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Federal Judge Strikes Down CDC’s National Eviction Moratorium, Appeal Immediately Filed
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., struck down Wednesday the national eviction moratorium issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last fall, imperiling millions of renters who have suffered financially because of the coronavirus. The Department of Justice appealed the ruling and filed for an emergency stay to keep the moratorium in…
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Judge Overturns Federal Moratorium on Pandemic-Era Evictions
WASHINGTON (CN) — A federal judge on Wednesday struck down the nationwide halt on evictions, saying the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention overstepped its authority to help millions of renting Americans who were pushed out of work with the outbreak of Covid-19. “It is the role of the political branches, and not the courts, to assess…
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CDC Eviction Moratorium Vacated in D.C. as Atlanta Case Due for Hearing
The week before a federal appellate court in Atlanta is to consider a challenge to the CDC’s moratorium on evictions during the coronavirus epidemic, a federal judge in Washington on Wednesday vacated the moratorium. The ruling is a setback for advocates of the eviction moratorium issued Sept. 4, 2020 by the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and…
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Judge says CDC doesn't have authority to issue an eviction moratorium. It's unclear what happens next
A federal judge in Washington on Wednesday declared that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s moratorium on eviction — a key element of the federal government’s efforts to aid those hit hardest by the Covid pandemic and its economic effects — must be set aside. The ruling from Judge Dabney Friedrich says the Public…
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Federal Regulators Require Rent Collectors To Lie About the CDC's Illegal Eviction Moratorium
A federal rule that took effect yesterday requires that anyone attempting to collect unpaid rent tell tenants they may be protected by the residential eviction moratorium that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) imposed in September. Yet federal courts have repeatedly held that the moratorium, which the CDC recently extended through June 30, is invalid because it…
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Landlord Group Sues CFPB Over COVID-19 Eviction Rule
A group of landlords is suing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau over a new disclosure rule that aims to inform tenants of their protections from eviction during the COVID-19 outbreak, claiming that the rule violates the landlords’ First Amendment rights by requiring them to lie. The CFPB’s new interim final rule, effective Monday, requires that debt collectors and attorneys…
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