When things change, we need clients to complete a new form for processing their evictions. While the information below is on the HUD requirements for public housing and properties with project-based rental assistance ("PBRA"), the form needs to be completed by all clients on all evictions. Again, the HUD requirement likely does not apply to [...]
As everyone knows, the CDC eviction moratorium was struck down by the United States Supreme Court. While the full case will still be litigated for years, the eviction moratorium is now unenforceable. In last Friday's newsletter announcing the Supreme Court decision, we wrote about the different options available to clients based upon whether they had [...]
On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court entered an order that immediately invalidated the CDC eviction moratorium. I repeat, the CDC's eviction moratorium has been invalidated. A quick history so our readers can understand what the court did and did not do: The Alabama Association of Realtors filed a lawsuit contending that the CDC eviction moratorium [...]
As readers know, our firm has advised clients with CARES Act-covered properties (properties with mortgages backed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac or those otherwise covered by the CARES Act due to participating in federal programs), to give thirty (30) days' notice to vacate before the tenant can be required to leave the unit. This [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT Brad Beckett 513-402-2723 No means No. (Crestview Hills, KY) The National Real Estate Investors Association issued the following statement regarding the Biden Administration’s recent reimposition of the CDC’s Eviction Moratorium. Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court said in a 5-4 decision that the CDC does not have the authority to put in place an eviction moratorium under [...]
After acknowledging that the CDC did not have the legal authority to extend the eviction moratorium, and after Congress could not get the votes for a legislative moratorium, President Biden went ahead and directed the CDC to extend the eviction moratorium through October 3, 2021. (For legal purposes, the CDC claims this is a new [...]