Opinion | The Rental Evictions Fiasco

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From WSJopinion: The eviction moratorium was perhaps justifiable amid the early lockdowns that threw millions out of work, but it’s now a cautionary tale of how bad policies distort behavior and are difficult to end, writes The Editorial Board

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Perhaps you’ve read that the pandemic recession officially ended in April 2020, that the economy grew 6.5% in the second quarter, that employers are desperate to find workers, and that the housing market is booming. Never mind. Democrats are in a panic because the federal ban on landlords evicting tenants who haven’t paid rent in 16 months expired on Saturday.

The eviction moratorium was perhaps justifiable amid the early lockdowns that threw millions out of work, but it’s now a cautionary tale of how bad policies distort behavior and are difficult to end. The original Cares Act moratorium that only applied to federally subsidized housing expired last July, but the Trump Centers for Disease Control and Prevention imposed its version in September.

Congress extended the ban in December for a month, but then the Biden Administration extended it three times through Saturday despite rulings from several judges that the CDC had exceeded its authority. Last month Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh joined the liberals in maintaining a stay on a lower-court injunction reversing the ban.

Justice Kavanaugh wrote that he agreed the CDC acted unlawfully but allowed the moratorium to continue so rental assistance appropriated by Congress could have more time to be distributed. But he said a “clear and specific congressional authorization would be necessary for the CDC to extend the moratorium past July 31.”

Cue the political panic. On Thursday, two days before July 31, the White House issued a statement essentially blaming the Supreme Court for the moratorium’s end and urged Congress to extend it. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi declared a five-alarm fire, but her attempt to rush an extension through the House failed. Too many Democrats balked.

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opinion The states imposed lockdowns caused this. The states need to cover for their ordered takings of property basically.

opinion WSJ speaks for the greedy wealthy so of course they write reports that demonize the eviction moratorium. Assholes.

opinion Omg soooo true. Just like working from home even tho vaccinated, collecting unemployment instead of working when there are good jobs readily available. These are same people crowding planes, bars, restaurants.

opinion Actually it’s good when people aren’t homeless

opinion It’s all about power for Dems and dependency on the govt which equals votes for Dems. Simple and it is what drives all their policies. They don’t care if it hurts the country or it’s citizens.

opinion This is dumb.

opinion What a shit take. Millions of people lost their jobs. Now you want millions to be homeless. 😒

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