TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Aug 27, 2021

The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday ruled to remove the eviction moratorium put in place by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Associated Press reports. The temporary ban had first been ordered under the presidency of Donald Trump and was reimposed by the CDC earlier this month. Attorneys for the Biden administration argued that the rise in COVID-19 variants warranted the continuance of the ban in areas with high transmission rates. However, the Supreme Court ultimately ruled that the CDC under federal law has no authority to impose the moratorium and that it would need to be “specifically” authorized by Congress.