A federal judge in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday struck down the national eviction moratorium issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last fall, imperiling millions of renters who have suffered financially because of the coronavirus.
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Reuters – A federal judge on Wednesday threw out the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) nationwide moratorium on evictions, a setback for the millions of Americans who have fallen behind on rent payments during the coronavirus pandemic.
U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich said that while there was “no doubt” Congress intended to empower the CDC to combat COVID-19 through a range of measures such as quarantines, a moratorium on residential evictions was not among them.
Friedrich cited the “plain language” of a law called the Public Health Service Act, which governs the federal response to the spread of communicable diseases, even while acknowledging the pandemic as “a serious public health crisis that has presented unprecedented challenges for public health officials and the nation.”
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Investigators: Rental scams rampant in hot housing market
Scam tracker: Spotting rental rip-offs By Jessica Jaglois | May 3, 2021 at 8:44 PM CDT - Updated May 3 at 10:35 PM
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - New data shows Memphis needs more than 30,000 additional rental units in order to house all the people who need affordable places to live.
Lack of inventory coupled with the COVID-19 pandemic has put a strain on the housing market and many renters are falling prey to scammers.
Donna Boyce was looking for a new place to live and thought she’d found a house for $500 per month on Facebook Marketplace.
“When you saw a house for $500, what were you thinking?” asked the Investigators.