Despite Federal Ban, Landlords Are Still Moving to Evict People During the Pandemic

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Landlords in at least four states have violated the eviction ban passed by Congress last month, a review of records shows, moving to throw more than a hundred people out of their homes.

In an effort to help renters amid the coronavirus pandemic and skyrocketing unemployment, the March 27 CARES Act banned eviction filings for all federally backed rental units nationwide, more than a quarter of the total.

But ProPublica found building owners who are simply not following the law, with no apparent consequence, filing to evict tenants from properties in Georgia, Oklahoma, Texas and Florida. The scores of cases ProPublica found represent only a small slice of the true total because there’s no nationwide — or, in many cases, even statewide — database of eviction filings.

Four landlords said they were reversing eviction filings after being contacted by ProPublica and informed the filings were illegal. National real estate trade groups, however, are already lobbying to limit the scope of the ban.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/despite-federal-ban-landlords-are-still-moving-to-evict-people-during-the-pandemic/ar-BB12HZ52?li=BBnbfcL

[LakeArenal]

1. Cashing in on all those security deposits

Money already in the bank!!!

[Igel]

2. Or they didn't get the update

for a law that took effect immediately two weeks before.

Not everybody's glued to the tv and had the time to read the bill.

I've had more free time than many, and I didn't know that was in the CARES Act.