The landlords have lawyers too. A landlord would not go for a rental contract that places the risk of something like a pandemic solely on their own shoulders.

The landlords have lawyers too. A landlord would not go for a rental contract that places the risk of something like a pandemic solely on their own shoulders. Those landlords more often than not financed the property (development, property costs, construction) with long term loans themselves, so they have to repay that with interest in top of what the taxman wants, payroll, etc.