House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she is ‘hopeful’ the Biden administration will revive an eviction moratorium after White House officials released a statement they are seeking legal authority to extend it.

House Democrats want the Biden administration to take action after a last-minute demand for Congress to extend the moratorium. The request from President Joe Biden left Democrats with too little time to negotiate an extension among party lawmakers and they left town for a seven-week recess without passing any legislation.