Eviction numbers are skyrocketing across the country. There were 1.06 million evictions over the last 12 months, and 73,376 in the past month alone, according to the eviction tracking website Eviction Lab.
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More than 3,500 households in the Roanoke and New River valleys received rent relief totaling at least $18 million to help pay for housing through coronavirus-induced hardships, state data shows.