Pelosi calls on CDC to extend eviction moratorium unilaterally
By Mike Lillis - 07/30/21 12:01 PM EDT
As House Democratic leaders struggle to find enough party support to extend an eviction moratorium, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is advocating a temporary fix, urging the Biden administration to act unilaterally to help the nation's most vulnerable renters.
The Speaker said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which has instituted a ban on evictions through the end of Saturday, should extend the deadline further, giving House Democrats more time to codify the extension in legislation.
"I think this is something that we'll work out. It isn't about any more money — the money is there, resting in localities and governors' offices across the country," Pelosi said Friday morning during a press briefing in the Capitol. "So we'd like the CDC to expand the moratorium. That's where it can be done."
The remarks come as Pelosi and other Democratic leaders are scrambling to locate the votes to extend the eviction moratorium legislatively — a request that President Biden made only Thursday.
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