Economic news

US Supreme Court won’t hear clash over New York rent stabilization laws

2024.11.12 10:01

By John Kruzel

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to hear a bid by landlord groups to challenge rent stabilization laws in New York City that cap rent hikes and make it harder to evict tenants.

The justices turned away appeals by property owners of lower court rulings that found the city’s price and eviction controls do not violate what is known as the “takings clause” of the U.S. Constitution’s Fifth Amendment, which bars the government from taking property without compensating owners.

New York City’s modern rent stabilization system, enacted in 1969, was designed to address a shortage of affordable housing by capping rent increases and curbing the authority of property owners to remove tenants.

The law, which was passed by the New York state legislature and is implemented by the city, generally applies to buildings constructed before 1974 with at least six units, covering nearly one million apartments – around half of all apartment rentals in the most populous U.S. city.

According to proponents, the housing measures protect communities by reducing tenant dislocation and homelessness, and by allowing residents to have long-term homes in a neighborhood.

The law firm Selendy Gay, which represents some of the parties defending the law, said rent stabilization measures “protect tenants against rent shocks and unjustified evictions, while allowing landlords to make reasonable returns, evict unsatisfactory tenants, or exit the rental market altogether through various means.”

The New York law was amended in 2019 to expand tenant protections, drawing legal challenges from landlords and trade associations seeking higher investment returns and more control over their property.

One group of challengers, led by G-Max Management, said the new law “transforms a temporary rent regulation system into a permanent expropriation of vast swaths of private real estate, without just compensation, in the name of ‘affordable housing.'”

The Manhattan-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in related rulings in March rejected two challenges, prompting appeals to the Supreme Court.

The “takings clause” states that private property shall not be “taken for public use, without just compensation.”

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The New York Skyline and the Empire State Building are seen during the pass of a winter storm in Weehawken, New Jersey, U.S., January 10, 2024. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo

Challengers to rent stabilization laws have said their “takings clause” argument is supported by a Supreme Court decision from 2021. In that case, the justices ruled that a California regulation allowing union organizers to enter agricultural properties without an employer’s consent was akin to the government taking private property for public use without just compensation in violation of the Fifth Amendment.

The Supreme Court in February turned away a similar challenge by landlords to New York City rent stabilization laws.



Source link

Related Articles

Back to top button
bitcoin
Bitcoin (BTC) $ 90,161.16 2.23%
ethereum
Ethereum (ETH) $ 3,192.41 1.90%
tether
Tether (USDT) $ 1.00 0.01%
solana
Solana (SOL) $ 213.99 1.28%
bnb
BNB (BNB) $ 616.11 1.62%
dogecoin
Dogecoin (DOGE) $ 0.393326 2.60%
xrp
XRP (XRP) $ 0.688114 3.11%
usd-coin
USDC (USDC) $ 0.999822 0.05%
staked-ether
Lido Staked Ether (STETH) $ 3,186.69 1.86%
cardano
Cardano (ADA) $ 0.576147 1.44%
tron
TRON (TRX) $ 0.178689 5.42%
shiba-inu
Shiba Inu (SHIB) $ 0.000026 3.77%
wrapped-steth
Wrapped stETH (WSTETH) $ 3,774.47 1.88%
the-open-network
Toncoin (TON) $ 5.25 4.70%
avalanche-2
Avalanche (AVAX) $ 32.78 4.13%
wrapped-bitcoin
Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) $ 89,868.08 1.98%
sui
Sui (SUI) $ 3.32 6.49%
weth
WETH (WETH) $ 3,187.29 1.96%
pepe
Pepe (PEPE) $ 0.000022 51.53%
bitcoin-cash
Bitcoin Cash (BCH) $ 438.52 1.48%
chainlink
Chainlink (LINK) $ 13.38 4.37%
polkadot
Polkadot (DOT) $ 5.04 5.21%
leo-token
LEO Token (LEO) $ 7.66 3.55%
near
NEAR Protocol (NEAR) $ 5.11 5.48%
aptos
Aptos (APT) $ 11.55 5.71%
wrapped-eeth
Wrapped eETH (WEETH) $ 3,363.15 1.77%
litecoin
Litecoin (LTC) $ 74.96 2.53%
usds
USDS (USDS) $ 1.00 0.58%
uniswap
Uniswap (UNI) $ 8.57 4.07%
crypto-com-chain
Cronos (CRO) $ 0.162092 10.58%
dogwifcoin
dogwifhat (WIF) $ 4.16 29.89%
internet-computer
Internet Computer (ICP) $ 8.49 3.87%
bittensor
Bittensor (TAO) $ 533.30 5.20%
stellar
Stellar (XLM) $ 0.122816 7.08%
ethereum-classic
Ethereum Classic (ETC) $ 22.31 2.61%
dai
Dai (DAI) $ 1.00 0.14%
fetch-ai
Artificial Superintelligence Alliance (FET) $ 1.25 8.44%
whitebit
WhiteBIT Coin (WBT) $ 22.40 2.85%
kaspa
Kaspa (KAS) $ 0.127255 8.94%
ethena-usde
Ethena USDe (USDE) $ 1.00 0.29%
polygon-ecosystem-token
POL (ex-MATIC) (POL) $ 0.373317 6.65%
blockstack
Stacks (STX) $ 1.94 3.72%
monero
Monero (XMR) $ 150.00 0.21%
render-token
Render (RENDER) $ 6.89 2.01%
okb
OKB (OKB) $ 43.81 2.93%
bonk
Bonk (BONK) $ 0.000038 6.85%
aave
Aave (AAVE) $ 171.07 4.70%
arbitrum
Arbitrum (ARB) $ 0.611647 3.06%
filecoin
Filecoin (FIL) $ 4.04 4.63%
mantle
Mantle (MNT) $ 0.706373 2.97%