Landlord files lawsuit against CDC eviction moratorium
September 11, 2020
A landlord filed a legal challenge this week to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s sweeping order suspending evictions nationwide, arguing that it was an “affront to core constitutional limits on federal power” that stripped him of his rights to access the courts.
The filing is the first direct legal challenge to an order that many expected would bring a slew of suits from landlords who have been deprived of rental income for months as the coronavirus pandemic continues to drag on and leave many renters unemployed.
