President Biden Extended the Eviction Ban Through March 2021. Here’s How You Can Get Protection

This time it gives me hope, It reads LL’s will get paid in hand not the Tenants hand!

To mitigate the harm of the COVID-19 pandemic, President Joe Biden signed 17 executive orders hours after being inaugurated — one of which is intended to protect renters.

President Biden directed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to extend the nationwide ban on evictions through March 2021. The executive order also extends the foreclosure moratorium on government-backed mortgages, including those backed by the USDA, VA, and HUD. It also allows homeowners to apply for mortgage forbearance if they need it.

Enacted in September, the federal eviction moratorium, along with those offered by state and local governments, have offered relief to millions of Americans struggling to pay rent amid record unemployment.

Housing advocates have greeted the announcement with cautious optimism. “It’s important to remember the original reason for the moratorium was the public health imperative of stopping the spread of COVID-19,” says Bob Palmer, policy director at Housing Action Illinois. “It just isn’t safe to be evicting people when they have no place to go.”