Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, extended an order today halting evictions for some people through March 31, 2021.
It covers people who earn $99,000 or less a year and cannot make payment because of a loss of income or extraordinary medical costs. Tenants must prove they have exhausted efforts to get government assistance to pay rent, are making some effort to provide payment, and will be forced to move to congregate living settings or left homeless by eviction.
Landlords have to press the issue and make tenants seeking this protection prove their eligibility. This however doesn’t mean the tenants are free not to pay rent. Rent is not excused.
