Congress May Extend Eviction Moratorium Nationwide to March 27, 2021

On June 29th, Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representatives Chuy, Garcia, and Lee introduced legislation to extend the nationwide moratorium on evictions. The bill has 15 senate co-sponsors including Oregon's Merkley and Wyden. There are 25 House of Representative co-sponsors.

In May, the House of Representatives passed the HEROES Act, which included housing relief measures of $100 billion for emergency rental assistance.

According to Forbes Magazine, the HEROES act "currently sits in the Republican-controlled Senate where it was initially labeled 'dead on arrival'. But one of the provisions of the Act is to extend the $600 federal unemployment payments through January 31, 2021. That would provide a full six months for the economy to recover from the economic fallout of COVID-19."

Another proposal – and one more likely to gather bipartisan support – is the Worker Relief and Security Act. Proposed by Don Beyer (D-Virginia), it’s a more complex proposal, offering tiered benefit provisions.