Trump executive orders to provide little relief to out-of-work homeowners, renters

On Saturday, Donald Trump signed four executive orders intended to provide unemployed Americans with some semblance of COVID-19 assistance after negotiations between Republicans and Democrats around the parameters of a new relief bill collapsed on Friday. Speaking from Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, the President said the four actions “mean bigger pay checks for working families as we race to produce a vaccine,” but there is little indication that Trump’s orders will have an immediate impact on at-risk renters or homeowners – if they are enacted at all. The controversy around the constitutionality of the orders is both real and glaringly obvious. Congress, despite its baked-in flaws and woefully childish bi-partisanship, has the final say over federal budget matters. The President cannot spend the country’s money by fiat, and an attempt to do so could lead to court challenges and slow the delivery of wh