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.
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)
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.
The TX economy didn’t falter. Sure, maybe a small percentage of people were hurt but not like in other states. Shopping didn’t slow down and parking lots were always full. Salons and other non-essential businesses stayed open despite being told to shut down. I never heard of any shop being closed locally.
If anything, construction picked up and it has always been strong. Big money was spent on buying land and building mcmansions. Here, they’re buying lots for $600 to 800K, bulldozing the decent houses sitting on them and building mcmansions. We haven’t had a day of silence from saws and drills and loud construction work this whole year.