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Supreme Court turns down rent control challenge

www.latimes.com Supreme Court turns down property rights challenge to rent control in New York and California

Apartment owners lose bid to say rent control laws in New York and California violate the Constitution's ban on the taking of private property by government.

Supreme Court turns down property rights challenge to rent control in New York and California

The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned down a major property-rights challenge to rent control laws in New York City and elsewhere that give tenants a right to stay for many years in an apartment with a below-market cost.

A group of New York landlords had sued, contending the combination of rent regulation and long-term occupancy violated the Constitution’s ban on the taking of private property for public use.

The justices had considered the appeal since late September. Only Justice Clarence Thomas issued a partial dissent.

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