COVID-19 eviction moratoriums in the United States
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States federal government and several U.S. states implemented moratoriums on eviction.
Federal
In March 2020, the United States Congress passed the CARES Act, which included a moratorium on the evictions of tenants in rental properties that receive federal funding or have federal government-backed mortgages until July 2020.[1]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced an additional eviction moratorium on September 1, 2020, expected to last until December 31 of that year.[2] The order cited Section 361 of the Public Health Service Act,[a][3] which gives the agency authority to:
[...] provide for such inspection, fumigation, disinfection, sanitation, pest extermination, destruction of animals or articles found to be so infected or contaminated as to be sources of dangerous infection to human beings, and other measures, as in [the Surgeon General's] judgment may be necessary.
A challenge to the moratorium was filed in November by the Alabama Association of Realtors. In the
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State
43 U.S. states have implemented some form of an eviction moratorium during the COVID-19 pandemic; 27 of these states lifted their eviction moratoriums between May and September 2020.[9]
California
On June 28, 2021, Governor Newsom signed a bill passed by the California State Legislature extending eviction protections until September 30.[10]
New York
In December 2020, the New York State Legislature passed a state moratorium on evictions.[11] In May 2021, the legislature extended the moratorium until August 31.[12]
The Supreme Court struck down a provision of the state moratorium that protected people who filed a form declaring economic hardship, rather than providing evidence in court.[13]
See also
- United States responses to the COVID-19 pandemic
- Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
- Eviction in the United States
References
Notes
- ^ Temporary Halt in Residential Evictions To Prevent the Further Spread of COVID-19 (85 FR 55292)
- ^ Temporary Halt in Residential Evictions in Communities With Substantial or High Transmission of COVID-19 To Prevent the Further Spread of COVID-19 (86 FR 43244)
- ^ Alabama Association of Realtors v. Department of Health and Human Services, 594 U.S. ___ (2021)
Citations
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- ^ Nande et al. 2021, p. 2, Introduction.
- from the original on April 2, 2021. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
- from the original on August 27, 2021. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
- ^ Alabama Association of Realtors v. United States Department of Health and Human Services (D.C. District May 5, 2021), Text.
- from the original on August 27, 2021. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
- from the original on August 28, 2021. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
- from the original on August 27, 2021. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
- from the original on August 23, 2021. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
- from the original on August 26, 2021. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
- from the original on August 27, 2021. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
- from the original on August 24, 2021. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
- from the original on August 27, 2021. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
Bibliography
- Nande, Anjalika; Sheen, Justin; Walters, Emma L.; Klein, Brennan; Chinazzi, Matteo; Gheorghe, Andrei H.; Adlam, Ben; Shinnick, Julianna; Tejeda, Maria Florencia; Scarpino, Samuel V.; Vespignani, Alessandro; Greenlee, Andrew J.; Schneider, Daniel; Levy, Michael Z.; Hill, Alison L. (15 April 2021). "The effect of eviction moratoria on the transmission of SARS-CoV-2". PMID 33859196.
- Benfer, Emily A.; Vlahov, David; Long, Marissa Y.; Walker-Wells, Evan; Pottenger, J. L.; Gonsalves, Gregg; Keene, Danya E. (February 2021). "Eviction, Health Inequity, and the Spread of COVID-19: Housing Policy as a Primary Pandemic Mitigation Strategy". PMID 33415697.
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