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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.
Evictions in Wisconsin Dipped During a Federal Moratorium What s Next for Renters and Landlords?
Here & Now extra: A nationwide halt on evicting tenants during the pandemic simultaneously slowed down and uncovered deeper fissures in a housing crisis faced by lower income tenants.
Brown County Commissioner Paul Burke presides over an eviction hearing in July 2021. (
Credit: Marisa Wojcik / PBS Wisconsin)
On a Tuesday afternoon, a small crowd of people gather around the door to Commissioners Courtroom B at the Brown County Courthouse in downtown Green Bay. Landlords, renters and attorneys wait to have their eviction cases heard.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, this crowd has been much smaller as landlords were prohibited from evicting tenants for not paying rent.