Representative Cori Bush slept on the Capitol steps for days, pushing the White House to extend the eviction moratorium: “This is why this happened. Being unapologetic. Being unafraid to stand up”
Photo: Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images Thanks in large part to Representative Cori Bush, millions of people nationwide will be able to stay in their homes despite the expiration of the CDC’s moratorium on evictions. The Missouri representative slept on the Capitol steps for four nights, staging a sit-in that lasted through Tuesday, when President Joe Biden finally announced a 60-day extension — three days after the original policy expired.
Last year, faced with a pandemic that slashed jobs across every industry, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention put a hold on evictions. The agency reasoned that kicking people out of their homes would force them into shelters and other overcrowded living situations, escalating the coronavirus’s spread.
Rather than returning home when Congress went into recess on Friday, Bush set up camp on the Capitol steps, calling for action first from Congress, then from the administration.
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