CDC issued a new federal moratorium on evicting people

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday issued a new federal moratorium on evicting people from some rented properties. Such a measure was introduced by the US government for the first time last March, at the beginning of a pandemic caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. As AFP reported Wednesday night, a "limited" eviction ban will target areas with a high number of coronavirus infections. Such protection against evictions will last 60 days - until October 3 - and could cover about 90 percent of tenants, CNN added. The original moratorium, issued by the CDC, expired last Saturday, and since then the administration of US President Joe Biden has been under pressure to seek a solution to the situation and prevent social tragedies, but especially the spread of the new coronavirus. The results of one of the researches showed that eviction of people from their rented homes leads to an increase in the number of coronavirus infections and deaths. The White House has long warned that the ban on evictions cannot be extended again, as the Supreme Court ruled in June that this was only possible through legislation. However, Congress is now on parliamentary holidays, AFP warned. In an effort to address this social problem, President Biden called on authorities at all levels to take measures to protect tenants for at least the next two months. California and New York - among others, have already taken such decisions. As a result, a third of tenants are out of danger for the next few weeks. White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki called on the briefing on Monday for other states to react in this way. According to the AP, it is not clear how the court will react to this new moratorium issued by the CDC. The AFP report states that the new measure could at least give individual states and cities more time to distribute $ 45 billion in congressional assistance. By the end of June, barely $ 3 billion of that money had flowed into households. More than 11 million Americans currently have rent debts, and landlords are rioting against deferred payments. Many experts, activists and Democratic lawmakers warn that people evicted from sublets and reliant on street life are and will be at risk of contracting the delta variant of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, which could in turn jeopardize the US economy's return to normal.