There is no question the moratorium is in effect in this moment, said Emily Benfer, a visiting law professor at Wake Forest University.
The CDC issued the national eviction ban in September, and it was originally slated to expire at the end of January, but President
It remains to be seen if the protection remains in effect for as long as the president intended. It will depend how the current court battle unfolds. And there s always the chance Biden extends the ban yet again.
In addition to the national ban, there are also some local eviction protections available and a large pot of money that tenants (and landlords) can apply for.
Rental assistance is finally being disbursed
The potential for the ban to be overturned is ill-timed because federal rental relief money is finally making its way to renters and their landlords, Diane Yentel, president and CEO of the National Low Income Housing Coalition, said in a statement. The Biden administration should continue to vigorously defend and enforce the moratorium, at least until emergency rental assistance provided by Congress reaches the renters who need it to remain stably housed, Yentel added.
States have tens of billions of dollars in rental assistance available from the federal relief bills signed into law in December 2020 and March 2021. Tenants behind on rent because of a Covid-related job loss or reduction in hours can apply for programs in their city or state (more details on the eligibility requirements can be found outlined here), or have their landlords apply for them. The relief will typically be paid directly to the landlord.
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WASHINGTON – A federal judge temporarily stayed an order that found the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention exceeded its authority when it imposed a federal eviction moratorium to help stop the spread of the coronavirus.
The stay, issued late Wednesday, came after the Justice Department filed an emergency appeal in the case. The administrative stay means there will be no immediate impact on the ban, which was extended in March to go through the end of June.
The only eviction moratorium that covers Pa. remains in effect for now Michaelle Bond, The Philadelphia Inquirer
Across Pennsylvania, renters struggling financially during the pandemic and landlords dependent on rent payments are waiting to find out what a federal judge’s order vacating the national eviction moratorium will mean for them.
Unlike Philadelphia and New Jersey, Pennsylvania does not have its own ban on locking out most tenants, so renters have been relying on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s national ban. That moratorium is scheduled to run through June. But a federal judge ruled Wednesday that the agency had overstepped its authority in issuing the moratorium last year to try to stop the spread of the pandemic and that the nationwide ban is invalid.
Rental assistance is finally being disbursed
The potential for the ban to be overturned is ill-timed because federal rental relief money is finally making its way to renters and their landlords, Diane Yentel, president and CEO of the National Low Income Housing Coalition, said in a statement. The Biden administration should continue to vigorously defend and enforce the moratorium, at least until emergency rental assistance provided by Congress reaches the renters who need it to remain stably housed, Yentel added.
States have tens of billions of dollars in rental assistance available from the federal relief bills signed into law in December 2020 and March 2021. Tenants behind on rent because of a Covid-related job loss or reduction in hours can apply for programs in their city or state (more details on the eligibility requirements can be found outlined here), or have their landlords apply for them. The relief will typically be paid directly to the landlord.