SUPREME COURT STRIKES DOWN CDC EVICTION MORATORIUM
The end of the eviction moratorium came after some landlords in Georgia and Alabama opposed the recent extension of the moratorium enforced by the CDC, intended to run for two months, starting from August 3 to October 3. The Supreme Court concurred with the respective groups, stating that the agency had no power to enforce such a decision. In an eight-page opinion, the Supreme Court stated that bodies like the CDC have no power to act unlawfully, even if such decisions were 18 l
intended to benefit the public. The High Court had made a similar judgment concerning the issue once. A judge in Washington D.C. revealed that powers granted to the CDC didn’t include restricting evictions or extending the moratorium for rental defaulters. However, Judge Friedrich stated that the Biden administration could appeal for the extension to hold. CDC’S END OF EVICTION MORATORIUM DIVIDES THE SUPREME COURT Not all justices concurred with realtors and housing groups’ opinions to end the moratorium. Justice Stephen G. Breyer and two other liberal justices of the Supreme Court said that the decision to and the eviction moratorium was untimely and rash. According to these judges, most countries THE POWER IS NOW MAGAZINE | OCTOBER 2021
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he Supreme Court suspended the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eviction moratorium in some states in the country despite the resurgence of the Covid-19 pandemic. The suspension means that millions of Americans who were once protected from paying rent will no longer have the privilege.
