A federal judge recently moved to end a nationwide eviction moratorium put into place by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention because of the coronavirus outbreak. But Friday, with nearly 7 million households still behind on rent, the same judge has put a hold on her order.
On May 5, U.S. District Judge Dabney L. Friedrich sided with the Alabama Association of Realtors, which argued the CDC doesn't have the authority to prevent landlords from evicting tenants during a pandemic. However, Friedrich is giving the Justice Department time to appeal, and is holding the ban in place in the meantime.