Biden's Treasury has $50 billion to give to renters, but court rulings put millions at risk

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

of eviction before it gets to them

President Joe Biden has been trying to help renters at risk of eviction, including with elements of his $1.9 trillion stimulus, but the American legal system may get in the way of that.

A year-long federal moratorium on evictions began under President Donald Trump, when he directed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to oversee the ban during the pandemic. On his first day in office, Biden extended the ban by three months, and on March 29, two days before it was set to expire, he extended it by an additional three months, to June 30.

However, since the ban was implemented, multiple landlords have filed lawsuits questioning its legality, and of the six lawsuits to end up in federal court, the results have split 3-3. Three ruled in support but courts in Texas, Ohio, and Tennessee have ruled the eviction ban unconstitutional. This has put renters in those states at risk of eviction before they even have the chance to receive aid, and the rulings could jeopardize the 10 million Americans behind on rent payments.

It's basically a toss-up whether the eviction ban will be legal after all the lawsuits run their course, which is an issue for the Treasury Department, which has $50 billion in emergency aid to give to renters, since that aid needs to be distributed before courts start processing evictions again. It's important that the aid reaches renters first so they have the financial assistance to fight their evictions.

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[MichMan]

1. Shouldn't the payments go to the landlords ?

They are the ones that have still been responsible for paying property taxes and maintenance while collecting no rent.

[Cerridwen]

2. the landlords have been applying for and receiving small business funds

as well as rental reimbursement.

Don't worry; the monied classes always come out on top.

[MichMan]

3. So why do they need to give money to the renters if the landlords have been getting paid anyway?

Do the landlords get to collect twice?

[Cerridwen]

4. Becasue rent continues on and doesn't stop just because I run out of checks.

(that was part of a punch line of an old joke: I can't be out of money; I still have checks.)

Anyway, first people fell behind the landlords could get reimbursed. Landlords around here follow the law the way republicans follow the law. They'll get their money then lie to the tenant. It's different state to state.

There were a lot of illegal evictions and people will need to get caught up from falling behind if they were ~allowed~ to stay in there homes.

A lot of landlords used the pandemic for an excuse to evict tenants in order to raise rents their leases may not allow.

Sometimes tenants fight back. Most don't know what rights they have nor do they have the resources and energy to keep fighting against litigous landlords. (Being poor is exhausting and destroys peoples' mental and physical health.)