leifheit KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8683968 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature