EVICTION DEFENDER IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

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Summary and Analysis of Federal CARES Act Eviction Moratorium On March 27, 2020, the president signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) into law. The law includes important, immediate protections for tenants and homeowners. The federal eviction moratorium for tenants living in certain types of housing is summarized below. NHLP is working on a separate analysis regarding the provisions for... homeowners. I. What does the federal eviction moratorium do? The eviction moratorium restricts lessors of covered properties (discussed in more detail below) from filing new eviction actions for non-payment of rent, and also prohibits charg[ing] fees, penalties, or other charges to the tenant related to such nonpayment of rent. Sec. 4024(b). The federal moratorium also provides that a lessor (of a covered property) may not evict a tenant after the moratorium expires except on 30 days’ noticewhich may not be given until after the moratorium period. See Sec. 4024(c). The federal eviction moratorium does not prohibit filing of cases: a) that were filed before the moratorium took effect or that are filed after it sunsets b) that involve non-covered tenancies (see below), or c) where the eviction is based on another reason besides nonpayment of rent or nonpayment of other fees or charges. The moratorium does not explicitly state whether evictions for nonpayment of rent or other fees or charges includes evictions motivated by a tenant’s nonpayment of rent (or other fees or charges) but formally based on a no-cause lease termination notice or refusal to renew a term tenancy. Sec. 4024(b)(1). However, advocates should assert that the moratorium bars the filing of any eviction case that is motivated (wholly or in part) by a tenant’s nonpayment of rent or other fees or charges, whether or not the action is formally based on such non-payment. Allowing landlords to skirt the moratorium by evicting tenants for no cause would frustrate the purpose of the statute where the reason for the eviction is delinquent rent or fees. And, such a reading would lead to an absurd result, because a landlord could more quickly and easily evict a tenant without cause during the moratorium period than after the moratorium expires (at which point a 30-day notice would be required). 2 For cases that are not barred (or not clearly barred) by the federal moratorium, advocates should next check to see whether any state or local eviction moratorium protects the client. Advocates should also check to see if any state or local moratorium provides more expansive protections than provided by the federal moratorium. See more