Snehal Upadhyay –
Published on August 27, 2021, at 10:30 IST
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday put an end to the pandemic-related Federal Moratorium on residential evictions which was directed by President Joe Biden’s Administration against the Policy which was brought by a coalition of landlords and real estate trade groups.
Earlier in June, the Judges had uplifted the prior ban which would have expired at the end of July.
The Court granted the request made by the challengers in order to lift the moratorium by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) until October 3.
The challengers contended that the Law which CDC followed did not permit implementation of the current ban.
“It strains credulity to believe that this statute grants the CDC the sweeping authority that it asserts,” the Court stated.
The Court further observed that“If a federally imposed eviction moratorium is to continue, Congress must specifically authorize it.”
The High Court had mentioned that it had thought that the Moratorium was on shaky legal ground, and a policy like this should only be enacted by Congress rather than being imposed unilaterally by the executive branch.
Biden’s fellow Democrats put up political pressure and pressured his Administration.
Therefore on August 3 imposed a narrower eviction moratorium, which was three days after the prior one expired.
The policy was challenged in the Federal Court by realtor associations in Alabama and Georgia as well as landlords in those two states.
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