In one of his first actions after his inauguration, President Joe Biden signed an executive order directing the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to extend its federal eviction moratorium through March 31.
As one of his first acts as president, Joe Biden called on several federal departments and agencies to extend their bans on evictions and foreclosures for those affected by the coronavirus until at least the end of March.
President Biden plans to extend a nationwide pause on evictions through the end of March. The federal eviction moratorium, implemented through the Centers
But with Biden set to assume the presidency tomorrow, ten months into a deadly pandemic that has devastated the economy, there’s more unanimity about the next necessary steps. Biden’s “day one” priority, says Sarah Saadian, vice president of public policy for the National Low Income Housing Coalition, should be extending a moratorium on evictions through the duration of the pandemic June at the very earliest and expanding it to automatically cover all renters.
“I think by far the most urgent thing for both Biden and Congress is to extend and solidify the protections that are going to keep people in their homes until everyone has a vaccine. It’s unconscionable to think about housing policy when millions are facing eviction,” says Matthew Lewis, director of communications for California YIMBY, a group that spends most of its time advocating for zoning reform.