EXECUTIVE ORDERS/HOUSING: “While Trump has publicly pushed for Congress to extend the eviction ban put in place by the CARES Act, his housing order does not actually issue an eviction moratorium. Rather, it instructs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to ‘consider’ whether temporarily banning residential evictions is ‘reasonably necessary’ to prevent further spread of Covid-19.”
-Alicia Adamczyk, “President Trump’s executive order does not extend the eviction moratorium—here’s what to know,” cnbc.com, Aug. 10, 2020