Let's discuss the Heroes Act - Are you worried?

[Anthony R.]

So, like many of you, I recently heard about and read some of the Heroes Act legislation.

It's fantastic that the government is attempting to help everyone, but, honestly, am I the only one that's worried about this?

If rent goes to zero for 12 months, I would still be responsible for

-Water bills in buildings that aren't separately metered

-All repairs; roof, furnace, water heaters, appliances

-Landscaping and other services

-Fuel to and from properties

-Equipment maintenance

-Taxes and insurance for properties that aren't mortgaged

-Any legal fees

-Property management software fees

Am I looking at this wrong?

[Michael Lamando]

This is the most complicated insanely written piece of garbage with respect to handling the housing situation ever written. There is nothing written to prevent people from freeloading. With the stimulus checks and the boosted unemployment, the tenants that had any rights of complaining that they don't have enough to pay the rent are making more money than they ever did in their lives. If they want tenants to have free rent then the government should pay the landlords directly for the rent No documentation required, rather than pretend that forbearance is the solution.

Forbearance doesn't pay for the plumbers to auger out paper towels being used as toilet paper. There needs to be language that clearly requires "Proof" that tenants are not receiving enough income from the stimulus checks and boosted unemployment with comparison to their original job. There must be documentation requirements. To say that tenants are at risk of losing their housing, while simultaneously saying that tenants can not be evicted for not paying rent is insane. 

If they are going to let tenants live for free in buildings that are owned and maintained by real people and not the government then they need to take away the stimulus checks, and the boosted unemployment and tell tenants that they can have one or the other, but not free rent, AND stimulus checks and an extra 600 per week, my God! 

When all is said and done, the tenants that have saved up money freeloading for a year should have to pay the back-owed rent as a lump sum or have the judge stop the pain cycle immediately and give the landlord his unit back. The administration of this bill will cost a fortune and take months to implement. I can't imagine how a 1000 unit apartment building could survive without rents. Stop the cranes.