How could they afford to do that when a lot of them weren’t getting rent from their tenants because of the rent moratorium by the government?
I rented from a large landlord, thousands of units in metro Atlanta,tens of thousands nationwide. They had the same payment ratio during covid as pre-covid. The same people who are conscientious are conscientious regardless.
The same people who say “the dog ate the rent” are the same people who blame covid.
Many years ago I was landlord of apartments in Chicago. The working poor and the welfare had exactly the same income. The working poor always paid the rent. Never lost a dime on them. The welfare poor (with a few exceptions) always fell behind and never cought up.