Because you can't evict folks landlords are setting totally ridiculous standards to rent from them or not renting. It's seen as better than getting stuck with

Because you can't evict folks landlords are setting totally ridiculous standards to rent from them or not renting. It's seen as better than getting stuck with someone not paying who you can't evict. What happened is landords renting to well off people did fine - white collar workers actually did OK during COVID, and folks with money by and large kept paying. Landlords on lower end got screwed by and large (this includes more immigrant / minority landords). Then if you had some property managers etc on payroll you got all sorts of bailout money - so rich got richer. One group that actually I think was happy was section 8 landlords because section 8 kept paying - so good on them.