Supreme Court blocks Biden administration's eviction moratorium

The Supreme Court blocked the Biden administration’s “targeted” eviction moratorium Thursday, saying Congress would have to act to enforce a federal pause on evictions meant to provide protections to renters during the coronavirus pandemic.

A majority of justices ruled in favor of petitioning landlords are “virtually certain” to succeed in arguing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention exceeded its legal authority in issuing its newest moratorium earlier this month. The court vacated a lower court stay that blocked enforcement of a decision that already overturned a previous rendition of the moratorium.