; (10) the Department of Housing and Urban Development does not require the reporting or collection of eviction data, including among households in federally assisted housing, and should be required to do so; (11) the American Civil Liberties Union’s analysis of Eviction Lab data found that, on average, Black renters had evictions filed against them at nearly twice the rate of White renters and that Black women specifically were filed against for eviction at double the rate of White renters or higher in 17 of 36 [S]tates ; (12) right to counsel is a matter of racial justice, equity, and ensuring equal protection under the law; (13) nationally, it is estimated that more than 81 percent of landlords are represented in housing court proceedings, compared to less than 3 percent of tenants in such proceedings; (14) a Massachusetts COVID–19 legal help project found that when providing full legal representation to low-income tenants, 90 percent of cases closed resulted in positive outcomes, with 70 percent of tenants remaining in their homes and 20 percent of tenants having more time to find a place to live