Housing Providers Fail To Reverse CDC Eviction Ban In Court, Setting Bad Precedent

  • Date: 03-Nov-2020
  • Source: Forbes
  • Sector:Economy
  • Country:Middle East
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Housing Providers Fail To Reverse CDC Eviction Ban In Court, Setting Bad Precedent

Close-up of American former jurist and television personality Judge Joseph Wapner (1919 - 2017) on ... [+] the set of the tv show 'The People's Court,' Los Angeles, California, January 22, 1986. (Photo by Bob Riha, Jr./Getty Images)



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Last year I wrote a post clarifying that “I'm not a real economist, I play one on the Internet.” I'm not a lawyer either, but sometimes, out of necessity, I have to understand and try to think like a lawyer or a judge. The Covid-19 mess has created eviction bans that are damaging the housing economy. A logical thing for housing providers to do is to “take them to court!” Unfortunately, this strategy will fail first for legal reasons (legal challenges don't get referred