Chinanews.com, July 28. According to the US Chinese website, a landlord organization sued the US government for compensation for the losses suffered by members due to the federal suspension of evictions.
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According to reports, the National Apartment Association said in a statement that the organization filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Federal Claims Court in Washington on the 27th.
The National Apartment Association claims that as of the end of 2020, more than 10 million tenants have defaulted on $57 billion in rent.
The organization believes that apartment owners are now responsible for the $27 billion in debt not covered by federal rental assistance.
The complaint claims that the 2020 ban issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) hurt landlords who provide key rental housing and "set a dangerous precedent for future disaster response measures."
The lawsuit alleges that owners who are forced to maintain their property are unfairly barred from evicting tenants who fail to pay rent.
The CDC ban was implemented by the Trump administration and extended under the Biden administration.
The ban was originally scheduled to expire on June 30.
CDC announced the final one-month extension on June 24.
In June, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to cancel the federal suspension of deportation during the epidemic and kept the ban until the end of July.
The justices voted 5 to 4 to reject the efforts of landlords and real estate industry associations in Alabama and Georgia to prevent a moratorium on evictions.
These groups claimed that the CDC imposed the ban beyond its authority.