Supreme Court Ends Eviction Moratorium
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By Nathaniel C. Hunter, Esquire
Rothman Gordon
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
On August 26, 2021, the United States Supreme Court vacated the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia’s stay of its Order in favor of the Alabama Association of Realtors, among others, thereby negating the Centers for Disease Control’s temporary Eviction Moratorium and allowing landlords to proceed with evictions of non-paying tenants.
A 120-day eviction moratorium was part of the CARES Act, applying to properties that participated in federal assistance programs or subject to federally-backed loans. When it expired, Congress did not renew it, but the CDC imposed a moratorium that expanded its reach to all residential properties in high transmission counties and criminal penalties on violators. This moratorium has been extended multiple times, with the most recent iteration set to expire on October 3, 2021.