In the Pandemic, Millions of People Could Lose Their Homes

Expand Homeless women sleep outside on a mattress in the "Villa 31" neighborhood during a government-ordered lockdown to curb the spread of the new coronavirus in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, May 6, 2020. According to official data, the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in this slum have increased in the past week, putting authorities on high alert. © 2020 AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko For households around the world, soon it will be the time of the month to start thinking about next month’s rent, mortgage or housing loan payments. Billions of people have been directly or indirectly…

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