At least two lawsuits filed in federal court argue that the national eviction moratorium issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Trump administration earlier this month is unconstitutional. The National Apartment Association, a trade group that represents the apartment segment of the rental housing industry, recently joined a lawsuit filed in a Georgia federal…

The National Apartment Association (NAA) and four individual landlords are suing the Trump administration in federal court over the federal eviction moratorium that prevents them from displacing delinquent residential tenants during the ongoing pandemic. Read the full article     TweetShareShare0 Shares

An ongoing legal battle between a federal health agency and multifamily landlords over the rollout of a national eviction moratorium is gaining steam and thousands of new plaintiffs. Three individual landlords and the 85,000-member strong National Apartment Association joined a lawsuit against the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Read the full article  …

Early this month the CDC ordered a halt on foreclosures and evictions through the end of 2020. At the time, some pundits predicted resistance, which is occurring in the form of lawsuits, reported the Davis Brown Law Firm on its blog. According to the site, the legality of the CDC’s order has been in question since the September 4…

The National Apartment Association has joined the New Civil Liberties Alliance in a lawsuit challenging the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s national eviction moratorium that it ordered earlier this month. The New Civil Liberties Alliance is a group focused on reigning in the expansion of federal agency powers. Read the full article   TweetShareShare0…

The National Apartment Association (NAA) announced today that it is taking legal action against the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for its nationwide eviction moratorium, joining the New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) in its lawsuit challenging the legality of the federal agency’s order. The NAA reiterated its argument that federal agencies do not have powers…