D.C.'s eviction filing moratorium doesn't pass 'constitutional muster,' judge rules

[TomSlick]

2. It won't be popular here but the judge is right.

If the government correctly decides that public policy requires a moratorium on evictions during the pandemic crises, then the government must make the rent or mortgage payments. Otherwise it is an uncompensated "taking" by the government and contrary to Fifth Amendment. "Nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.”

Remember, not all landlords are big corporations. Some are just folks who depend on rental income and have mortgages to pay, whether or not they are receiving rent payments.