On March 29, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
extended the September 4
CDC Order, which temporarily halted certain residential nonpayment evictions, through
June 30, 2021. It was previously set to expire on March 31. In addition, on March 29, the Federal Trade Commission and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a
CDC’s March 29 Extension Order
Specifically, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky signed a
17-page Order extending the September 4 CDC Order until June 30. Therein, Director Walensky explained:
[D]espite higher rates of vaccine coverage, the simultaneous roll-back of community mitigation efforts may continue to expose vulnerable populations, such as those targeted in this Order, to higher-than-average COVID-19 rates. . . This 90-day extension will allow the assessment of natural changes to COVID-19 incidence, influence of new variants, and the expansion of COVId-19 vaccine coverage to determine if there is a continued need for a national ev