A federal judge in Washington ruled that a temporary U.S. ban on evictions in parts of the country hit hardest by the coronavirus can continue, a major victory for the Biden administration’s efforts to extend protections as the Delta variant spreads.
In a ruling Friday, U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich rejected a plea by two landlord groups to block a moratorium by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that was set to last until Oct. 3. The decision extends protections against eviction that expired July 31 and were in doubt after the Supreme Court indicated in June that only Congress could continue the policy.
The ruling marks the latest twist in a months-long legal saga over how far the government can go to protect renters from losing their homes because of Covid-19, which has disrupted the economy, cost millions of people their jobs and left many property owners with billions of dollars in lost rental income.
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Joe is a uniter.
And (aside from institutional owner who are compensated in other schemes), just who is compensating the small landlord who can’t pay the mortgage for lack of rent and will lose his/her home to the institutional landlords? One wonders who are the more likely Democrat voters here (even before COVID), the landlord or the tenant, and just who outnumbers whom, landlord or tenant?