CDC says it's unable to find any legal justification for extending the federal eviction moratorium.

[Nevilledog]

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Christina Wilkie
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Gene Sperling confirms that the CDC has been unable to find any legal justification for extending the federal eviction moratorium. Biden is doing everything he can, says Sperling.

There is a defensive undercurrent to Sperling's remarks, as progressive Dems take aim at the WH.
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12:10 PM · Aug 2, 2021

Ummm....how about every fucking reason why it was implemented in the first place?

[Budi]

1. Why did that block of progressive Dems wait till the last days to make a case?

They stayed silent until this past week.
That's not what one would expect from those claiming the title of progress

Where they been?

[snowybirdie]

2. I smell a rat

The majority of funds for rental relief remain unspent. Biden bashing already?

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/eviction-moratorium-about-end-yet-federal-relief-funds-largely-remain-n1275297

[Calculating]

3. We can't just extend this forever

It's unfair to landlords and the circumstances are different now.

[TheRealNorth]

4. I agree

I would have liked to see a way for people unable to pay to have access to an interest-free loan that could be paid back slowly and on ability to pay.

[nitpicker]

5. +1

[Bev54]

6. They can extend it with the Delta variant raging

Most of the money has not been spent, that is available and the landlords will get paid through it. Just bloody extend it, get the money out there and let somebody try and sue.

[former9thward]

7. Somebody did sue.

And the SC said July 31 was it. The program has a sea of paperwork and landlords are not being paid. The paperwork requires the tenants to cooperate and in many cases they don't.