Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh (D) is seeking a delay on evictions and debt collection actions until Jan. 31, providing additional time for the General Assembly to enact emergency legislation to help residents struggling during the coronavirus pandemic.
Frosh sent a letter, on behalf of the Covid-19 Access to Justice Task Force, to Maryland Court of Appeals Chief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera and District Court Chief Judge John P. Morrissey asking them to extend a moratorium that ended on July 25.
“If eviction and debt collection proceedings are allowed to move forward, many Maryland families will be forced out of their homes, with no place to go and no income to obtain new housing,” Frosh said in a statement.
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