Lawmakers warned that millions are at risk of eviction after the Supreme Court struck down the CDC’s protections for renters amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Millions of people who are currently at risk for eviction, housing insecurity, or face becoming unhoused desperately look to their elected representatives,” says the letter, signed by the Missouri congresswoman and fellow Reps. Ayanna Pressley ,“We implore you to act with the highest levels of urgency to advance a permanent legislative solution ... to extend the life-saving federal eviction moratorium for the duration of the deadly global health crisis.
On Thursday, the Supreme Court blocked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s moratorium on evictions, put in place to protect renters from being evicted from their homes in the middle of a pandemic.slept on the steps of the Capitol for days, protesting Congress’ and the Biden administration’s lack of action as the previous CDC moratorium was set to expire.
Congress needs to act immediately. For every unhoused or soon to be unhoused person in our districts.
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