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CDC delivers verdict on eviction and foreclosure bans

June 25,2021 | By Erickson Ocasio

Find out if the emergency pandemic protection will be extended Despite protests from housing groups to sunset the eviction moratorium, the Biden administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have decided to extend the nationwide ban protecting tenants who are unable to make rental payments for one final month. The moratorium, which was scheduled to expire on June 30, was extended through July 31. CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said that this is the last time they intend to extend the moratorium. “The COVID-19 pandemic has presented a historic threat to the nation’s public health. Keeping people in their homes and out of crowded or congregate settings — like homeless shelters — by preventing evictions is a key step in helping to stop the spread of COVID-19,” the health agency said in a statement. White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Wednesday that the eviction ban, which had been

NMHC asks firms to help renters as eviction ban deadline looms

June 22,2021 | By Erickson Ocasio

It issues new principles encouraging apartment companies and tenants to work together to "transition back to normalcy" In anticipation of the eviction moratorium ending on June 30, The National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) has issued a new set of principles that calls for apartment firms to help renters recover from the pandemic. In a statement, the trade and advocacy group said that the principles were intended to halt evictions, create payment plans, and work with residents in need. NMHC argued that an eviction ban was no longer necessary and that “a continuation of the moratorium will only further exacerbate renters’ financial hardship as they continue to accrue insurmountable levels of debt.” The federal moratorium on evictions was put into place over a year ago and was intended as an emergency, short-term approach during the onset of the health crisis. The pandemic relief included more than $46 billion specifica

Judge finds eviction moratorium “unenforceable”

June 22,2021 | By Erickson Ocasio

It could prompt a spate of people to be forced from their homes. A Kansas judge is beginning to evict tenants who are behind on rent in advance of the expiration of a federal moratorium that some experts predict will bring a tide of people being forced from homes nationwide. Johnson County Magistrate Judge Daniel Vokins said during a Zoom eviction hearing this week that he doesn’t think the moratorium, which was issued last year by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and expires at the end of the month, is enforceable. Eric Dunn, director of litigation for the National Housing Law Project, said he has heard of judges elsewhere - including in Florida, Georgia, and North Carolina - ignoring the CDC moratorium, but couldn’t say whether it’s been a widespread practice. The federal moratorium has kept many tenants owing back rent housed. More than 4 million people nationally say they fear being evict

The $50 billion race to save America’s renters from eviction

April 8,2021 | By Erickson Ocasio

Biden administration to distribute billions in aid to renters. The Biden administration again extended a federal moratorium on evictions last week, but conflicting court rulings on whether the ban is legal, plus the difficulty of rolling out nearly $50 billion in federal aid, means the country’s reckoning with its eviction crisis may come sooner than expected. The year-old federal moratorium — which has now been extended through June 30 — has probably kept hundreds of thousands or millions of people from being evicted from their apartments and homes. More than 10 million Americans are behind on rent, according to

Biden has extended the eviction moratorium - what that means for mortgage

March 30,2021 | By Erickson Ocasio

The Biden administration announced yesterday that it will extend the CDC’s federal moratorium on evictions of renters who owe back rent through the end of June. The moratorium had been set to expire on Wednesday, having been put in place under the Trump Administration. It had been criticized by both tenant advocacy groups, who argued it left too many loopholes, and landlord advocates, who argued it restricted the freedom of property owners. Holden Lewis (pictured), home and mortgage expert at NerdWallet, believes that in our current stage of recovery, an extension of the moratorium was necessary. “There’s so much back rent owed,” Lewis said. “I’ve read that just in January, there was almost $60 billion in back rent. We have had $52 billion of rent assistance under both administrations, that is due

FHFA extends foreclosure, eviction moratoriums for the fifth time

January 21,2021 | By Erickson Ocasio

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has announced a further extension on foreclosure moratoriums on government-backed mortgages and eviction bans on real estate owned (REO) properties. In a Press release, the FHFA said that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will extend their moratoriums on single-family foreclosures and REO eviction until February 28. The foreclosure moratorium applies to government-backed, single-family mortgages. Meanwhile, the REO eviction ban applies to properties that have been acquired by Fannie or Freddie through foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure transactions. “To keep our communities safe, and families in their homes during the COVID-19 pandemic, FHFA is extending Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's foreclosure and eviction moratorium,” said FHFA Director Mark Calabria.

In new lawsuit, more than 85,000 landlords challenge legitimacy of CDC eviction moratorium

September 29,2020 | By Erickson Ocasio

When the Centres for Disease Control announced on September 1 that a nationwide eviction moratorium would keep renters in their homes until December 31, its legitimacy was immediately called into question, with some wondering when the first lawsuits challenging the order would be filed. One such lawsuit, filed by the New Civil Liberties Alliance in Georgia’s Northern District on behalf of a collection of plaintiffs including the 85,000-member National Apartment Association, is already underway. According to NCLA litigation counsel Caleb Kruckenberg, the organization’s case against the CDC, that it is overstepping its boundaries as a federal agency and infringing on states’ rights, is particularly strong. In light of the moratorium, Kruckenberg describes the CDC as an “agency that’s saying basically, ‘We have the unlimited power to void state law across the country under the premise that it’s somehow a