The Supreme Court has decided against taking up a case about whether an eviction moratorium imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic violated the property rights of landlords.
The landlords in the case argued that the moratorium that Los Angeles imposed in March 2020 that prevented them from evicting delinquent tenants constituted a so-called taking under the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
A clause in the amendment requires governments to provide fair compensation when taking private property for public purposes. The moratorium ended in January 2024.
The high court’s decision on June 30 took the form of an unsigned order in GHP Management Corporation v. City of Los Angeles. The court did not explain its decision….