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Alicia Sasser Modestino Discusses Eviction Threat in Massachusetts

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01/14/20 - BOSTON, MA. -Alicia Sasser Modestino poses for a portrait on Jan. 14, 2020. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University
Portrait of Alicia Sasser Modestino.

Alicia Sasser Modestino (Associate Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Economics) shared her thoughts on the eviction moratorium in Massachusetts for a GBH news article recently. She stated that a temporary extension of the recently expired moratorium would have been beneficial while Governor Baker implements his new plan to manage the influx of cases. This discussion arose as a result of the recently expired moratorium on evictions in Massachusetts.

Read more about what Modestino had to say here.

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