EXPLAINER: How Oklahoma evictions might spike after July
By SEAN MURPHYJune 25, 2021 GMT
FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2020, file photo, housing activists erect a sign in Swampscott, Mass. A federal freeze on most evictions is set to expire soon. The moratorium, put in place by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in September, was the only tool keeping millions of tenants in their homes. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2020, file photo, housing activists erect a sign in Swampscott, Mass. A federal freeze on most evictions is set to expire soon. The moratorium, put in place by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in September, was the only tool keeping millions of tenants in their homes. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
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Aid Available For Oklahomans After Federal Judge Overturns CDC Eviction Moratorium
A federal judge in Washington D.C. has overturned the CDC s eviction moratorium, put in place at the beginning of the pandemic to prevent people from being evicted if they couldn t pay rent. In this one, the judge said it applied to the entire country, that it vacated the order entirely from the CDC, said Katie Dilks, Executive Director of the Oklahoma Access to Justice Foundation.
Dilks said the moratorium was scheduled to expire June 30 but ending it nearly two months early comes as a shock. Now the question for the courts is, do all of these cases have to be rescheduled, how do they find the capacity and the time, she said.
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It s likely thousands of Oklahomans will be affected by a federal judge s ruling Wednesday that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lacked authority to issue a national eviction moratorium.
The moratorium was put in place last year to help people who lost their jobs because of the COVID-19 pandemic avoid then losing their homes during the health emergency, putting them at higher risk of infection as they stayed with friends or family or went to shelters.
Renters had to file a declaration and show they were doing their best to pay rent in order to qualify for protection. Oklahoma Access to Justice Foundation Executive Director Katie Dilks says she believes roughly 1,000 Tulsa-area renters filed declarations as they faced eviction proceedings.