Texas No Longer Observing CDC Eviction Moratorium

Texas No Longer Observing CDC Eviction Moratorium
A general view of the CDC headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, on Sept. 30, 2014. Tami Chappell/Reuters
Matthew Vadum
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The Texas Supreme Court has directed courts in the state to stop honoring the federal moratorium on residential evictions that a federal judge in the state already struck down in late February as unconstitutional.

The Texas Supreme Court’s 34th emergency order that applied the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) moratorium on evictions expired March 31 and hasn’t been renewed, which means new and paused eviction applications may now move forward.