Saying the moratorium violates the rights of the landlords, the US Supreme court has partially blocked the eviction ban in New York.

The decision was made 6-3 in favor of the property owners, which can potentially result in hundreds or even thousands of people going homeless in New York.

"The Supreme Court sides with New York landlords and blocks part of a state law that imposed a moratorium on evictions during the pandemic. Breyer, Sotomayor & Kagan dissent," a tweet from Supreme Court blog.

A lower court had already rejected the landlord's argument and the landlords had taken it up to the Supreme Court.

The policy in question, which is already set to expire at the end of August, allows tenants in the state to avoid eviction if they declare they suffered “financial hardship” due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The landlords, however, say they’ve faced “significant hardship” themselves because of the moratorium, insisting the New York government cannot deprive them of rent payments without proper due process.

The federal policy was initially struck down by the Supreme Court in June, ruling it unconstitutional, but President Joe Biden nonetheless defended the new moratorium, even after the White House previously argued it had no authority to extend the ban. The president said he consulted legal experts on the question, concluding that a new moratorium would have to be litigated all over again.