25 Reactions To The Supreme Court Ruling Ending The Eviction Moratorium

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August 27, 2021, 12:57 pm

To the dismay of millions of Americans still behind on rent after being unable to work during the pandemic because they needed to stay alive, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the federal eviction moratorium must end and can only exist if it’s passed by congress. This, of course, is highly unlikely due to the impossibility of passing anything in the Senate thanks to Republicans and the filibuster.

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Tenants, legal experts, and economists everywhere are issuing dire warnings that this ruling in the middle of a pandemic that did not end and is instead surging once again will spell disaster for the entire nation. Mass evictions are now expected that will swell the already massive ranks of the U.S. homeless and could be the final straw that causes the expected housing crash that some warn will be worse than the 2008 crisis that sparked the Great Recession.

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Many are turning their ire on the landlords who pushed for this ruling, wondering why the Supreme Court is so sympathetic to the rights and needs of those wealthy enough to own property to rent out while screwing over people who are barely making ends meet as it is. Some are passing around stories of heinous landlord abuse, including attempts to evict people that are explicitly against the law — a surprisingly common practice that seems to very rarely result in any punishment for this unlawful behavior.

With so many facing imminent homelessness and those lucky enough to be able to pay rent just waiting for what feels like an imminent economic crash and for their own rent to skyrocket, there’s little anyone can do right now but express their rage and despair online. Here is just a small sample of what people are feeling right now:

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100s of 1000s of people, families, kids, could lose their homes because of tonight’s Supreme Court ruling. Dems can either pack the court, or have Congress pass an eviction moratorium. Both would require gutting the filibuster. Both would require spines. Everything else is noise.

— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) August 27, 2021

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The Supreme Court striking down the eviction moratorium in the middle of a deadly pandemic wave is a cruelty of immeasurable proportions.

— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) August 27, 2021

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yes there’s a CDC eviction moratorium in this country right now but i just met a houston couple who filed a CDC form, got $7k in rent relief, their landlord received it but decided to *return it* and evict them anyway, then CPS took their baby away because they were unhoused

— Jen Rice (@jen_rice_) August 26, 2021

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Whenever our landlord raises our rent he does it the maximum amount the city allows him to, but he always phrases the letter like”as per the city’s guidelines” as though it’s the city’s fault the rent is being raised, not the city preventing him from gouging it even higher.

— Kelly Turnbull (@Coelasquid) August 27, 2021

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If these landlords evict ppl and can’t find tenants bc the job market won’t pay livable wages. They will be crying another tune. May they greed fuck them over

— Non.binary (@the3jsmom) August 27, 2021

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Landlords are some of the most entitled people in this country. They’re the only “investors” that expect a 100% return, and that just doesn’t match up with reality.

— AshleyStevens (@The_Acumen) August 27, 2021

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It is a sad day when trade groups of landlords and real estate owners can now evict people unable to pay to keep a roof over their heads in a pandemic. Where is the money states received for this purpose in the American Rescue Plan?

— Barbara Malmet (@B52Malmet) August 27, 2021

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a whale could never be a landlord because whales aren’t parasites

— whalefact (@awhalefact) August 27, 2021

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I simply cannot get over the Supreme Court’s determination that “irreparable harm” is what happens to *landlords* when they can’t kick people into the streets. pic.twitter.com/NhHsiA5u5o

— tracy jeanne rosenthal (@two__evils) August 27, 2021

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The 6 Republican SCOTUS appointees (including 3 from Trump-McConnell) just threw out Biden’s eviction moratorium, clearing the way for landlords to push tenants onto the street.

Shameful. Urge Breyer to retire. Criticize SCOTUS’s loss of credibility. Expand the size of SCOTUS.

— Robert Reich (@RBReich) August 27, 2021

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*First Published: August 27, 2021, 12:57 pm