A coalition of Realtor groups has asked the US Supreme Court to allow landlords to immediately beginning evicting tenants who are late on rent, repealing an eviction moratorium put in place to help people during the coronavirus pandemic, CNN reports.
Last month, Judge Dabney Friedrich of the US District Court in Washington, DC, a Donald Trump appointee, ruled that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention exceeded its legal authority to implement the eviction moratorium as a public health policy. Friedrich issued her order to be effective immediately, although the order was stayed pending appeal by a three-judge panel.
The current moratorium is set to expire June 30 after being extended twice. The Realtor groups claimed that the moratorium was costing them “over $13 billion in unpaid rent per month.”