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Still, in the past, when you made a mistake and got a bad tenant, the option was eviction. You say "in the past" but you really mean "when there isn't a global
by onion2k 5y ago
Still, in the past, when you made a mistake and got a bad tenant, the option was eviction.
You say "in the past" but you really mean "when there isn't a global pandemic". Events change things. It's simply a risk of renting property to people that very few landlords bothered to consider.
There is absolutely no reason why landlords should be immune to circumstances that affect everyone. Complaining about it, and tacitly suggesting that your rental income should be prioritized over a disease that eventually killed hundreds of thousands of people, is silly.
- djrironman 5y agoA society that literally enable cheaters is not going to go far, and it's actually (like in this case) going to backfire to the (poor and) honest people. It's the same in France.. some basically end up paying gypsies to forcefully remove tenants that dont' pay
- onion2k 5y agoA society that literally enable cheaters is not going to go far.. As a permanent policy, sure. That wouldn't work. However, a society that allows landlords to force people to move when everyone is meant to be quarantined will have significantly bigger problems than a temporary block on evictions even if that hurts landlords.
- djrironman 5y agoOk but you have to make them accountable in some way. How do you do with super poor people ?
- kyrra 5y agoYour logic is severely flawed. Why were only landlords impacted here? Why didn't grocery stores have to just give away food? Why wasn't gasoline free? This was the government attempting to usurp part of the economy without much timely recourse for those on the losing end.
- onion2k 5y agoWhy were only landlords impacted here? Why didn't grocery stores have to just give away food? Why wasn't gasoline free? Why would grocery stores and gas stations have to give their products away in order to maintain a quarantine? I don't understand that point.