Photo: Probal Rashid/LightRocket via Getty Images When the federal eviction moratorium lapsed on July 31, the more than 11.4 million Americans behind on rent braced for the possibility of being kicked out of their homes as the Delta variant surges across the country. Congress had closed for August recess without acting, and the White House insisted that the CDC didn’t have the legal authority to extend the moratorium.
The Moratorium Covers All of New York City — But That Could Change The CDC’s halt on residential evictions applies to counties with “substantial and high levels of community transmission” through October 3. It’s not as sweeping as the Trump administration’s moratorium, which covered the entire country. But it does apply to 90 percent of the U.S. population, including, for the time being, all of New York City’s five boroughs.
This Moratorium Won’t Stop New Eviction Cases The CDC moratorium stops physical evictions — the actual removal of a tenant from where they live. But there’s nothing stopping landlords from filing new cases in housing court. More than 62,000 eviction cases have been filed in New York City since the start of the pandemic, according to data compiled by Princeton University’s Eviction Lab.
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