LOS ANGELES - Airbnb announced on Tuesday it will not allow landlords to profit off properties where tenants were evicted due to nonpayment as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic amid the upcoming expiration of the eviction moratorium.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s temporary moratorium on evictions was put into effect on Sept. 1, 2020.
The moratorium provides protection for renters out of concern that families who lost their homes and would relocate at shelters or share crowded conditions with relatives or friends during the pandemic would further spread the highly contagious virus.
The eviction moratorium is supposed to stop landlords and property owners from evicting renters who meet certain requirements, such as.