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Despite federal ban, renters still being evicted amid virus

By MICHAEL CASEY 7-9 minutes

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Advocates already are pressing Pres-elect J B to sign a broad, new national eviction moratorium on his first day in office. They want B to work with Congress in his first 100 days to pass a relief package that includes at least $100 billion in emergency assistance for renters and landlords and resources for the homeless.

“By the time Pres -elect B takes office on Jan. 20, we may be in the midst of a historic eviction crisis in our country if no action is taken between now and then,” said Diane Yentel, president of the National Low-Income Housing Coalition."

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As a small landlord who limped across the moratorium finish line in 2020 still having my shirt, this is the first I've heard of this new housing ultimatum.

Does anybody know what the terms might be of a B National eviction ban, and how likely it is to pass? Could it be all of 2021, no evictions for nonpayment of rent?

Will they be the typical shotgun-barrel government moratorium, good luck collecting rent, no guarantees government aide if and when we approve it?

I doubt the Senate lets any $100 billion rental assistance bill go through in any case.

I have to say the idea has made things extremely discouraging/risky for me to continue. I don't have the capital to carry nonpaying tenants, so this may be game over for me :(

I would encourage landlords to contact/talk to your representatives about this asap while there's still time :/

Am I the only one that sees the irony in that the longer you wait to open up the flood gates, the bigger the flow of water that is going to occur.

Its unconstitutional to take away people's access to the courts and due process (Amendment V). As well as mandating private property for public use without compensation.

And Amendment III forbids the government from forcing you to quarter other people without your consent.

idk. Looks that way to me. They seem to be overlooking the print.

Obviously for whatever reason they're using the Pandemic to introduce some pretty draconian big government/socialist stuff, that can easily be tapped again in the future.

I don't buy the poor old disabled lady excuse (news story). We had a Great Depression and FDR didn't mandate housing.

What's next, gubmt orders you to give your car to someone they decide needs it, and you keep it gassed and serviced? Orders you to keep working places without pay?

scary stuff.

Ray - no, you are not. The problem with all this I'm seeing is they are reluctant to lift the eviction ban because the courts will be back logged with evictions. So, they are kicking the can down the road. When it does finally lift, the flood will be even worse. I've actually seen this may become permanent. Not sure how it could, but they can try at least. If it does go this way, it could take years to wind its way through the courts.

In my area, self help evictions, lease violation evictions and lease non-renewals are on the rise. I have to assume they are everywhere too. The news talked about how they were wanting to close these "loopholes" so LL's can't evict at all.

Buckle up. 2021 could be a bumpy ride....

Doogie, just to put this out there, I entirely support self help evictions under these circumstances. The legal system has either failed or has been made to fail.

I think B will allow KH to take a leading role on this issue, and her position is well known. The plan she proposed back in mid-July didn't get much traction in congress, but it might be a prelude to the direction the B administration will take. That plan was malevolently anti-landlord.

I think we have a long way to go until we hit the bottom of this mess in residential real estate. I'm not buying any right now unless I can turn around and liquidate it for 20%+ profit "as is", no work on my part. No more buying residential rentals at this time. Possibly going to sell some and stick with commercial, which for now at least appears relatively unaffected by moratoriums.

My hope is that there are still enough intelligent people out there that once we start to see the side effects, they will quickly change their minds on the moratoriums. Right now, all they see is "pandemic" and "fairness", but once their pensions and retirement plans--some of which are heavily invested in REITs--start tanking due to unpaid rents I am Xing fingers they will demand that renters either pay up or move out.

A "self-help eviction" is basically taking illegal actions to FORCE a tenant out without following proper legal channels for eviction. It can range from turning off utilities, changing the locks, dumping their stuff outside, and so on.

Again, it is illegal. NE is basically saying that he now "entirely supports" breaking the law because he doesn't like how the current laws are going.

disclaimer - I know no actual details other than the small paragraph published in the newspaper