An estimated 8.8 million Americans are behind on their rent, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. While relief efforts have staved off some of the housing crisis, rent is still going to come due.
The United States federal government has approved two rounds of rental assistance, worth more than $46bn total, that is slowly making its way to renters.
Additionally, the federal eviction moratorium has been extended to the end of June. But avoiding eviction does not erase any rent owed. Assessments vary, but the Urban Institute estimates that renters owe anywhere from $13.2bn to $52.6bn in back rent.
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Federal judge says CDC didn t have power to order national eviction ban
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Moving trucks, workers and boxes dominate a street in New York City on May 27, 2020, shortly after Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered that renters cannot be thrown out for nonpayment due to hardship from the coronavirus crisis. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo
March 11 (UPI) A federal judge in Ohio has ruled that federal regulators overstepped their authority in ordering a national moratorium on rental evictions after the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic last year.
U.S. District Court Judge Philip Calabrese ruled in favor Wednesday of a group of property owners who argued in October that the ban, ordered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was an overreach.