May 5, 2021
President Joe Biden entered office in January facing multiple converging crises and the urgent need to mitigate the previous administration’s most egregious failures: a pandemic entering its second year, exacerbated by a botched vaccine rollout and anti-mask disinformation; businesses crippled by indoor-gathering restrictions and depressed consumer spending; millions of Americans out of work and facing foreclosure, eviction or homelessness; extreme weather emergencies linked to climate change … the list goes on.
The end of this 100-day sprint is upon us, and we must look beyond the short term. The American Rescue Plan has passed, the CDC’s eviction moratorium has been extended until June 30 and an ambitious $2 trillion infrastructure plan is currently under debate. Embedded in that proposed legislation is some $213 billion earmarked to “produce, preserve, and retrofit more than a million affordable, resilient, accessible, energy efficient, and electrified housi
The recent court ruling striking down a national eviction moratorium has heightened concerns that tenants will not receive tens of billions of dollars in promised federal aid in time to avoid getting kicked out of their homes.
A federal judge on May 5 found the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention exceeded its authority when it imposed the moratorium last year. Housing advocates believe the ban saved lives and not only should continue but be extended past its initial June 30 deadline.
For now, the moratorium remains: A judge stayed the court’s order following an appeal from the Department of Justice.
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Michael CaseyMay 9, 2021
In this March 10, 2021, file photo, Isabel Miranda brushes the hair of her 4-year-old son, Julian, in their rental apartment in Haverhill, Mass. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)
The recent court ruling striking down a national eviction moratorium has heightened concerns that tenants won’t receive tens of billions of dollars in promised federal aid in time to avoid getting kicked out of their homes.
A federal judge on Wednesday found the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention exceeded its authority when it imposed the moratorium last year. Housing advocates believe the ban saved lives and not only should continue, but be extended past its initial June 30 deadline.
Associated Press BOSTON The recent court ruling striking down a national eviction moratorium has heightened concerns that tenants won’t receive tens of billions of dollars in promised federal aid in time to avoid getting kicked out of their homes. A federal judge on Wednesday found the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention exceeded its authority when it imposed the moratorium last year. Housing advocates believe the ban saved lives and not only should continue, but be extended past its initial June 30 deadline. For now, the moratorium remains: A judge stayed the court’s order following an appeal from the Justice Department.
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After court nixes eviction ban, race is on for federal help
In this Jan. 13, 2021, file photo tenants rights advocates demonstrate outside the JFK federal building in Boston. The protest was part of a national day of action calling on the incoming Biden administration to extend the eviction moratorium initiated in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. A federal judge ruled ruled Wednesday, May 5, that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention exceeded its authority when it imposed a federal eviction moratorium. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)