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róisín_dubh

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21. Yikes. LL is gonna get screwed.

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Reply #20)

Mon Aug 2, 2021, 09:34 AM

Aug 2021

Hopefully he informed the potential new landlord.

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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