Federal Judge: CDC’s COVID-19 Eviction Moratorium Exceeds Its Statutory Authority

Mealey's (March 18, 2021, 2:17 PM EDT) -- AKRON, Ohio — An Ohio federal judge on March 10 declared that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s order imposing a nationwide ban on evictions during the COVID-19 pandemic exceeded the agency’s authority.  A group of landlords had sued the agency last November, alleging that the eviction moratorium was unconstitutional and in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA)....