Would you evict a pregnant woman?

[Shawn Dandridge]

This article was posted by WMC TV 5 in Memphis:

http://www.wmcactionnews5.com/story/27175888/mothe...

To sum it up, this woman is pregnant with triplets, already has other children and is behind on her rent. This article to me is basically making the landlord out to be the bad guy for evicting her. People not in the business don't understand that the margins are really small and rarely take into account the expenses associated with it. They just see "I'm giving him $1300 or $1500 a month in rent, they're making a killing". I would like to hear the BP community's thoughts on this article.

[Jon Huber]

@Account Closed  I am not sure anyone is saying their children will starve if they allowed someone to live rent free, or even slide for a few months. I think @Aly W.  was saying is that the money that didn't come in from this woman, could have gone to the family of the landlord. Even if the landlord is well off, and they have food, clothes, and a college tuitions paid for... I know I'd like to be able to give my kids (when/if I have them) down payments on their first homes to help them get started. The extra $5k would be nice there. And even if a landlord can afford to take the loss, why should they?   Yes, it's a choice to evict them or now, but why should it be frowned upon if someone exercises that right to choose. And when you decide to "sponsor" one of your tenants, why is that fair to the other tenants? I think consistency needs to be across the board... whether that is to "sponsor" a tenant or evict a tenant.