The Biden Administration: The White House announced Thursday that it would not extend the moratorium because of the prospect of legal challenges, which have been spearheaded for months by landlords.

 By Katy O'Donnell

07/31/2021 07:00 AM EDT

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The Biden administration cited a Supreme Court decision last month that kept the ban in place until July 31 but made clear that a majority of justices believed the CDC was exceeding its legal authority.

Biden urged Congress to intervene and pass a new prohibition, but at least a dozen House Democrats revolted as landlords and other housing industry groups warned of their own economic hardships.

The situation that will start unfolding Saturday will vary from state to state. In six states and 31 cities tracked by Princeton University’s Eviction Lab, landlords have filed for more than 451,000 evictions since March 15, 2020. Landlords typically file about 3.7 million eviction cases per year, and so filings are expected to swell in August.

In places such as Texas, which has allowed eviction proceedings to continue under the federal ban right up to the point of ejecting tenants from their homes, courts are likely to see a spike in eviction filings on Monday. Thirty-one percent of the 4.7 million adult tenants in Texas said they had “no” or “slight” confidence in their ability to make next month’s rent, according to the Census survey.

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