Blame it on the COVID propagandists, where it belongs, not to the landlords who have bills to pay too.
The economy is open, they should be able to get a job and pay their rent. If you were a good tenant prior to the lockdown you should be able to negotiate something with your landlord.
They’ll go to federal court to continue being deadbeats. But...there’s a good chance that Trump’s judges (most of which would not have been confirmed without RINO votes, by the way) will rule in favor of the landlords.
“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.”
They can move in with family, as has been done for eternity.
At what point do tenants become squatters? Fed gov is totally out of control. There is no constitutional basis for most of the crap they do to us. Grrrr...
Well, it’s been painful for landlords. Isn’t it the socialist way to share the pain? NPR should love this. ;)
Just kidding. They apparently don’t care about landlord pain. The only way the government should be able to stop convictions is to pay the rent to the landlord. A lot of landlords are just average people trying to rent out a house.
But no thought of the families who have to pay mortgages on those properties, not to mention maintenance. Most rental property owners are simple middle class people.
Which is how it should be. The renters needs to be proactive and work with the landlord. The landlord is still on the hook to pay the taxes, maintenance, and a host of other things. Rent goes to pay for all that. If its a good tenant, and the landlord is reasonable, it can be worked out.
As for the other part--the CDC has no authority to be issuing orders that have to be complied with. But the Left will try to gaslight people into thinking the CDC does have that authority. The way it stops is for people to tell them to piss off.
Uh-huh. I'm sure landlords would rather see the rent money paid to them, rather than go through the costly (to them!) eviction procedure.
Yeah, those EVIL property owners. Probably all white folks taking advantage of others. Not to worry, when the govt owns EVERYTHING landlords won’t be an issue. Well, private ones anyway of which there will no longer be any. Unless you’re one of the elites in favor with the ruling cabal.
Considering there was no constitutional nor statutory legal basis for the CDC issuing ANY kind of edict on landlords, why would a Texas court - or any court for that matter - enforce this capricious regulation?
I think it’s extremely dubious that Congress could enact legislation to bar landlords from evicting non-paying tenants as - to me - that would be a clear violation of the 5A takings clause (among other infirmities). But, there is absolutely NO WAY the CDC enjoys the authority to issue such a directive. It’s an insane usurpation of the civil rights of the landlords. Insane.
The pandemic did not cause the economy to crash. While certain sectors of the economy took a hit, others filled in the gaps. Restaurants changed from eat-in to deliver and take-out. People shopped less in stores and more on-line. These changes caused the deliver industry to grow. People who switched from working in an office to teleworking drove business in the office-supply sector.
The bottom line is that there is no excuse at this time for people of working age not to be working.
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.
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.
"Liquidate the landlords as a class"
How is it anybody thought that “federal order aimed at stopping evictions” was enforceable in the first place?
Maybe they’ll go back to the lib states they cane from...if they require lib “laws” and ways, to survive.
But they already spent all the ‘free’ money received from the government, so they still can’t pay rent. Waaaaaah.
Good. About time.
My take away from the story:
The Texas state court system is signaling that it will no longer enforce a federal order...
Good trend.