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CDC to halt pandemic evictions
Policy to take effect immediately for tenants who assert inability to pay rent
Tribune News Service
WASHINGTON - The Trump
administration said it will use
its quarantine authority to keep
renters in their homes during the
coronavirus pandemic as a way
to prevent an eviction crisis that
could worsen economic strains.
The Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention plans to tempo
rarily halt evictions of consum
ers earning no more than $99,000
a year to prevent the virus from
spreading, a senior administration
official said Tuesday. The policy
will take effect immediately.
The administration is acting
unilaterally after failing to reach a
deal with lawmakers over another
round of stimulus relief funding,
aimed in part at keeping renters in
their homes.
To obtain the relief, renters
must assert they are incapable of
paying their rent or are likely to
become homeless if kicked out of
their property, the administration
official said.
Individuals who received a coro
navirus stimulus check earlier this
year also qualify for the protection,
as do couples who jointly file their
taxes and expect to earn less than
$198,000.
The move is an unprecedented
use of executive authority, and
may face legal challenges from
landlords who have seen rental
income evaporate during the cri
sis. But administration officials
believe they have the ability under
a federal law that allows the CDC
to order emergency measures
when it determines that state and
local governments haven’t taken
sufficient steps to prevent the
spread of a communicable disease.
A White House lawyer who
asked not to be identified discuss
ing the measure said that the CDC
Director has authority to take
measures he deems reasonably
■ Please see EVICTIONS, 5A
All hands on tech
Photos by SCOTT ROGERS I The Times
Elian Mosqueda works on a diesel motor Monday, Aug. 31, at Lanier Technical College.
Lanier Tech reports nearly 10% increase in students
BY NATHAN BERG
nberg@gainesvilletimes.com
Pandemic concerns don’t seem to have
slowed enrollment at Lanier Technical
College.
The technical college in northeast Hall
County began its semester on Aug. 17 with
record enrollment numbers, according to
school President Ray Perren. Perren said
the school has seen about a 10% increase
in students from last year, jumping from
4,616 last fall to 5,040 this semester, with
about 50% of those students taking fully
online courses.
“It’s a record in a big way,” he said.
“It’s not just barely over what our previ
ous record was, so certainly we’re thrilled
with that.”
Perren said most of the students
who have been attending classes on the
campus off Ga. 365 have been taking
lab-oriented courses that could not be
completed remotely.
Lanier Technical College offers many
classes involving hands-on work that can
not be simulated in a virtual setting, Per
ren said.
“You can’t teach welding remotely;
you’ve got to put your hands on a welder,
for example,” he said. “You can’t teach
nursing remotely. You’ve got to actually
get in and work with patients or simu
lated patients. So, we’ve got a lot of stu
dents who are on campus for those lab
experiences.”
Lanier Tech’s in-person students have
been adhering to a variety of precaution
ary measures to help stem the potential
spread of COVID-19.
All students and employees are
required to wear masks in school build
ings and are required to have their
temperature checked upon arriving on
campus. Desks in classrooms have been
■ Please see LANIER, 5A
Levi Tyner looks for a tool Monday, Aug.
31, in an automotive class.
Parents may
get refund for
school meals
amid closures
BY NATHAN BERG
nberg@gainesvilletimes.com
Parents of students who received free or
reduced-price school meals during the 2019-
2020 school year may be eligible for a reim
bursement of federal dollars for meals missed
due to spring school closures.
An initiative called Pandemic Electronic
Benefit Transfer, which is included in the fed
eral Families First Coronavirus Response Act,
awards parents $256.50 for each child they
have who was receiving free or reduced-price
school meals as of March 2019, prior to school
buildings closing their doors.
Those wishing to receive the benefit must
apply on the Georgia Division of Family & Chil
dren Services website by Sept. 25.
■ Please see P-EBT, 5A
37 Main, BMI
to setde suit
over copyright
BY NICK WATSON
nwatson@gainesvilletimes.com
The attorneys for 37 Main and Broadcast
Music Inc., which controls the public per
formance rights for millions of songs, filed a
motion Aug. 21 to close a copyright infringe
ment case, indicating to the court that they
have agreed to settle.
U.S. District Judge Richard W. Story granted
the motion Aug. 24 in the case in which BMI
alleged the Gainesville restaurant played music
from its repertoire without authorization to do so.
According to the motion, the parties “have
executed a settlement agreement containing
certain obligations over time” and expect the
terms to be complete on or before Oct. 1.
C. David Joyner, the attorney for 37 Main
and its operating company Please Rock ME
LLC, declined to comment through a represen
tative from his office.
■ Please see 37MAIN, 8A
DEATHS 6A
Suzanne Adler, 77
Brenda Anderson, 72
Mamie Armour, 99
Joseph Bennett, 82
Otis Bingham, 83
Guyrene Bowling, 90
Jo Ann Buice, 88
Georgie Burrell, 92
Dorothy Carpenter
Russell Cheek, 84
Jack Clark, 83
Selena Creasman, 79
Bobby Culpepper, 65
Eugene DiNardi, 70
Jean Dyer, 62
Shirley Fields, 79
Luke Franklin, 48
Nancy Garland, 83
Mildred Garner, 79
Paul Flanna, 92
Thomas Harris, 93
Janet Haynes, 55
Chester Higgs Jr., 88
Darlene Hollis, 56
Jimmy Hudgins, 74
Juan Ixcoy, 40
Kenneth Johnson Sr., 58
Sung Ho Kim, 97
Katie Love, 37
Viola Marsingill, 101
Arthur Mavis Jr., 88
Terry McGill, 76
Bernice Meeks, 89
Kobe Nunez, 19
Buffie Phagan, 47
Phillip Pierce, 53
Ryan Raber, 26
Byron Reeves, 84
Tania Sanchez, 5
Yvonne Shaffer, 63
Jerry Thomas II, 49
Harry Voelker, 86
Franklin Vonier Sr., 91
Mary Williams, 71
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