Worry looms as judge throws out CDC eviction ban, but there might be no immediate impact "Everything is unsettled now, but there is a likelihood that nothing will change immediately,” said attorney William Pena Wells. Author: Emerald Morrow Updated: 11:48 PM EDT May 5, 2021 A federal decision to overturn the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's eviction moratorium that protected renters during the COVID-19 pandemic has stirred concern among Tampa Bay-area renters struggling to make ends meet. "It is very, very heartbreaking to hear the people talking on the phone to us with their emotions raw, having their entire lives ripped out from under them through no cause of their own and no fault of their own," said William Pena Wells, staff attorney at Gulfcoast Legal Services.