THE U.S. BRACES FOR A SURGE OF EVICTIONS AS THE MORATORIUM NEARS THE END
" Potentially 6 Million Americans May End Up Homeless As CDC's Eviction Moratorium Comes To A Close On July 31, 2021."
June 29, 2021 By Art Fletcher & Leo Madison Reporting For: Englebrook Independent News,
WASHINGTON, DC.- On Thursday, June 24, 2021, The Centers United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) extended the Nationwide Ban on Evictions, from June 30, 2021 to July 31, 2021, but even with the 30 Day extended time period, experts have voiced concern about the estimated 6 Million or so Americans, who owe back rent.
The Federal Restrictions on evictions for nonpayment of rent took effect soon after the Covid Pandemic took hold across the Nation in the early months of 2020. The first moratorium, came with The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, ran from the end of March 2020 to the end of July 2020.
The CDC put its own Eviction Moratorium in place in September 2020. The Moratorium was set to end on June 30, 2021, before CDC Director Rochelle Walensky announced last week that the Agency would extend the June 30th Deadline to July 31st.
A Federal Appellate Court ruled on May 5, 2021, before the latest CDC Extension, that the CDC Overstepped its authority with their extension. The Biden Administration appealed the ruling the same day, which proved to be successful. However, that legal action shows the difficulty the CDC will face should it try to enact another extension.
Along with the need to stem the possibility of a sudden surge of potential homelessness throughout the Nation, there is also evidence showing that housing evictions increase the threat of Covid Infections spreading.
Landlords across the country have argued against continuing the moratorium, on June 3, 2021, in Alabama, The Associations of Realtors sent an emergency application to The U.S. Supreme Court's Chief Justice Roberts.
A statement in The Application read, " Landlords have been losing over $13 Billion every month under the Moratorium, and the total effects of The CDC's Overreach, may be as high as $200 Billion if it remains in place for a year."
Numerous States across the Nation have taken steps on their own to prevent evictions. California announced it would extend the statewide eviction moratorium through September, 2021. In April, New York State extended its moratorium through the end of August 2021. But different interpretations regarding eviction moratoriums have occurred from county to county in some States.
One reason evictions have been carried out in many states during the Covid-19 Pandemic, despite the CDC Moratorium is that tenants neglected to fill out the paperwork necessary to prevent eviction proceedings for nonpayment of rent.
As President Biden plans to visit Wisconsin today in order to sell his Infrastructure package, The President needs to be more focused on the plight that over 6 Million Americans may face at the end of July, 2021, "Homelessness."
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