BREAKING: Biden was presented a plan for a Phased Lift of the eviction moratorium on a regional basis but rejected it due to Wall Street pressure, per WH official. Also, BlackRock Inc.’s Mike Pyle will be chief economic adviser for Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, the latest executive from the asset manager to join the Biden administration.
BOSTON (AP) — Tenants saddled with months of back rent are facing the end of the federal eviction moratorium, a move that could lead to millions being forced from their homes just as the highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus is rapidly spreading.
The Biden administration announced Thursday it would allow the nationwide ban to expire, saying it wanted to extend it due to rising infections but its hands were tied after the U.S. Supreme Court signaled in June that it wouldn’t be extended beyond the end of July without congressional action.
House lawmakers on Friday attempted, but failed, to pass a bill to extend the moratorium even for a few months. Some Democratic lawmakers had wanted it extended until the end of the year.
“August is going to be a rough month because a lot of people will be displaced from their homes,” said Jeffrey Hearne, director of litigation Legal Services of Greater Miami, Inc. “It will be at numbers we haven’t seen before. There are a lot of people who are protected by the … moratorium.”
Fed up says
Let’s get this show on the road! Time to stop the handouts and make the lazy earn their keep! This dog and pony show must end!
Crackers says
You need to look at what they are giving the illegals. I will take all I can from them as long as they are giving it to illegals.