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 Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) moratorium on evictions expired…

A federal judge struck down a nationwide eviction moratorium issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), ruling the 2020 ban was beyond the agency’s authority. The ruling in the lawsuit, known as Skyworks Ltd. v. CDC, came on March 10. The ruling consisted of a declaratory judgment but not an injunction. It’s…

A federal judge struck down a nationwide eviction moratorium issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), ruling the 2020 ban was beyond its authority. The ruling in the lawsuit, known as Skyworks Ltd. v. CDC, came late March 10. The legal action was filed Oct. 23 in federal court in Ohio, as…

As Orange County began rolling out $66 million in federal rent relief funding Feb. 1, a local advocate called for more support for Santa Ana’s struggling residents. “What we’ve been discussing is how inaccessible it is and how hard it is for tenants to have access to the Internet [to apply for aid],” David Carbajal, a…