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Evictions continue in Virginia despite CDC order extension

Tenants of the Woodner on 16th Street NW protest Sunday unsafe living conditions that they say are exacerbated by management's poor handling of the coronavirus crisis and are asking for rent to be canceled. (Katherine Frey/The Washington Post)

With only days left before a deadline that would affect millions of Americans, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday announced an extension of the nationwide eviction moratorium, a Trump-era protection that has remained a key policy safeguard for President Biden.