Eviction Moratorium Set to Expire After Congress Fails to Extend It

Biden administration extends some foreclosure-related eviction moratoria

House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), center, gestures while speaking to House Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) as they prepare an emergency extension of the eviction moratorium, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on July 30, 2021. J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo

The nationwide pause on evictions is set to expire on Saturday after Congress failed to extend it.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ordered last year a moratorium on evictions, but federal courts have since said the agency overreached with the pause and the Supreme Court ruled in June that any extension would have to be approved by Congress.