President Joe Biden's administration is attempting to delay the mass eviction of millions of people that looms after the lapse of a federal moratorium on housing evictions for people who haven't been able to pay rent during the coronavirus pandemic.
According to the White House, Biden asked the CDC on Sunday to consider using executive action to extend the moratorium by 30 days in counties with high or substantial case rates.
"To date, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky and her team have been unable to find legal authority for a new, targeted eviction moratorium," Psaki said in the statement."Our team is redoubling efforts to identify all available legal authorities to provide necessary protections." About 33 percent of the potentially affected renters live in states or localities that have instituted their own moratoriums. Those remain in place.
Biden is calling on others to adopt similar measures until Congress can act. He also is pushing for more of the billions in federal dollars dedicated to renter and landlord relief to go out, as just $3 billion of the more than $46 billion has been spent.Activists occupy the steps to the House of Representatives with Democratic Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri as they continue their protest for an extension of the eviction moratorium at the U.S. Capitol on August 1.
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