"Allowing evictions to proceed when there are tens of billions in resources to prevent them would be wasteful and cruel," said Diane Yentel, who leads the National Low Income Housing Coalition in Washington, D.C.
John Pollock is coordinator of the National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel and an attorney at the Public Justice Center based in Baltimore. He said one of the biggest issues is that local governments don't know how to quickly distribute the funds.
"They are being asked to manage large amounts of money," said Pollock.
The announcement of the extension comes as a broad real estate coalition urged the Biden administration to sunset the federal moratorium.
The group — consisting of 12 organizations that represent for profit and non-profit housing owners, operators, developers, lenders and property managers — said the national eviction moratorium was put into place over a year ago and was intended as an emergency, short-term approach during the onset of the crisis.
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