No eviction surge, to date, in Allegheny County
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s curbs on evictions, driven by fear that mass displacement would worsen the COVID-19 pandemic, were in place for nearly a year before they expired on Aug. 26. The CDC’s actions followed expirations of state and local rules that suppressed evictions for the first five-and-a-half months of the pandemic.
Even without the CDC rules, though, Allegheny County courts are operating under an order issued by President Judge Kim Berkeley Clark on Aug. 6, which extends through Oct. 31. The order does not bar the filing of cases or ejection of tenants, but allows district judges to slow the process substantially if the tenant has applied for rental assistance.
The county is operating a rent relief program meant to help tenants affected by the pandemic to stay in their rentals.
– Nick Tommarello contributed.
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