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With the stroke of a pen, President Biden could extend the eviction moratorium and prevent a national housing crisis. Sign the petition: Prevent mass homelessness and restore the eviction moratorium!

Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020, emergency orders have prevented millions of Americans from being evicted for being unable to pay rent. But the clock ran out on July 31st and millions of people are at risk of losing their homes.1

Congress could have passed an extension, but they didn’t. Now it’s up to President Biden to extend the eviction moratorium and prevent a national housing crisis just as the Delta variant is driving an increase of Covid cases. There's literally no time to lose.

Sign the petition: Prevent mass homelessness and restore the eviction moratorium!

Progressives in Congress, led by Rep. Cori Bush and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, spent the weekend working as hard as they could trying to convince President Biden and Democratic leaders to act to restore the moratorium.

Rep. Bush slept outside the Capitol in a protest at the failure to act. Sen. Warren stood with her to urge immediate action. But Congress has already left for summer recess, so now President Biden is the only one who can extend the moratorium.2

Now millions of families could be thrown out of their homes starting this week, in the middle of a new wave of the coronavirus. It's a humanitarian catastrophe that President Biden can easily stop right now -- with the stroke of a pen.

Add your name: Tell the President and Congress to prevent millions of Americans from being thrown out of their homes!

Thanks for taking action,

The team at Demand Progress

Sources:
1. New York Times, "Eviction Freeze Set to Lapse as Biden Housing Aid Effort Lags," July 31, 2021.
2. CBS News, "Representative Cori Bush sleeps outside Capitol to protest end of eviction freeze: "I know what it's like"," July 31, 2021.

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