CDC Broadens Eviction Protections Amid Pandemic

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Source: CNN/MSN

By Nikki Carvajal, CNN, 3 hrs ago.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is moving to temporarily halt evictions for some Americans struggling to pay their rent due to the pandemic by broadening protections already in place, an extraordinary move intended to stave off an impending eviction crisis nationwide.

he White House said the order will apply to Americans who qualified for direct payments under the CARES Act, which covered individuals who earn less than $99,000 a year. People will also have to prove that they've made efforts to get government assistance for their rental payments, declare that their inability to pay is because of financial hardship due to Covid-19 and that they would likely become homeless if they were evicted.

Under the CARES Act, only renters in federally backed units were protected from eviction, and there's also a moratorium on evictions and foreclosures for federally backed, single-family home mortgages. Tuesday's move covers any rental unit in the United States so long as the requirements are met, an official said.

The move, however, falls short of what some Democrats have called for: setting aside federal dollars for rental assistance. Some distressed borrowers are going to need the help when back rent comes due in January. But providing that kind of money would require an act of Congress, which has so far deadlocked on additional stimulus measures...

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/cdc-broadens-eviction-protections-amid-pandemic/ar-BB18BOON

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Last week it was announded that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will extend the moratoriums that were put in place on single-family foreclosures and on some evictions until at least December 31. The moratoriums had been set to expire at the end of August.



- A banner against renters eviction reading 'no job, no rent' is displayed on a controlled rent building in Washington, DC on August 9, 2020. (Eric Baradat AFP| Getty Images)

[mr_lebowski]

1. Wait ... what? The CDC has this authority? Interesting if true (nt)

[Sherman A1]

2. That was my first thought as well

[still_one]

3. Exactly. What does the CDC have to do with this. This is just nuts

[Talitha]

4. I heard about this on NPR this morning

According to what they said, the CDC has the power to do this in the interest of public health. It helps people stay where they are instead of being herded into homeless shelters or moving in with relatives (and increasing the infection rate for all of them).

It was also noted that many people are already homeless - indicating to me that the effort was viewed as being 'too little, too late'.

The CDC is under the jurisdiction of the federal government, so why didn't the Dump Administration give the CDC the ok to do this a long time ago? My guess - they're trying to look good as we close in on election day.