Pelosi, House Democrats Ask Biden To Extend Eviction Moratorium In Violation Of Supreme Court RulingThomas Catenacci
Reporter
August 02, 2021 12:16 PM ET
House Democratic leaders issued a joint statement calling on the White House to disregard a recent Supreme Court ruling and extend the national eviction moratorium.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the other top House Democratic leaders urged President Joe Biden’s administration to extend the eviction moratorium until Oct. 18, 2021 and said doing so is a “moral imperative,” according to the joint statement released Sunday. The moratorium — first introduced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) last year to prevent landlords from evicting low-income tenants during the pandemic — expired over the weekend after Congress failed to pass legislation extending it.
“Action is needed, and it must come from the Administration,” the House Democrats said. “That is why House leadership is calling on the Administration to immediately extend the moratorium.”
“As the CDC doubles down on mask-wearing and vaccination efforts, science and reason demand that they must also extend the moratorium in light of the delta variant,” the statement continued.
While the current and previous administration extended the moratorium multiple times, the Supreme Court ruled in June that further extensions would need to be congressionally approved. Last week, Biden asked Congress to promptly pass legislation extending the moratorium noting the court’s decision, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said in a statement.
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