{"id":606051,"date":"2021-07-29T15:20:47","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T19:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=606051"},"modified":"2021-07-29T15:20:50","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T19:20:50","slug":"biden-urges-lawmakers-to-extend-eviction-ban-as-delta-variant-cases-increase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-urges-lawmakers-to-extend-eviction-ban-as-delta-variant-cases-increase\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Urges Lawmakers To Extend Eviction Ban As Delta Variant Cases Increase"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-urges-lawmakers-to-extend-eviction-ban-as-delta-variant-cases-increase%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=606051&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Joe-Biden-Congress-Eviction-Moratorium-scaled-e1627577304366.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>President Joe Biden asked Congress on Thursday to extend the Center for Disease Control and Prevention\u2019s (CDC) eviction moratorium as delta variant cases surge, the White House said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/24\/biden-extends-eviction-ban-july\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">moratorium<\/a>, which is scheduled to expire Sunday, protects renters and their families from being evicted if they can not afford to pay rent, the White House said in a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2021\/07\/29\/statement-by-white-house-press-secretary-jen-psaki-on-biden-harris-administration-eviction-prevention-efforts\/\"><span>press release<\/span><\/a><span>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"9.6142433234421\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I urge the Biden Administration to extend the CDC\u2019s eviction moratorium. It is reckless not to extend the deadline when rental assistance funds have not gone out fast enough to protect people. Eviction filings have already spiked in anticipation of the moratorium being lifted.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@RepAOC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepAOC\/status\/1418649392756764674?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 23, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cThis moratorium prevented hundreds of thousands of Americans from experiencing the heartbreak, homelessness, and health risks that too often emanate from evictions- particularly during a pandemic,\u201d the press release said.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/29\/john-kennedy-hampton-dellinger-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Biden<\/a> also asked the U.S. Departments of Housing and Urban Development, Agriculture and Veterans Affairs to extend their respective eviction bans through the end of September to protect citizens living in federally insured, single family properties, the White House said. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/26\/joe-biden-press-corps-white-house-my-butts-been-wiped-viral-moments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: The Internet Wonders: Did Joe Biden Say \u2018My Butt\u2019s Been Wiped\u2019 Right Here?\u201d)<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cGiven the recent spread of the Delta variant, including among those American\u2019s both most likely to face evictions and lacking vaccinations, President Biden would have strongly supported a decision by the CDC to further extend this eviction moratorium,\u201d White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said in the press release.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cUnfortunately, the Supreme Court has made clear that this option is no longer available,\u201d she added.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/29\/justice-kavanaugh-supreme-court-realtors-eviction-moratorium-cdc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Supreme Court<\/a> ruled in June to keep the moratorium in place and give Congress the power to decide on the issue, after the CDC tried to lift the ban, according to the White House.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Supreme Court\u2019s ruling stated that \u201cclear and specific congressional authorization (via new legislation) would be necessary for the CDC to extend the moratorium past July 31,\u201d the White House said.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden asked Congress on Thursday to extend the Center for Disease Control and Prevention\u2019s (CDC) eviction moratorium as delta variant cases surge, the White House said.The moratorium, which &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-606051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=606051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606051\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=606051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=606051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=606051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}