Landlords around the U.S. have filed at least 26 lawsuits challenging the federal ban on evictions, claiming the moratorium violates their property rights and places them under undue hardship.
Seven landlords managing more than 5,000 apartments in Memphis, TN, are suing the federal government for denying them due process and pre-empting state laws.
The National Apartment Association has joined a similar suit in Georgia and another case is pending in Ohio.
The federal eviction ban was mandated by an executive order from President Trump and enacted by the CDC on 4 September under the CDC’s broad authority over public health.
Housing advocates worry that removing the ban would cause hundreds of thousands of people to become homeless in autumn and winter amid the COVID crisis.
TRENDPOST: Yesterday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo tweeted:
“The State moratorium on COVID-related residential evictions will be extended until January 1, 2021.
We must do all we can to provide stability to New Yorkers who are struggling financially so they will not be forced from their homes as a result of COVID.”
Absent from his declaration of forgiveness of rent was a moratorium on landlords’ state, city, and school taxes and their mortgages.