Biden: Trump and Congress must enact emergency housing measures

• The $600 a week tens of millions of jobless Americans had been receiving on top of regular unemployment payments ended Friday after Congress failed to reach an agreement on extending the measure.
• A 120-day rent moratorium for renters in federally assisted housing, introduced under the CARES Act, expired on July 25.

What he's saying: Biden noted these expirations in a Medium post in which he blamed President Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) for sending the Senate home for the weekend:

"Because Donald Trump is abdicating his responsibility to lead us out of the pandemic crisis and the economic crisis, we now face a potential housing crisis across the country.

To prevent a catastrophic rise in evictions and homelessness, President Trump must work with Congress to act swiftly and enact a broad emergency housing support program for renters, just as we would in the aftermath of a natural disaster."

Of note: Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows met with Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) Saturday morning in an attempt to break the congressional deadlock over the next stimulus bill.

• Both Mnuchin and Schumer said at separate briefings after the meeting that the talks had been "productive."
• Axios has contacted the White House and McConnell's office for comment on Biden's post.

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