There are 3 groupings that should get conflated: 1. Otherwise good tenants just without means who would otherwise be homeless. 2. Hellish tenants without mean

There are 3 groupings that should get conflated: 1. Otherwise good tenants just without means who would otherwise be homeless. 2. Hellish tenants without means who also would be homeless. 3. Hellish tenants with means who play the "But I would be homeless" card as an excuse to cheat landlords. The tenant in question here is 3. rather than 1. A judge cannot side with everyone as 1, must treat everyone equally with the given facts but should not enable those refuse to pay or exploit technicalities to create a situation without relief. The landlord didn't understand the law, was too generous, and failed to hire a lawyer.