? for all!

Would you as a tenant, who thru no fault of your own, because of Coved, owed 2 years of back rent, and was kept from being evicted by law, do the honorable thing and make an effort to pay off the sum when you finally get back to work, or, would you slip out of the place in the middle of the night?

What if the Fed's pass a law making it illegal to dun and prosecute past tenants?


Rent @ $1500 per month times 24 months, = $36,000.


Wouldn't you as a landlord, require a reference from a previous landlord, and thoroughly vet it by checking it for factuality, before renting? What if the Libtards say you can't do that?

Some serious problems are coming down the pike!

You might have a hope if you was too big to let fail.

Yes, a person of valor and credible character will make every effort to do the right thing.

That said.........

That is a big pill to swallow but delight in the Lord and cheerfully forgive.

I know I would . But I agree with you that some landlords will probably never get paid

Isn't this the new American way? Have your debt forgiven and walk away?
Rent, student loans, credit cards, auto and home loans, you name it.
Don't need to work, others will pay taxes so you can enjoy life and benefits.

Its mind boggling what has happened to things like honor, integrity, doing the right things, responsibility, and treating others fairly.

Jim

with all the money being handed out in unemployment/stimulus, child tax stuff, the guy is a deadbeat if he got that far behind and you wont see a nickel

I just don't see how any government can just step in and say "This private citizen doesn't have to pay that private citizen for goods or services rendered."

No because the landlord was covered by govt cheques for the non paying tennant who also got govt cheques.
All buisnesses got the CERB.

I knew a couple about ten years ago who had substantial credit card debt and auto loans. They were probably behind on their payments and the loan holder gave them a sweetheart deal to payoff their debt. Some other loan company advanced them the money. They immediately traded their 2-year old car for a new model and were deeper in debt than before. It is how they live today, I am sure. As soon as they are payed, it is gone. Same for a new credit line.

Forgiveness never helped them accomplish anything but new debt. Who do we blame?

I did not know that. So the government paid the rent for the tenants?

Talk about a nightmare...this whole tenants don't have to pay scenario made me decide NOT to become a landlord

Bozo is wrong again.Landlords were Not compensated.There will be many foreclosers sales here in the near future,due to the fact the renters were not required to pay rent,,while the landlords were still required to pay their taxes on the properties.

Did the Govt let anyone slip thru without paying income taxes? HAH! I think not!

well 2 years of not making any payment , I don't buy March of 2020 to March of 2021 is one year and if you can't find a job or make a deal on the rent well I just can't see that as a no fault of one's own case.

I would have probably tried to make some sort of a deal along the way

36K is a lot of money

If I was the tenant I would not have owed that much to you. If I was the owner - I would have sold a property before a tenant owed 36k. You can't boot them out for no rent- but you can sell them out.....

The idea of anyone making money off another human beings need is anathema to leftists. How else are they going to structure a system where the government pays for everything? Child care, health care, education, food and housing. They have to collapse the present system.

Catch me if you can

If the renters were laid off because of Covid, then they got a sweetheart deal with the extra $600 per week the feds kicked their way on top of their regular check. Why in the heck didn't they have to pay rent? I haven't drawn an unemployment insurance check in over 34 years, but my memory tells me when I was laid off......my rent was still due, job or no job.

Any buisness can apply for the cerb.And slum landlords are a buisness.
As a matter of fact many made out like bandits.
And you're the Bozo.

Covid has cost everyone

Exactly! I was 42 years old before I owned a brand new vehicle. Took lots of hard work and pinching pennies by the wife and I. 4 little boys and money was tight but we paid cash. I have sympathy for the renter only.

Would I?
Yes

I would have to be physically unable to do anything at all to not pay something though.

Of course that is the way some of us were raised too

No way anyone cannot pay rent for 24 months

I've been a renter
I've owned and rented 2 nice places

Not all landlords are slumlords ^^^

Saw the law says the can get 24 months rent free? Well that to me means they can live there another 8-9 months rent free because we are only 16 months into COVID related reasons for not paying. Everyone is different but I would not have lived or rented in a place I could not afford. One needs a pretty good job to pay 1500 per month plus utilities and renters insurance etc. If they were manipulators and planned not to pay and cut and run that may be why they took on a rental like that.

I was a person who financially never bit of more than I could chew and it seems many just feel it is okay to promise to full fill their commitments chew up what works for them and leave and that works both ways. I know I have worked with businesses that owed a lot when they folded and left dodge and many of those who got hosed were also clients and students of mine.

Bryce

The Govt has screwed everyone

You wed to put specific clauses in your rental agreement
Pest control
Septic/ sewer maintenance
I always pay for water so that it can be turned off if needed
Lost to much time from angry people putting cement in the sink and turning on the water

That in effect was a taking of private property without compensation.. Landlords need to bring a class action suit against the Federal government.

up

I haven't skipped rent or mortgage the entire time. I don't see how people can feel good about themselves for not paying even with all the money thrown at them to stay home. I only have my disability income and still pay my bills. Unemployed are making more than while working plus the stimulus checks so there's no valid excuse to be behind especially 2 years worth.

If I had a tenant that far behind I'd be worried about squatting laws and damage to the place.

Our Founding Fathers wisely did not give renters the right to vote. We would be wise to go back to that. Worthless people will always vote to enrich themselves from the earnings of productive people.

Keith

This.
There are jobs all over the place begging to be filled; no excuses.

If I was a landlord and my tenant was $36,000 behind, and the government wouldn't allow me to throw them out..... my property would probably "mysteriously" burn to the ground. I would get some money from my insurance at least.

As a landlord whose tenant was $8,000 behind and ghosted immediately when the eviction moratorium was up, I would absolutely not do that to another person.

Boco, the way the COVID assistance works is the tenant has to apply for the assistance. The landlord can apply on behalf of the tenant but it requires the tenants signature, and it has to be proven that the assistance is needed as a direct result of COVID. If the tenant simply doesn’t pay, doesn’t apply for the assistance, stays put while eviction moratoriums are in place and then disappears, the landlord is just screwed. Trust me. I’m out over $8,000 in back rent and damages and another $1,000 in lawyer fees trying to get paid what I’m owed. Landlords are not all just making out like bandits here, some of us really got shafted.

Sorry boco, I know for a fact that you’re just flat out wrong on this one.

Don’t think it hasn’t crossed my mind lol

Id think if you owed rent for two years...good luck with anything that requires a credit score check.

The Left is big on forgiveness but short on personal responsibility they will pay it with money they don’t have.

Debt is not to be paid , debt is to be forgiven .....lol


Look how many people walked away from their mortgages during the Obama Depression , only to buy again a few yrs later

Unless you were self employed or owned your own business, you should have made out like a bandit over covid. Between unemployment and the added $600 federal check each week most made much more than they did working. Which is of course why so many didn't bother to go to work. No excuse not to pay your landlord. Great excuse however for the landlord to get rid of some tar and feathers.

They will all declare bankruptcy, and walk away. The system is in no way on the landlords side at all.

saw on the news a few days ago where this isn't just tenants and landlords. A lot of company's are using it as an excuse to not pay their rent also

To quote the Great Lord Humungous "Just walk away".

I wish I could. But I’d lose the $9k I’m already out plus $40,000 in equity on the house. And I have a 790 credit score, hate to screw that up. I’m gonna need it when I finally get out from under the rental house and go to build a new one on the acreage I bought.