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A federal judge lifted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s national eviction moratorium on Wednesday, leaving renters once again in a position of uncertainty, just about one month after the ban on evictions had been extended through the end of June.
Reactions to the order being lifted from the real estate community were mixed, reflecting some of the nation’s division over the order as a whole since it was first initiated about a year ago.
On the one hand, renter sympathizers have pointed out the plight of renters, many of whom have been high-contact workers most impacted by layoffs and health risks as a result of the pandemic.