OPINION: The CDC’s Eviction Moratorium Is Textbook Communism
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OPINION: The CDC’s Eviction Moratorium Is Textbook Communism

Ben Zeisloft

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention extended the federal government’s eviction moratorium this week — a move that will allow renters to continue squatting on their landlord’s property.

The order will allow up to 90% of renters in counties “experiencing substantial and high levels of community transmission levels” of COVID-19 to remain in their rental properties in the name of public health. As the CDC claimed on Tuesday, “eviction moratoria — like quarantine, isolation, and social distancing — can be an effective public health measure utilized to prevent the spread of communicable disease.”

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