Freebies are expiring soon

Woodland Park CO

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Over the course of a year, Congress approved several sweeping legislative packages worth close to $6 trillion, setting up historic relief programs to help struggling individuals as the virus triggered a shutdown of the nation's economy that is without precedent. But many of the protections put into place last March, including the eviction moratorium and sweetened unemployment benefits, are on the brink of expiring. Others, such as a student-loan freeze and enhanced food stamp benefits, are slated to follow in coming weeks. It appears "unlikely" that Congress or the White House will intervene to extend the programs, even as cases of the highly transmissible delta variant surge. Eviction moratorium, July 31: The federal ban on evictions issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is poised to expire on July 31, putting millions of renters at risk of being thrown out of their homes in coming weeks. The White House said Thursday the moratorium will not be extended again, blaming a recent Supreme Court ruling that indicated the CDC had overstepped its authority when it first imposed the ban on evictions last September.