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Sibelius Fan

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14. We have been paying our rent on time throughout the pandemic,

Mon Aug 2, 2021, 08:08 AM

Aug 2021

but it’s hard as I’m on unemployment (age 66 - good luck getting a job) and my wife works part time.

So I looked into CA’s rent assistance program. We qualify based on income (or lack thereof), monthly rent and size of household. But to qualify for the assistance we need to be in arrears on our rent and been served an eviction notice.

Huh? Sounds like a stupid, stressful requirement.

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The other side of the rental moratorium [View all] no_hypocrisy Aug 2021 OP

When we bought our house, we considered, and declined to buy a house with a rental unit... brooklynite Aug 2021 #1

That is not exactly how it works... Ohio Joe Aug 2021 #2

These guys are slick. no_hypocrisy Aug 2021 #5

So... He should be starting the process now... Ohio Joe Aug 2021 #7

What can they do if there is a moratorium until 2022 ? JI7 Aug 2021 #22

There are relief programs for landlords... Ohio Joe Aug 2021 #39

And let me explain myself a bit more... Ohio Joe Aug 2021 #10

They never returned their documents. I doubt he would be able to get a dime. Demsrule86 Aug 2021 #27

I'm getting less and less sympathy for this landlord... Ohio Joe Aug 2021 #38

Yeah ThunderRoad Aug 2021 #40

Around here they change the locks and Liberal In Texas Aug 2021 #3

I can certainly see both sides of this, but have no solution. Croney Aug 2021 #4

Has the landlord not applied to the assistance program in NJ? WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2021 #6

He will never get a dime, and IMHO there should have been standards for the morotorium and Demsrule86 Aug 2021 #28

There are covid relief funds for landlords. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2021 #33

Wow ibegurpard Aug 2021 #8

I know b/c they WERE friends who needed somewhere to live and no_hypocrisy Aug 2021 #9

I've had upstairs/downstairs neighbors that I got friendly with. Marrah_Goodman Aug 2021 #15

I believe there are a good many people who have used the situation to quit paying rent captain queeg Aug 2021 #11

The good people North Shore Chicago Aug 2021 #12

I think the poster has a point dclarston13 Aug 2021 #13

We have been paying our rent on time throughout the pandemic, Sibelius Fan Aug 2021 #14

I have a friend that got rental assistance that way. haele Aug 2021 #36

We are in our seventh year renting this property. We've never missed a rent payment. Sibelius Fan Aug 2021 #37

Post removed Post removed Aug 2021 #16

If the government allows people to stop paying rent, marie999 Aug 2021 #17

+1 This! GoodRaisin Aug 2021 #26

Yes--they have to be paid, I don't understand how a situation like this Wingus Dingus Aug 2021 #35

there is a rent relief program for landlords WhiteTara Aug 2021 #18

How does that work? marie999 Aug 2021 #41

here's the website WhiteTara Aug 2021 #44

Most places the tenant and landlord must apply together Amishman Aug 2021 #45

Wait, they never returned their lease? How the hell does that work? róisín_dubh Aug 2021 #19

This is how it happened. no_hypocrisy Aug 2021 #20

Yikes. LL is gonna get screwed. róisín_dubh Aug 2021 #21

We have two rental units... albacore Aug 2021 #23

The problem is compounded by states NOT spending the money actually allocated... albacore Aug 2021 #24

Under the moratrium, not all evictions are prevented AFAIK andym Aug 2021 #25

sounds like a landlord who doesn't do (and did not do) their due diligence, plus some scammers Celerity Aug 2021 #29

Exactly no_hypocrisy Aug 2021 #31

100% this exactly obamanut2012 Aug 2021 #32

Your LL could have easier evicted them obamanut2012 Aug 2021 #30

What state are you in ? I think it's more difficult in some states. JI7 Aug 2021 #42

You sound like a great tenant. Politicub Aug 2021 #34

Small landlord is not a business anyone should want to be in... JCMach1 Aug 2021 #43