The blog has received numerous comments and questions from local landlords about the following issue.
As many of you know, the CDC's eviction ban was ruled unconstitutional. The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously
ruled that the national eviction moratorium mandated by the U.S. Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is unconstitutional (7/23/21). Despite this......
And now....
A U.S. judge on Thursday ordered the Biden administration to respond to a lawsuit from a coalition of housing groups challenging a new eviction moratorium enacted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich gave the Department of Justice a 9 a.m. ET deadline on Friday to respond to an emergency legal challenge filed by the Alabama Association of Realtors late Wednesday, Reuters reports. The emergency motion accuses the CDC of issuing the new ban on evictions "for nakedly political reasons — to ease the political pressure, shift the blame to the courts for ending the moratorium, and use litigation delays to achieve a policy objective." Read more here.
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AND FROM THE POST: The Biden administration allowed the earlier moratorium to expire that past weekend after initially saying the Supreme Court’s ruling prevented an extension by the executive branch. They changed course, however, after facing pressure and criticism from progressives that it was allowing vulnerable renters to lose their homes during a pandemic. Some legal experts have already cast doubt on whether the new moratorium will stand up in court. MORE AT https://nypost.com/2021/08/05/landlords-take-biden-to-court-over-new-eviction-moratorium/
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