Lawyers for a group of landlords and real estate companies have asked a federal judge to put on hold the Biden administration's new eviction moratorium that prohibits landlords from evicting certain tenants who fail to pay rent amid the Covid-19 pandemic
The filing marks the first challenge in federal court to President Joe Biden's latest efforts to stop evictions and comes after the administration allowed a previous freeze to expire, setting off fury among members of his own party.The new moratorium, announced Tuesday, applies to areas of the country with high or substantial transmission of Covid-19. The new ban is more tailored than the first, but it still covers 80% of US counties and 90% of the US population who are renters.
Read More"The President candidly acknowledged that issuing the extension without legal authority was a delay tactic because, 'by the time it gets litigated, it will probably give some additional time while we're getting that $45 billion out to people who are, in fact, behind in the rent and don't have the money,'"Brett A. Shumate, a lawyer from Jones Day who is representing the landlords, said in the emergency application.
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