Supreme Court Allows Eviction Moratorium Stay In Place.
The Supreme Court declined to hear a ruling that allowed the eviction moratorium to remain, thus sparing millions from eviction…for now. (The Hill)
“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.”
Millions of people who were thrown out of work and continue to ride the post pandemic wave of economic uncertainty were granted a reprieve of sorts today by the Supremes. The realities of America after the pandemic that is more divided between the haves and have nots will have to wait for another day to lay claim to the lives of the working poor. But the day will come very soon when people without jobs or significantly reduced incomes, caused by the pandemic, will need to navigate their new normal unlike anything they have ever experienced.
