CDC extends eviction moratorium for a final month
Cristina Livingston recounts the problems she has had in her apartment including a leaking ceiling and mold, Friday, June 18, 2021, at her home in Bay Harbor Islands, Fla. The Biden administration on Thursday, June 24, extended the nationwide ban on evictions for a month to help millions of tenants unable to make rent payments during the coronavirus pandemic but said this is expected to be the last time it does so. Livingston, mother of two had lost her administrative assistant job during the pandemic, said she was relieved to hear it had been extended.
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Thursday extended the nationwide ban on evictions for a month to help millions of tenants unable to make rent payments during the coronavirus pandemic, but said this is the last time it plans to do so.
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, extended the evictions moratorium from June 30 until July 31. The CDC said “this is intended to be the final extension of the moratorium.”
