They stated that "extension of the eviction moratorium was a matter if life or death for the communities they represent."After the White House announced that Biden would allow the moratorium to lapse on Thursday, the White House said that Congress would have to extend it. House Democrats who supported the ban on evictions tried to pass legislation to keep it alive but were met with resistance by at least 12 members of their own caucus.Biden's administration stated that it didn't extend the moratorium imposed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention due to a Supreme Court decision last month which indicated that a majority justices believed that the CDC had exceeded its authority.Millions of Americans who struggled to pay their bills during the pandemic are now at risk of being evicted. The ban was opposed by landlords who claimed it would have cost them billions per month.This is due to the fact that Congress has blocked $46.5 billion in rental assistance from being distributed to states and localities.Biden's decision to evict has caused rift among liberal Democrats. Omar, Bush, and Pressley protested the impending lapse at the Capitol Friday night.Senator Elizabeth Warren (D.Mass.) urged her fellow Democrats to pass legislation Saturday before the ban on evictions expires.Warren stated that we are just hours away from a completely preventable housing crisis in a speech to the Senate floor.
