Renters are rejoicing now that eviction ban has been extended. What you need to know

This weekend, after the almost year-long ban on evictions expired, Ronald Leonard was terrified of being thrown out of his Daytona Beach, Florida, rental home. But then, on Tuesday evening, he heard the eviction moratorium had been extended again.

"I'm the happiest guy in the world," said Leonard.

Like millions of other renters at risk of losing their homes without the protective federal eviction ban in place, Leonard said he was a wreck on Monday and Tuesday, waiting in fear of a sheriff coming to his door after the moratorium expired on July 31.

"If I end up on the street, I'll never survive," Leonard, 68, said at the time.

With an eviction complaint filed against him in April, the moratorium -- put in place by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last September -- was all that was keeping him in his home.