WASHINGTON - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the House Democratic leaders called on the Biden administration to immediately extend the nation's ban on evictions, calling it a "moral imperative" to prevent Americans from being homeless amid another COVID-19 surge, even as the White House has suggested that congressional action is needed.Congress was unable to pass legislation swiftly to extend the ban, which expired at midnight Saturday, and the Democratic leaders said in a statement that it was now up to President Joe Biden's administration to act.
They called on the administration to extend the moratorium through Oct. 18."Action is needed, and it must come from the Administration.