Let the Evictions Begin
Spare me the outrage over the end of the eviction moratorium.
On June 29, 2021, the United States Supreme Court allowed the CDC’s eviction moratorium to stay in place, but only because it was set to expire on July 31, 2021. Brett Kavanaugh sided with the majority, but in a concurring opinion in the 5-4 decision, Kavanaugh wrote that he sided with the majority only because the program had a month to go and needed that time to wind down. He made clear that Congress needed to act to continue it.
The Democrats have had a month to get legislation prepared and out the door.
They waited until the day before the moratorium was set to expire to come up with a plan.
Then they blamed the CDC and ignored the Supreme Court’s decision.
Again, they wanted the issue and now are engaged in performance to show how much they cared. If they really cared, they’d have started working on June 29th. They didn’t.
Now, progressives can scream all they want, but they did not care until the end.
The reality is a lot of landlords are middle class families who invest in property, are handy enough to keep up those properties, and use the rental income to supplement themselves. Progressives are convinced it is all millionaires and billionaires when, in reality, the middle class is hurt by the eviction moratorium.
Meanwhile, a company like Blackrock can use the issue to pressure those middle class families into divesting their properties to Blackrock and Blackrock can then deprive more and more Americans of home ownership and force them into being renters.
Renters have had an opportunity to pay their rent. The government has had an opportunity to help landlords. The whole system has failed. It is time to stop propping it up and let it sort itself out. To deprive landlords of the power to evict tenants who do not pay is to deprive the market of additional rental housing as landlords cut their losses.
More harm would be done by extending the moratorium. Let the evictions begin.