The Hill Article: Judge rules CDC eviction moratorium unconstitutional

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A federal judge in Texas ruled on Thursday that an order from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) temporarily halting evictions amid the pandemic is unconstitutional.

In a 21-page ruling, U.S. District Judge John Barker sided with a group of landlords and property managers who alleged in a lawsuit that the CDC's eviction moratorium exceeded the federal government's constitutional authority.
https://thehill.com/regulation/cour...ules-cdc-eviction-moratorium-unconstitutional
 
Wait this is huge news except California is so tenant favored that it probably won't hold up here.
 
Bloomberg: Federal Courts Keep Chipping Away at the CDC Eviction Moratorium

An Ohio judge has blocked the federal eviction ban, allowing landlords to resume filings against tenants in the Cleveland area ? and perhaps nationwide.

In a March 10 decision, a federal court in Cleveland blocked the national eviction moratorium, making it the second court to challenge the emergency measure implemented under President Donald Trump and extended by the Biden administration. The order clears the way for courts and landlords to resume evictions against tenants across much of Ohio. But the landlord groups who brought the suit believe that the decision could have a broader national application, setting the stage for an earlier-than-anticipated resumption of eviction activity before the ban expires on March 31.

The judge ruled that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which introduced its ban on evictions in September, lacks the authority to enact such a policy. While the court stopped short of issuing an injunction against the CDC ban, its decision goes further than the Texas court that made a similar call late in February.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-11/foes-of-cdc-eviction-ban-deliver-a-blow-in-ohio


 
Reuters: Judge voids U.S. moratorium on evicting renters during pandemic

A federal judge on Wednesday threw out the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's nationwide moratorium on evictions, a setback for the millions of Americans who have fallen behind on rent payments during the coronavirus pandemic.

U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich said that while there was no doubt Congress intended to empower the CDC to combat COVID-19 through a range of measures such as quarantines, a moratorium on residential evictions was not among them.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/federal-court-vacates-us-eviction-moratorium-2021-05-05/
 
Does the Public Health Service Act grant the CDC the legal authority to impose a nationwide eviction moratorium?  It does not.

Duh!
 
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