I sent a letter to Biden urging him to end his unconstitutional eviction moratorium

.@SenMikeLee and I led a letter to President Biden urging him to end his unconstitutional eviction moratorium.

$50B in rental assistance funds are waiting to be used. It's time to end this government overreach and get our economy back on track. https://t.co/R41o4il3eu pic.twitter.com/LXilrIHIeg — Rep. Chris Jacobs (@RepJacobs) August 11, 2021

FEE's Hannah Cox writes,"The Supreme Court and the White House appear headed for a showdown.

On Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced it would renew a moratorium on evictions, a policy that was set to expire and end a 15-month ban — flouting the Supreme Court and contradicting claims from the Biden Administration that it could not act without Congress...

Since the beginning of the pandemic, a mixture of federal policies have allowed people to stay in their rentals without paying rent. Landlords who violated the moratorium faced hefty fines and even potential jail time.

The scheme started with Congress in March of 2020 when the legislature passed an eviction ban that expired in August of the same year. Politicians had shut down businesses and forced people out of work, they reasoned, so it wasn’t right to kick them out of their homes if they couldn’t pay rent.

When that legislation expired, then president Trump issued an executive order asking the CDC to take action under an obscure law that says the CDC director 'may take such measures to prevent such spread of the diseases as he/she deems reasonably necessary, including inspection, fumigation, disinfection, sanitation, pest extermination, and destruction of animals or articles believed to be sources of infection.'

And in September of 2020, the CDC did just that, despite concerns expressed from some corners.

'[The policy] essentially nationalizes millions of private rental properties and strips landowners of their basic rights FEE’s Brad Polumbo wrote at the time.

This move concerned anyone with even the faintest respect for our institutions, the rule of law, and property rights. Unelected bureaucrats should not set national policy—especially one that essentially nationalizes people’s private property."

Read the rest of Hannah's column here.