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Eviction Ban Rollback Didn’t Result in ‘Vast Wave’ of Filings, Says Larry Summers

December 31, 2021
Eviction Ban Rollback Didn’t Result in ‘Vast Wave’ of Filings, Says Larry Summers

Samuel Dorman with Fox Business outlines former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers response to false claims about a rise in evictions.

Doomsayers were wrong to predict a massive wave of evictions following the removal of a ban on filings during the coronavirus, former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers argued on Friday.

“Four months after the COVID eviction ban was struck down, it is clear that no vast wave of evictions or evidence of broad suffering has emerged, despite the claims of many,” he tweeted. “Similar reasoning likely applies to student debt.” Read more here.

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