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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden's administration is planning to issue a targeted moratorium on evictions in areas hardest hit by COVID-19, replacing a nationwide evictions freeze that expired Saturday despite raising legal concerns about doing so unilaterally.
The new action, which is expected to last 60 days, will ban evictions in counties with high rates of COVID-19 transmission, reflecting where the Centers of Disease and Prevention recommends vaccinated resident masks indoors and in public settings, two sources familiar told USA TODAY.
Biden confirmed the move after delivering remarks on the COVID-19 pandemic at the White House. The president said he sought input from constitutional scholars to determine whether the CDC had the legal authority to issue a new evictions action but it was unclear whether it could pass constitutional muster.