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 Federal Eviction Moratoriums in Response to

 the   COVID-19 Pandemic



 October  6, 2020
 On September 4, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) imposed a nationwide
temporary federal moratorium on residential evictions due to nonpayment of rent. The stated purpose of
the order is preventing the further spread of COVID-19, specifically by preventing homelessness and
overcrowded housing conditions resulting from eviction. The action, which followed an Executive Order
directing the CDC to consider such a measure, is unprecedented both in terms of the federal reach into
what is traditionally state and local governance of landlord tenant law and in its novel use of a public
health authority.
The new national eviction moratorium took effect less than two weeks after the end of a different and
narrower set of eviction protections that were enacted by Congress and the President in the CARES Act
(§4024).
This Insight compares the two eviction moratoriums across several key features and ends with a review of
some outstanding questions raised by the new moratorium.


Key Features


Time   Period

The CARES  Act eviction moratorium began on March 27, 2020, and ended on July 24, 2020. However,
tenants could not be forced to vacate until 30 days after the expiration of the moratorium (August 23,
2020).
The new national eviction moratorium issued by CDC took effect September 4, 2020, and extends
through December 31, 2020. Unlike the CARES Act, the CDC order does not address notices to vacate.






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