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Ohio AG Wins Injunction Against Pandemic-Aid Restrictions
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost won a federal injunction Thursday to prevent enforcement of a provision in the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act he claimed held stimulus funds hostage and allowed the federal government to “commandeer state taxing authority.” Read the full articleTweetShareShare0 Shares
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U.S. Supreme Court extends CDC eviction ban by one month. Here's what to know
Landlords still filed for hundreds of thousands of evictions under the moratorium, according to the Eviction Lab at Princeton University, which has been tracking the issue. Caleb Kruckenberg, litigation counsel at the New Civil Liberties Alliance, said he has a client who hasn’t been able to obtain rent from a tenant since February 2020 –…
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Federalist Says NLRB Couldn't Challenge 'Salt Mine' Tweet
The National Labor Relations Board overstepped its bounds by ordering The Federalist’s publisher to delete a joking tweet threatening to punish workers for unionizing even though no employees complained, the outlet argued in its Third Circuit challenge to the board’s ruling. Published in Law360 TweetShareShare0 Shares
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Broad support for ending eviction moratorium early, aiding tenants and landlords
As the state’s fiscal year comes to an end, lawmakers are awaiting Gov. Phil Murphy’s signature on a number of key bills, one of which would give more support to renters facing a mass eviction crisis. Legislators last week agreed to end the state’s eviction moratorium early, requiring hundreds of millions of dollars in aid…
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The Endless Eviction Moratorium
The CDC extended the national moratorium on evictions through the end of July 2021… again. The agency indicated that “this is intended to be the final extension of the moratorium,” but the agency has extended the moratorium multiple times since it was first issued in September 2020. Listen here TweetShareShare0 Shares
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CDC Eviction Ban Extended, Tenant Advocates Cite Future Challenges
Less than a week before the nationwide eviction ban was set to expire, top health officials extended it for another 30 days to help tenants who are unable to pay rent during the Covid-19 pandemic. Previously scheduled to end on the last day of June, the moratorium will remain in place until July 31, as…
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