Moratorium on evictions lifted in the United States: 11 million tenants may be left homeless

The US Supreme Court has lifted a moratorium on the eviction of residents who cannot pay their rent. The decision was the result of a lawsuit filed by homeowners claiming billions of dollars in damages due to the moratorium. The White House condemned the decision and said that now hundreds of thousands of people are facing eviction. The edition told in more detail Voice of America.

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The moratorium on evictions was introduced at the very beginning of the pandemic by Congress. In July 2020, the legislature did not renew it - but the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) introduced its own moratorium.

The department said that people who are not able to pay rent will not be able to stay in such conditions and will be forced to move into the houses of their relatives, and this will provoke an outbreak of the disease.

According to research from Princeton University, as a result of the ban, the number of evictions across the country has halved since last fall. In July this year, the CDC moratorium expired. The intervention of the White House did not help - the majority of the justices of the Supreme Court considered that only Congress could extend the moratorium, while Congress decided not to do anything.

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In early August, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention introduced a new eviction ban that was supposed to last until October 3. However, on Thursday, August 26, the Supreme Court upheld the claim on behalf of the landlords asking for it to be overturned.

“As a result of this Supreme Court decision, many families will be displaced from their homes and the risk of COVID-19 exposure will increase in communities across the country,” the White House said in a statement.

In connection with the lifting of the moratorium, 11 million families were threatened with eviction. However, many states, in particular New York and California, without waiting for the Supreme Court's decision, introduced moratoriums within the states, thereby giving needy residents the time they need to find resources. In the United States, a local court order is needed to evict a tenant for non-payment - and many state judges have already said they will not rush to decide on these issues.

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However, in the south of the country the situation for housing defaulters may very soon become critical. In South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Ohio, the formal eviction process takes little time - and thousands of families may very soon find themselves homeless.

The complexity of the situation is aggravated by the fact that most of the federal package of financial assistance to combat the consequences of the pandemic still cannot reach its intended destination. Of the $ 46,5 billion allocated by the federal government, just over $ 5 billion has ended up in the hands of those in need. The remaining billions have not yet been allocated, mainly due to federal and local bureaucratic obstacles.

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