diane yentel is director of the national low income housing coalition.. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. there has been a lot of what has been described as unnecessary emotional and psychological stress, and it sounds like it might not be over yet because there is going to be some sort of delay before this falls into place? it's been tremendously stressful for tens of millions of renters on the verge of losing their homes when the eviction moratorium expired on thursday. people have been left really write up people have been left really write up to the last moment wondering whether or not they were going to lose their homes next weekend in the weeks to come. the good news is that while it will take some time get the emergency rental assistance out to renters and two small landlords, the extension of the federal eviction moratorium takes effect immediately, so moratorium takes effect immediately, so there is a reprieve there, there is time now for states and localities to get that money out the door and potentially for president—elect biden, when he c

. >> reporter: diane yentel leads the low-income housing coalition. >> it's very clear what the consequencesill be if congress does not provide an extended eviction moratorium and substantial rental assistance. and that is a tsunami of evictions. >> reporter: she's pushing for congress to add $100 billion in rental assistance to any covid relief deal. what has this eviction moratorium done to landlords because they're not all fat cats. a lot of them rely on this rental income for their own families. >> yeah, that's absolutely right. especially the small landlords. and that's why emergency rental assistance is so essential. it helps the renters pay the rent and it helps the landlords pay the bills. >> reporter: without it, even a federal moratorium can't prevent all evictions. >> the cdc order actually only stops eviction cases that are based on nonpayment of rent. so what that means is if there are other breaches of the lease, the landlord can potentially proceed. >> reporter: houston lawyer jonna treble represents renters through lone star legal aid. she's bracing for a flood of evictions i