COVID-era renter protection law slashed Virginia evictions, research finds
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In 2020, Virginia received approximately $1 billion through a federal COVID-era emergency rental assistance program, which aimed to motivate landlords nationwide to postpone evictions of tenants who could no longer pay rent due to the pandemic.
But in Virginia, lawmakers did not simply rely on landlords' goodwill.
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