Lawmakers want ban on evictions

Several progressive lawmakers in the United States yesterday introduced a bill that would reimpose a nationwide eviction moratorium at a time when deaths from COVID- 19 are running at their highest levels since early March.

Senator Elizabeth Warren, and representative Cori Bush said the bill would direct the secretary of Health and Human Services to implement a ban on evictions in response to the COVID pandemic.

It would also amend a section of the Public Health Service Act to grant permanent authority to Health and Human Services to implement an eviction moratorium to address public health crises.

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority at the end of August allowed evictions to resume across the United States, blocking the Biden administration from enforcing a temporary ban that was put in place because of the coronavirus pandemic.

“This pandemic isn’t over, and we have to do everything we can to protect renters from the harm and trauma of needless eviction, which upends the lives of those struggling to get back on their feet,” Warren said in a statement.

“Pushing hundreds of thousands of people out of their homes will only exacerbate this public health crisis, and cause economic harm to families, their communities, and our overall recovery.”