White House says CDC canât stop evictions ban, calls on states to act By Kelly Hayes WASHINGTON - The White House on Monday said the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been "unable to find legal authority" for a new eviction moratorium after a Supreme Court ruling and called on states and local governments to act in order to keep renters in their homes. In a statement, the Biden administration said the CDC — who put the since-expired ban in place as part of the COVID-19 response — was "unable to find legal authority for a new, targeted eviction moratorium." But the White House noted that state-level efforts to stop evictions would spare a third of the country from evictions over the next month.