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COVID Action Group to the CDC: Extend the temporary eviction moratorium in order to protect the health and wellbeing of families during the COVID-19 pandemic

In order to protect public health during the pandemic, the CDC has implemented a moratorium to stop evictions. That
moratorium is set to expire on December 31, 2020. While the stimulus bill that has been passed by the House and the Senate includes a provision to extend..

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.this moratorium, it is unclear whether that bill will become law by the end of the year. Failure to do so would place Americans struggling to pay their rents to lose their homes, exacerbating the already devastating impacts of the pandemic across the country.

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The CDC moratorium provides a critical safety net without which vulnerable Americans will be forced into homelessness or other higher-density living arrangements that are prone to more infections.

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The moratorium is also critical to protect mental health, child welfare, and other important health and safety measures for struggling families.

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While the federal government must act to provide much needed protection to both tenants and to landlords who may rely on their rental income, it must not allow evictions to proceed in the midst of the worst pandemic this nation has seen in a century.

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As such, we strongly urge the CDC to extend its eviction moratorium—and to strengthen it—for the duration of this pandemic.

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