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In reply to the discussion: Federal judge vacates CDC's nationwide eviction moratorium [View all]dsc
(52,152 posts)16. This was bad policy and frankly it appears it might be bad law
Only landlords with very deep pockets could survive a now year long moratorium on eviction. The correct policy here would have been to either have a moratorium on both evictions and mortgages of rental properties or better having the government pay the rent of workers who lost jobs/hours due to the pandemic directly to the landlords. But by having landlords in the best case scenario floating a year long, interest free loan to their tenets and in the more likely case wind up getting screwed out of several months rent, meant that landlords that don't have massive cash reserves were going to wind up losing their properties and be replaced by landlords with cash reserves (that is massive companies).
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From 2003 until 2006, she served as an Associate Counsel to President George W. Bush.
CurtEastPoint
May 2021
#1
Sure... but that's an argument between Congress and the various state legislatures
FBaggins
May 2021
#21
I have no idea if it is a talking point or not. I do know it seems to be factual.
cinematicdiversions
May 2021
#18
The "facts" are that there were rental assistance funds included in multiple stimulus bills
BumRushDaShow
May 2021
#24
And you have to have the cooperation of the tenant to get anything. Good luck with that.
oldsoftie
May 2021
#28
And this is what a number of both municipal departments and non-profits are doing
BumRushDaShow
May 2021
#33
I had to sell to another business name. The moratorium only applies to non pmt of rent.
oldsoftie
May 2021
#29