(CNN) Missouri Rep. Cori Bush, who captured national attention for her high-profile protest of a lapse in the federal eviction moratorium amid the Covid-19 pandemic, urged tenants on Sunday to apply for local assistance in case courts strike down the latest ban on certain evictions issued by the Biden administration. "We've been saying it nationally, that we have to do the work now to get this money out. "So, we're telling tenants, we're telling landlords to, you know, go online, or show up at the clinics that are happening around the country and get -- apply for this money and for our local government and states, please get this money out." Last week, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued the new eviction moratorium through early October for areas of the country with high or substantial transmission of Covid-19. Biden's aides said everyone should have known the moratorium was expiring and that congressional action was needed.

Source: CNN August 08, 2021 15:54 UTC