House panel takes up long-shot effort to extend eviction moratorium

A House panel will convene Friday morning to try and push a long-shot effort to extend the federal eviction moratorium after the Biden administration said it would let it expire Saturday.

The group will gather at 8 a.m. EST Friday, not long after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) released a “Dear Colleague” letter Thursday night calling on her members to honor the president’s request. Warning that “families must not pay the price” for the slow distribution of Congressionally-approved funds, the top ranking House Democrat went on to say that, “Extending the eviction moratorium is a moral imperative — and one that is simple and necessary, since Congress has already allocated resources that assist both renters and housing providers.”