If the rent is relied upon to pay a mortgage, then it wouldn't be wise to wait until the pandemic is over. Landlords also have bills to pay. Rationally, this

If the rent is relied upon to pay a mortgage, then it wouldn't be wise to wait until the pandemic is over. Landlords also have bills to pay. Rationally, this pandemic won't ever be over. The Spanish Flu still circulates. Also, there is no particular reason to believe that jobs will spring back to where they were, if they ever do.