AG Tong Responds To Supreme Court Extending Eviction Moratorium

Press release from the AG's Office:

July 7, 2021

Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding the Supreme Court’s decision to leave the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s eviction moratorium in place until the end of July.

“Earlier this month I led a coalition of 23 attorneys general urging the Supreme Court to keep the eviction moratorium in place. We’re pleased that the Supreme Court ruled yesterday to leave it in place until the end of July, so that millions of families can remain safely in their homes, ” Attorney General Tong said. “Without this moratorium, millions of vulnerable individuals could have been evicted from their homes, forced to live on the streets or in already overcrowded shelters, or the homes of relatives or friends, increasing the risk of spreading COVID-19. ”

Earlier this month, Attorney General Tong, along with D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine, led a coalition of 23 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief with the court, supporting an order by the CDC that prohibits evictions during the COVID-19 pandemic to help stop the spread of the disease.

In the amicus brief, the attorneys general argued that the CDC’s eviction moratorium should remain in place and states would face potentially catastrophic harm if it was suddenly vacated.

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