On Aug. 3, the Biden administration reinstituted a nationwide eviction moratorium to extend the one that had expired on July 31.

The administration took this executive action in spite of a ruling by the Supreme Court in June finding that such a ban on evictions was not authorized under current law and could not be imposed without clear and specific congressional authorization enacted through new legislation.

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