The US House of Representatives adjourned on Friday without renewing an 11-month-old pandemic-related federal moratorium on residential evictions set to expire on Saturday after a Republican congressman blocked a bid to extend it until October 18.
The moratorium's expiration could put millions of Americans at risk of being forced out of rented houses and apartments. Landlord groups have opposed the moratorium, which the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention implemented to combat the spread of Covid-19 and prevent homelessness during the pandemic.
Biden on Friday urged state and local governments"to take all possible steps to immediately disburse these funds given the imminent ending of the CDC eviction moratorium." Pelosi and other House Democratic leaders said in a joint statement after the failed effort that Republicans would not support the extension.
The US Supreme Court last month decided 5-4 to leave in place the CDC's moratorium. The CDC said last month it would not extend the ban past July 31. The ban was first put in place by the CDC in September 2020 under former President Donald Trump.
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