Posted on 08/03/2021 2:33:11 AM PDT by Libloather
The White House said Monday that it was unable to find a legal means to extend the eviction moratorium, despite the fact that millions of Americans could soon lose their homes even as the Delta variant of COVID-19 continues to spread.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has “been unable to find legal authority for a new, targeted eviction moratorium,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki said in a statement. “Our team is redoubling efforts to identify all available legal authorities to provide necessary protections.”
Citing a Supreme Court decision issued in late June, the White House said it was unable to unilaterally extend the moratorium for evictions. Late last week, Psaki issued a statement pressuring Congress to act, but the House went into recess before a vote could be held. Were it to pass the House, it is unclear if an extension of the moratorium would be able to pass the Senate.
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While billions of dollars in rental aid was allocated through federal pandemic relief plans, some states - including those with both Democratic and Republican leadership - have been slow to distribute it. To date, only about $3 billion of the $47 billion Emergency Rental Assistance program has been used. With landlords unable to collect rent, there is a domino effect that can have an impact on the larger housing market when regular payments aren’t made to landlords and mortgage holders.
In a letter to colleagues released Monday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi encouraged Democratic members to work in their districts to get the funds distributed. On Friday, however, Pelosi told reporters that “we only learned of [the end of the eviction moratorium] yesterday.”
In a Sunday interview with CNN, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., said Democrats shared the blame for the expiration of the moratorium.
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Since when did the Dems search for a legal way to put something into action?
Introduce the bill to extend it in the House, pass it, have it die in the Senate, use it as a campaign issue.
Agreed. That can only happen after the shiny squirrel distraction circus stops using public hysteria to Vax us with fear porn. Keep us anxious, confused, isolated.
Remember. Elizabeth Warren rents properties. Shows over folks. Time for liberals to get their rents.
This could red pill the crap out of all the evictees since they have been nothing more than useful idiots the entire time. Republicans would have kept many employed and financially viable during the pandemic.
Awww, c'mon, we're not ALL bad guys!
Is it time yet to start shooting THOSE WHO GIVE THE ORDERS?
Past time.
Biden to announce new eviction ban due to COVID spread
My son rented from a slumlord who almost killed him and the family next door. Both moved out. My tenants are wonderful.
How about a compromise? Distribute the aid to renters, end the moratorium. Renters will have the means to bring their accounts current, enabling them to at least finish their leases. This will have the effect that whatever changes families need to make to their housing arrangements will happen more naturally over time.
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