Biden Administration Announces New Eviction Moratorium
Summary from the AllSides News Team
On Tuesday, the Biden Administration announced a new two-month federal moratorium on evictions. The move follows pressure from progressives including Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.), who led a sit-in on the Capitol steps earlier this week to protest the expiration of the previous national eviction moratorium.
The White House had previously claimed that a Supreme Court ruling prevented an extension, but the White House and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have now issued the new ban, citing high levels of COVID-19 transmissions. The new order applies to areas with "substantial" or "high" levels of transmissions, which as of Wednesday included roughly 80% of the nation’s counties, according to CDC data.
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