Tenant organizers poised to secure significant protections for US renters

Pandemic housing crisis brought new attention to need for eviction protection and affordable housing

Ever since Faith Plank's family was evicted from North Fork mobile home park in Morehead, Kentucky in March, the 17-year-old has been balancing school and work to help her mom afford the $825 increase in rent at their new apartment.

In late September, the teenager's packed schedule grew to include another pressure-filled event: she chaired a meeting with the White House about pandemic evictions as part of a tenant delegation in Washington.