Federal Regulators Require Rent Collectors To Lie About the CDC’s Illegal Eviction Moratorium

A federal rule that took effect yesterday requires that anyone attempting to collect unpaid rent tell tenants they may be protected by the residential eviction moratorium that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) imposed in September. Yet federal courts have repeatedly held that the moratorium, which the CDC recently extended through June 30, is invalid because it exceeds the agency’s legal authority.

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