Eviction Moratorium Landlords Lawsuit

Matthew Haines, owner of the Oakwood Apartments, collects tools from the back of his work truck as he performs maintanence at the comminty housing location in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday, March 17, 2026.

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Landlords want to be paid for pandemic losses and hope to reach a deal with the Trump administration

Landlords want to be paid for pandemic losses and hope to reach a deal with the Trump administration

A group of landlords are hoping to settle with the federal government over what they say are billions of dollars in losses due to the federal eviction moratorium in place for nearly a year during the pandemic. More than 1,500 landlords across the country are part of a federal lawsuit that argues the eviction policy enacted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention violated the Fifth Amendment by unlawfully using their property without compensation. Lawyers for the plaintiffs are hoping to recoup as much as $1.5 billion — a fraction of the estimated tens of billions of dollars that the industry lost.