Metro Atlanta governments have distributed 12% of the federal funds made available this year to prevent residential evictions for nonpayment of rent related to COVID-19, according to a tally of the latest report from the Treasury Department.
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CDC eviction ban struck down in Tenn. as legal challenge renewed in Atlanta
The CDC’s eviction moratorium was struck down last week by a federal judge in western Tennessee. Added to two prior rulings against it, the ban now is halted in portions of Ohio and Tennessee, and for some tenants in eastern Texas.
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Tenant, health, equity advocates rally to defend challenge to CDC eviction ban
Affordable housing, LGBTQ rights and pediatric health are among the issues that have emerged in a federal lawsuit in Atlanta that pits landlords of millions of rental homes against the CDC’s efforts to prevent evictions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Six-month moratorium on development near Westside Park to be approved March 2
The Atlanta City Council is on track to establish a six-month moratorium for most new development in the gold-rush neighborhoods around the city’s future Westside Park. Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms initiated the moratorium on Feb. 17.
