Their whining is irrelevant to what is happening and will continue to happen on the ground. Looks at all that free money Joe has been handing out has gone to Drugs, Big Gulps and Beer rather than rent.
No, there was plenty of federal money spent in rental assistance. That money did not go directly to the taxpayers (or tax-nonpayers as might be more likely the case) but to the states, who then distributed it to the landlords on behalf of renters who applied for the assistance.
The issue is really that there are so many people in default, and many of them did not even bother to apply for the assistance. Perhaps they thought the eviction ban would be permanent, or Biden would wipe out all their debt, or some other fantasy like that, I just don’t know.
>>Looks at all that free money Joe has been handing out has gone to Drugs, Big Gulps and Beer rather than rent.
“That’s MY money, and besides the media was saying it was ok, didn’t have to pay rent!” < /s >