Trump Issues House Eviction Protection Order, Wants More Relief Aid
U.S. President Donald Trump responds to questions from members of the news media during a news conference at the White House in Washington, U.S.
President Donald Trump wants more coronavirus relief aid even after issuing a house protection order banning landlords from evicting tenants who can no longer afford to pay.
More Relief Aid
Trump and his administration continue to urge Congress to act on more coronavirus relief aid. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said during the House subcommittee panel that the President still supports another round of coronavirus relief aid.
The new bill for the coronavirus relief aid proposed by the White House and the Republican lawmakers is worth $1.3 trillion. It will include unemployment claims and other financial aids that the Trump's administration wants to deliver to millions of Americans before the federal government operations shutdown on Oct. 2.
Mnuchin asked Congress to act on the new stimulus bill. He explained that Trump's power to execute order is limited and it does not include spending of stimulus checks and unemployment benefits using the federal fund.
It can be recalled that Trump has long been asking Congress to act and even signaled that he will sign any stimulus bill once it is on his table. Trump has already issued an executive order last month extending the unemployment benefits using the unspent budget of FEMA.
House Eviction Protection
Trump issued an order on Tuesday banning landlords from evicting tenants who can no longer afford to pay their rent as they probably face job loss because of the global pandemic.
The order was made to protect millions of Americans in getting homeless amid the increasing number of COVID-19 infections in the country.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued the order on Tuesday.
In the order, it stated that it would make it illegal to evict any individual who expects to make less than $99,000 or a joint-filing couple that expects to make less than $198,000 in 2020.
Meanwhile, the tenants will still pay the rent owed per term but they should also be allowed to stay in their rented property until the end of the year. This is to make sure that Americans will not be homeless amid the coronavirus pandemic because if it happens it could be another problem in the country.
According to a published report in The Hill, the national eviction ban was issued under a federal law that gives the CDC director authority to impose measures to prevent the spread of communicable disease "as he [or] she deems necessary."
However, a tenant must declare his or her 2020 income to qualify in the house eviction protection program. They should also declare that they cannot afford to pay the rent due to a pandemic-related job loss or expense despite their efforts.
Moreover, senior administration officials said that it is up to the local courts to settle eviction filings but they reminded that the national order for house eviction protection was issued to protect qualified individuals from getting evicted if ever they will face judicial proceedings.
This action of Trump's administration was praised and appreciated by housing advocates for making sure that Americans will not lose their homes amid the economic crisis caused by the global pandemic.