The White House on Monday said it couldn't renew a now lapsed eviction ban without Congress, urging state and local governments to prevent evictions on their own.
The Biden administration doubled down and said it couldn't renew the eviction ban without Congress.Biden and Democrats in Congress have tried trading responsibility over who should renew it.The White House on Monday said it couldn't renew a now lapsed eviction ban without Congress, urging state and local governments to prevent evictions on their own.
It said in a statement that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had been "unable" to find a way to legally extend the federal COVID-19 eviction moratorium. "To date, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky and her team have been unable to find legal authority for a new, targeted eviction moratorium," White House press secretary Jen Psaki said in a statement. "Our team is redoubling efforts to identify all available legal authorities to provide necessary protections."
She said the White House was urging states and local courts to halt eviction proceedings and scrambling to get emergency rental relief from a stimulus program out the door more quickly.
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