Renters brace for evictions as moratorium ends

[Disir]

So, they either got their regular paycheck (if they were working), their full amount of "free money" and benefits if they are on the government dole, or MORE than their regular paycheck if they were laid off...

Plus $1,200 per person...

They could afford to pay their rent...

If they chose to blow the money and ignore their obligations because the landlord couldn't evict them for several months, screw them...

Or they lost their job. Three restaurants in the area shut down. Now, one restaurant shut down because everyone in the restaurant tested positive for Corona. It will open back up. Hopefully. Two shut down because everything else shut down and they aren't getting the traffic they once had. JC Penney and Brooks Brothers closed their doors.

So they were eligible for their unemployment PLUS $600/WK...

That means that those individuals were bringing in MORE money, and decided not to pay their rent...

Too bad...

Let their landlord evict them!!!

Well, JCPenney went down early on. The 3 restaurants have been in the last 2 weeks with one closing at 3 pm on Friday.

 

[Andylusion]

Columbus, Ohio, has turned part of its convention center into an evictions court. Denver is creating a handful of designated campsites for homeless people. And Milwaukee saw a 17 percent increase in eviction filings last month after a state ban lapsed.
Cities across the country are bracing for a surge of evictions as a four-month federal moratorium that has protected millions of tenants from losing their homes in the middle of the pandemic expires Friday at midnight, with no relief in sight from Congress.
The ban is ending just as a federal enhancement to unemployment benefits — a $600-a-week boost that has helped many laid off tenants pay at least some of their rent — also lapses this weekend. Estimates of the number of people who stand to lose their homes are rough, given the patchwork of state and local bans on evictions, many of which are also expiring. But they range in the millions, and a disproportionate share of them are people of color.

Renters brace for evictions as moratorium ends

Cities across the country are bracing for a surge of evictions as a four-month federal moratorium that has protected millions expires Friday.

www.politico.com

And here we go. I'm so disgusted. The whole stay home save lives fix the economy later is up.

The whole thing is ridiculous. And all this for a virus that is so deadly and dangerous, that most people have to be tested to find out if they even have it.

 

[Disir]

Columbus, Ohio, has turned part of its convention center into an evictions court. Denver is creating a handful of designated campsites for homeless people. And Milwaukee saw a 17 percent increase in eviction filings last month after a state ban lapsed.
Cities across the country are bracing for a surge of evictions as a four-month federal moratorium that has protected millions of tenants from losing their homes in the middle of the pandemic expires Friday at midnight, with no relief in sight from Congress.
The ban is ending just as a federal enhancement to unemployment benefits — a $600-a-week boost that has helped many laid off tenants pay at least some of their rent — also lapses this weekend. Estimates of the number of people who stand to lose their homes are rough, given the patchwork of state and local bans on evictions, many of which are also expiring. But they range in the millions, and a disproportionate share of them are people of color.

Renters brace for evictions as moratorium ends

Cities across the country are bracing for a surge of evictions as a four-month federal moratorium that has protected millions expires Friday.

www.politico.com

And here we go. I'm so disgusted. The whole stay home save lives fix the economy later is up.

The whole thing is ridiculous. And all this for a virus that is so deadly and dangerous, that most people have to be tested to find out if they even have it.

It's insane. It was never about "safety". It's always been about not overwhelming the hospitals.

 

[Obiwan]

So, they either got their regular paycheck (if they were working), their full amount of "free money" and benefits if they are on the government dole, or MORE than their regular paycheck if they were laid off...

Plus $1,200 per person...

They could afford to pay their rent...

If they chose to blow the money and ignore their obligations because the landlord couldn't evict them for several months, screw them...

Or they lost their job. Three restaurants in the area shut down. Now, one restaurant shut down because everyone in the restaurant tested positive for Corona. It will open back up. Hopefully. Two shut down because everything else shut down and they aren't getting the traffic they once had. JC Penney and Brooks Brothers closed their doors.

So they were eligible for their unemployment PLUS $600/WK...

That means that those individuals were bringing in MORE money, and decided not to pay their rent...

Too bad...

Let their landlord evict them!!!

Well, JCPenney went down early on. The 3 restaurants have been in the last 2 weeks with one closing at 3 pm on Friday.

So maybe they should have considered ACTUALLY PAYING THEIR RENT out of those fat unemployment checks (or their paychecks, if they just got laid off)...

See, you don't get evicted for getting a paycheck...

You get evicted for NOT PAYING YOUR RENT (and THAT only happens after a certain period of time)!!!

 

[wamose]

We have so many people living paycheck-to-paycheck. So many people are absolutely terrible at managing money.

Maybe a big dose of hunger could solve that problem. No more bailouts. Get to work.

 

[Andylusion]

Columbus, Ohio, has turned part of its convention center into an evictions court. Denver is creating a handful of designated campsites for homeless people. And Milwaukee saw a 17 percent increase in eviction filings last month after a state ban lapsed.
Cities across the country are bracing for a surge of evictions as a four-month federal moratorium that has protected millions of tenants from losing their homes in the middle of the pandemic expires Friday at midnight, with no relief in sight from Congress.
The ban is ending just as a federal enhancement to unemployment benefits — a $600-a-week boost that has helped many laid off tenants pay at least some of their rent — also lapses this weekend. Estimates of the number of people who stand to lose their homes are rough, given the patchwork of state and local bans on evictions, many of which are also expiring. But they range in the millions, and a disproportionate share of them are people of color.

Renters brace for evictions as moratorium ends

Cities across the country are bracing for a surge of evictions as a four-month federal moratorium that has protected millions expires Friday.

www.politico.com

And here we go. I'm so disgusted. The whole stay home save lives fix the economy later is up.

The whole thing is ridiculous. And all this for a virus that is so deadly and dangerous, that most people have to be tested to find out if they even have it.

It's insane. It was never about "safety". It's always been about not overwhelming the hospitals.

And even that was a joke. That convention center they are turning into a eviction court? Before they did that, they had it turned into an annex hospital. That had that there for 2 months. Not a single patient was ever sent there. And they tore it down.

There was no avalanche of Covid-19 patients. But we are going to have an avalanche of evictions.

 

[Andylusion]

We have so many people living paycheck-to-paycheck. So many people are absolutely terrible at managing money.

Maybe a big dose of hunger could solve that problem. No more bailouts. Get to work.

Unfortunately that is the solution, but people don't want to hear it.

They did research on this back with the idiotic 99 weeks of unemployment. People magically couldn't find work for 99 weeks, then magically they could when the 99 weeks ran out.

 

[Disir]

So, they either got their regular paycheck (if they were working), their full amount of "free money" and benefits if they are on the government dole, or MORE than their regular paycheck if they were laid off...

Plus $1,200 per person...

They could afford to pay their rent...

If they chose to blow the money and ignore their obligations because the landlord couldn't evict them for several months, screw them...

Or they lost their job. Three restaurants in the area shut down. Now, one restaurant shut down because everyone in the restaurant tested positive for Corona. It will open back up. Hopefully. Two shut down because everything else shut down and they aren't getting the traffic they once had. JC Penney and Brooks Brothers closed their doors.

So they were eligible for their unemployment PLUS $600/WK...

That means that those individuals were bringing in MORE money, and decided not to pay their rent...

Too bad...

Let their landlord evict them!!!

Well, JCPenney went down early on. The 3 restaurants have been in the last 2 weeks with one closing at 3 pm on Friday.

So maybe they should have considered ACTUALLY PAYING THEIR RENT out of those fat unemployment checks (or their paychecks, if they just got laid off)...

See, you don't get evicted for getting a paycheck...

You get evicted for NOT PAYING YOUR RENT (and THAT only happens after a certain period of time)!!!

Yep. But we are still losing jobs here. So, I don't see this as getting any better in the next couple of months. The whole thing has been about prolonging the inevitable.

 

[petro]

Once the landlords go through foreclosure because they lack the capital to pay their mortgage because of deadbeats, more will suffer because of the deadbeats.
Protest in Mpls about "affordable housing" whatever that means. Thing is, housing costs money to build and materials are expensive along with the numerous regulations that make a builder work with very slim margins.
No one constructs anything at a loss.
Most of the tent encampments here are filled with drug users and criminals who have no desire to use the shelters.

 

[Disir]

Columbus, Ohio, has turned part of its convention center into an evictions court. Denver is creating a handful of designated campsites for homeless people. And Milwaukee saw a 17 percent increase in eviction filings last month after a state ban lapsed.
Cities across the country are bracing for a surge of evictions as a four-month federal moratorium that has protected millions of tenants from losing their homes in the middle of the pandemic expires Friday at midnight, with no relief in sight from Congress.
The ban is ending just as a federal enhancement to unemployment benefits — a $600-a-week boost that has helped many laid off tenants pay at least some of their rent — also lapses this weekend. Estimates of the number of people who stand to lose their homes are rough, given the patchwork of state and local bans on evictions, many of which are also expiring. But they range in the millions, and a disproportionate share of them are people of color.

Renters brace for evictions as moratorium ends

Cities across the country are bracing for a surge of evictions as a four-month federal moratorium that has protected millions expires Friday.

www.politico.com

And here we go. I'm so disgusted. The whole stay home save lives fix the economy later is up.

The whole thing is ridiculous. And all this for a virus that is so deadly and dangerous, that most people have to be tested to find out if they even have it.

It's insane. It was never about "safety". It's always been about not overwhelming the hospitals.

And even that was a joke. That convention center they are turning into a eviction court? Before they did that, they had it turned into an annex hospital. That had that there for 2 months. Not a single patient was ever sent there. And they tore it down.

There was no avalanche of Covid-19 patients. But we are going to have an avalanche of evictions.

Yep. Inaccurate information flying all over the place.

 

[Disir]

Once the landlords go through foreclosure because they lack the capital to pay their mortgage because of deadbeats, more will suffer because of the deadbeats.
Protest in Mpls about "affordable housing" whatever that means. Thing is, housing costs money to build and materials are expensive along with the numerous regulations that make a builder work with very slim margins.
No one constructs anything at a loss.
Most of the tent encampments here are filled with drug users and criminals who have no desire to use the shelters.

Shelters are where you go if you want to get sick. Lots of people won't go to shelters for that reason.

 

[petro]

Shelters are where you go if you want to get sick

So are encampments if you really want to get sick, especially with a complete lack of sanitation.

 

[Disir]

Shelters are where you go if you want to get sick

So are encampments if you really want to get sick, especially with a complete lack of sanitation.

I tend to agree with you. I don't think that is in the thought process. Getting sick and rules is the key. If one person in the shelter has the flu, everybody is getting the flu.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

Meanwhile.......

Video games sales are up 73%.... gee... where did that money come from?

Infographic: U.S. Video Game Sales Shine Amid Pandemic

This chart shows total video game industry sales in the United States in March, April, May and June 2018-2020.

www.statista.com

Cigarette sales up
Alcohol Sales up
Gun sales... no comment even needed
Movie stream rents are off the charts

If you have money to smoke, drink, byu video games and rent movies...

 

[Obiwan]

So, they either got their regular paycheck (if they were working), their full amount of "free money" and benefits if they are on the government dole, or MORE than their regular paycheck if they were laid off...

Plus $1,200 per person...

They could afford to pay their rent...

If they chose to blow the money and ignore their obligations because the landlord couldn't evict them for several months, screw them...

Or they lost their job. Three restaurants in the area shut down. Now, one restaurant shut down because everyone in the restaurant tested positive for Corona. It will open back up. Hopefully. Two shut down because everything else shut down and they aren't getting the traffic they once had. JC Penney and Brooks Brothers closed their doors.

So they were eligible for their unemployment PLUS $600/WK...

That means that those individuals were bringing in MORE money, and decided not to pay their rent...

Too bad...

Let their landlord evict them!!!

Well, JCPenney went down early on. The 3 restaurants have been in the last 2 weeks with one closing at 3 pm on Friday.

So maybe they should have considered ACTUALLY PAYING THEIR RENT out of those fat unemployment checks (or their paychecks, if they just got laid off)...

See, you don't get evicted for getting a paycheck...

You get evicted for NOT PAYING YOUR RENT (and THAT only happens after a certain period of time)!!!

Yep. But we are still losing jobs here. So, I don't see this as getting any better in the next couple of months. The whole thing has been about prolonging the inevitable.

If they lose their jobs, they can put in for unemployment (which is now projected to go to 70% of one's weekly pay), and budget to pay the rent...

Or look for more affordable housing!!!

But losing one's job now is NOT what is triggering the evictions!!!

The evictions are being caused by people that were collecting a paycheck, drawing the full amount of government benefits, or making MORE off of unemployment making a conscious decision to NOT pay rent because they couldn't be evicted for 4-5 months (knowing that the full amount would eventually be due), and then blowing the money instead of putting it aside for rent...

In short, they intentionally stiffed the landlord!!!

Since the landlord still has to catch up on mortgage payments, pay upkeep and utilities, and cover other expenses (such as taxes), the landlord has no choice but to evict the deadbeats and look for responsible tenants (if he is fortunate enough to not lose the property through forclosure due to the deadbeat tenant's actions)...

 

[XponentialChaos]

We have so many people living paycheck-to-paycheck. So many people are absolutely terrible at managing money.

Maybe a big dose of hunger could solve that problem. No more bailouts. Get to work.

I don't think that's realistic, unfortunately.

I've been pitching the idea of cutting off government-paid junk food. I used to work in a grocery store and I would constantly see people on food stamps load up on junk. Soda, candy, chips, etc.

Just cut that off. It would be incredibly easy to implement a store-wide change on what items can be purchased with food stamps. It's just a few buttons to push. If they need food, then they're only going to get the essentials. If they want Cheetos, then they can purchase that with their own money.

I think it would be an incentive for people to make their own money, because all they're going to get from the government is the most basic of sustenance. If it doesn't motivate them to work, then at least they're going to be healthier, and that will have healthcare advantages for us.

 

[Natural Citizen]

Looks like the great white hope of 2016 has really done a number on America.

Calculating the income tax rate, the only way the country would be able to avoid a deficit this year is if they triple income taxes. That's assuming there's full employment, of course.

 

[wamose]

We have so many people living paycheck-to-paycheck. So many people are absolutely terrible at managing money.

Maybe a big dose of hunger could solve that problem. No more bailouts. Get to work.

I don't think that's realistic, unfortunately.

I've been pitching the idea of cutting off government-paid junk food. I used to work in a grocery store and I would constantly see people on food stamps load up on junk. Soda, candy, chips, etc.

Just cut that off. It would be incredibly easy to implement a store-wide change on what items can be purchased with food stamps. It's just a few buttons to push. If they need food, then they're only going to get the essentials. If they want Cheetos, then they can purchase that with their own money.

I think it would be an incentive for people to make their own money, because all they're going to get from the government is the most basic of sustenance. If it doesn't motivate them to work, then at least they're going to be healthier, and that will have healthcare advantages for us.

I do believe what you're saying is true but I'm thinking more along the line of Andylusion. He remarked how people got jobs right after their 99 weeks of unemployment expired a few years back. They always find jobs right after their unemployment runs out. That's why unemployment needs to make things a little more uncomfortable to make it workable. The rewards should go to workers. Freeloaders should never have it even as good as the lowest paid worker. Giving people more money for not working is totally ridiculous on many levels

 

[HenryBHough]

Landlord collects no rent so makes no mortgage payment, can't pay the heating/cooling costs, can't pay water/sewer bills. Tenants cook in the dark but can't cook food or flush toilets. And Democrat city bosses think that's peachy-keen.

Even after the arson and shooting starts. Somehow that does get them re-elected.

Liberal cities? Stick a fork in 'em. They're done.