Wow!….
The supposedly conservative US Supreme Court sides against landlords….
The Supreme Court on Tuesday left intact a nationwide pause on evictions put in place amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The 5-4 vote rejected an emergency request from a group of landlords asking the court to effectively end the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) eviction moratorium, which is set to run through July.
The landlord group had asked the justices to lift the stay on a ruling by a federal judge in Washington, D.C., that the moratorium amounted to an unlawful government overreach….
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The CDC order was enacted in September under then-President Trump and subsequently extended by Congress and President Biden. Most recently, the Biden administration last week announced a one-month extension, through July, which is expected to be the final extension of the protections…
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The extended protections come as landlords and property owners have sought to evict tens of thousands of cash-strapped renters from their homes and as federal rental aid continues to make its way to needy tenants….