CDC Issues New Residential Eviction Moratorium Through Oct. 3

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a new order temporarily halting residential evictions through October 3 in U.S. counties with “heightened levels of community [COVID-19] transmission.”

MBA, Industry Groups Urge Use of American Rescue Plan Funds for Renters, Small Businesses

The Mortgage Bankers Association led more than two dozen other industry groups in an Apr. 15 letter to state and local policy associations, urging them to allocate available American Rescue Plan federal funds to assist renters, consumer-facing small businesses and impacted industries that are having trouble paying rents, mortgages or remaining viable enterprises due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

MBA Letter Outlines Fiscal 2021 Budget Priorities

The Mortgage Bankers Association, in a Feb. 10 letter to the House Financial Services Committee, outlined several priorities it supports as the committee wrestles with its markup of the federal government’s fiscal 2021 budget.