I mean, yeah, obviously you should show all of the data. But if the data is that across the board, evictions are down, you shouldn't headline it with "In the midst of a pandemic, a growing number of families face the threat of eviction.". The opposite is true.

The point that eviction proceedings are suspended is also totally relevant, and their thesis in the long term may be accurate. But their way of showing data here is counterproductive to conveying that understanding. Worse, if we imagine that the pandemic has had no impact on evictions and that things will just resume to normal levels once the suspensions are over, the dashboard is going to flare red and look apocalyptic.

For the record, I do think the pandemic is going to have a fairly severe impact on housing problems. I just don't think this is a good way to show it. You need charts over time with well labeled events that are affecting the data.