{"id":"ME-033","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Maine","state":"ME","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Janet T. Mills","authority":"37-B M.R.S. ch. 13","instrument":"Executive Order 5 FY 20/21","title":"An Order Expanding Rent Supports and Continuing Housing Protections","dateIssued":"2020-07-30","effective":"2020-07-30","end":"Expired with the emergency June 30, 2021","startDate":"2020-07-30","endDate":"2021-06-30","quarters":["2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["CRT","OTHER"],"addressees":["landlords","tenants","MaineHousing"],"clause":"the Maine Supreme Judicial Court issued an Order dated March 18, 2020, which, among other things, permitted filings in eviction or FED actions but prohibited hearings and proceedings on these actions until a later date; and WHEREAS, Maine\u0027s businesses began reopening May 1, 2020, and on August 3, 2020, the Supreme Judicial Court plans to reopen courts for hearings and resume handling evictions and related actions in an orderly manner; and WHEREAS, it remains desirable to continue to protect tenants from unlawful evictions, to extend eviction time periods for nonpayment of rent","enforcement":"37-B M.R.S. § 786","functions":["PM property management","SV collections","CT courts"],"notes":"Extended landlord notice periods (30 to 45 days; 7 to 30 days) and raised rent relief to $1,000 (Governor\u0027s release July 30, 2020).","sourceUrl":"https://www.maine.gov/governor/mills/sites/maine.gov.governor.mills/files/inline-files/An%20Order%20Expanding%20Rent%20Supports%20and%20Continuing%20Housing%20Protections.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":206320,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"ME","url":"/library/ME-033","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/ME-033","citation":"Governor Janet T. Mills, Executive Order 5 FY 20/21 (July 30, 2020) (Ex. ME-033)","stateName":"Maine","related":["ME-034","ME-035","ME-032","ME-029","ME-030","ME-036","ME-037","ME-028","ME-027","ME-026","ME-025","ME-038"]}