Opinion ID: 774969
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Per Se Taking

Text: 50 The Owners further contend that they have suffered a per se taking, asserting that ELIHPA and LIHPRHA, by prohibiting prepayment except under conditions that the Owners could not meet, forced the Owners to use their properties to house government-approved, low-income tenants and prohibited the Owners from converting their properties to other uses. We disagree that ELIHPA and LIHPRHA give rise to a physical occupation of the Owners' property as required to show a per se taking. We agree with the trial court's ruling that the effect of the prepayment restrictions . . . is merely to enhance an existing tenant's possessory interest, and that they do not authorize a permanent physical occupation of the Owners' property. Cienega Gardens, 33 Fed. Cl. at 217. Accordingly, we conclude that Yee v. City of Escondido, 503 U.S. 519 (1992), is controlling, and that the trial court properly granted summary judgment in favor of the government as to the Owners' claims for a per se taking.