Federal judge Dabney Friedrich of the US District Court for the District of Columbia has struck down the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention moratorium on evictions. The moratorium was first enacted last year and most recently extended by President Biden until June 30.
The judge ruled that the administration had exceeded its authority with the moratorium through its use of the Public Health Service Act of 1944.
"The question for the court is a narrow one: Does the Public Health Service Act grant the C.D.C. the legal authority to impose a nationwide eviction moratorium?" the judge wrote.
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Erika Morphy
Erika Morphy has been writing about commercial real estate at GlobeSt.com for more than ten years, covering the capital markets, the Mid-Atlantic region and national topics. She's a nerd so favorite examples of the former include accounting standards, Basel III and what Congress is brewing.
