Posted on 04/07/2021 5:54:08 AM PDT by deport
The Texas state court system is signaling that it will no longer enforce a federal order aimed at stopping evictions during the coronavirus pandemic. That could clear the way for landlords to push ahead with tens of thousands of eviction cases that have been on hold.
The timing could be particularly painful for many families, coming after Congress has approved billions of dollars to help people pay the rent they owe to avoid eviction, but before the vast majority of renters have been able to receive any of that money.
Legal aid attorneys are raising the alarm that the state is about to allow a wave of people to be put out of their homes, with no place to go.
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At that point, I would sell and get out...
Good luck selling a property that comes with non evictable tenants...
They are still holding auctions on the courthouse steps every month, seizing property from homeowners who are in arrears on their taxes!! If the landlord can’t collect rent, they can’t pay the tax collector.
Since most landlords are reporting income on a cash basis, the loss to the US Treasury and state DOR’s must be significant because of unpaid 2020 rents. Has any authority issued an estimate of what this costing the various governments because of lost tax revenues? This is the season when this loss becomes measurable.
Landlords will collect the rent in the red states or evict the deadbeat tenants.
Most definitely. This is by design. Only the State almighty will be able to save us. And far too many people buy into that blasphemy.
Keep up with the news
In some states, there are horror stories about people buying homes and then the seller refuses to vacate, citing covid eviction restrictions
I would hope Texas would not be one of those states but in the blue states...look out
This wholesale govt intrusion into voiding landlord rights in lease contracts under a claimed “ public health emergency” has created a year long backlog of tenants in sufferance, and locales with militant tenant rights ordinances are going to be tough to deal with. Anyone thinking they want to become a landlord in any capacity...needs legal advice.
Slackers and freeloaders stealing rent. Throw the bums out or make them pay. Don’t tug on the “family” heart strings. If you have a family you still have a responsibility and it is to pay up and keep them under roof.
The covid excuse has gone far enough.
They’ll appeal it to the Supreme Court where Roberts will cower because of Auntie Fascists.
I am sure I keep up with the news more than you do.
Chuckle.
In some states, there are horror stories about people buying homes and then the seller refuses to vacate, citing covid eviction restrictions
There have been strange stories about all sorts of stuff long before covid.
This particular kind of case you mention is very easy to deal with in court. The seller has no case.
My BIL and SIL have two rentals. Neither tenant is paying and they can’t evict. One house is just basically being destroyed by the tenants. Its a mess!
Roberts is in the minority.
"Liquidate the landlords as a class"
The covid excuse has gone far enough.
Article in local rag today here, a tourist centric area, about the inability to find employees for service work in restaurants or hotels. A proprietor of a retail store told me recently, he cannot find anyone willing to come to work now for two reasons: he does not hire dopers or is told that the pay is not worth their time given what they are getting from the government. I guess the government will have to mandate a minimum $30 an hour to solve the problem when it is easily solved by just stopping the give away madness.
No. It’s over. It’s done. Texas will lead the way in evictions for no reason at all. It’s not like people really owe that rent money. Now they will either evict people or sell them into slavery to pay off accumulated rent debt. So Texas leads to way in a return to SLAVERY! (/sarc)
Roberts cowered on the election cases as well.
“PEOPLE MAY RIOT!”
The riots had been planned for election night if the networks announced Trump won. The authorities warned businesses to board up their windows in case there was “unrest”.
Many people were getting more net money from Unemployment with the Federal bonus than they got for actually going to work.
Those people DID have enough money to pay their rent or mortgage.
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