Untenable Situation: More Wrangling Over The Eviction Moratorium

The lip service to policy problems once again lags behind the real world issues like the eviction moratorium that need addressed

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In what is sure to be a middle step in the continued court fights over the renewed CDC eviction moratorium, the US Court of Appeals has let the latest version stand, for now.

A federal appeals court on Friday said a pause on evictions designed to curb the spread of the coronavirus can remain in place for now, setting up a battle before the nation’s highest court.

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia rejected a bid by Alabama and Georgia landlords to block the eviction moratorium reinstated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention earlier this month.

The landlords filed an emergency motion hours later with the Supreme Court, urging the justices to allow…