Eviction Ban is OUTRAGIOUS!

[Andrea Coulter]

I am a small landlord in upstate NY with 5 rentals. I was in the process of evicting a tenant in March when COVID happened. This tenant has not paid rent since December 2019! in three days it will be 13 months that I have not received rent!!  I am being told by the government, state & federal that there is nothing I can do. ********! This tenant is completely taking advantage of this. She is still working, multiple people in the house and yet they still won't pay a penny. I can't believe the government is doing this to us!! why not tell grocery stores they can't charge for food?! why not tell everyone that nobody has to pay for anything?! why are landlords being forced to pay this mortgage and still being told to pay property and school tax on time?! Why do I still need to keep utilities that I pay for on?!? I am outraged that this eviction ban was extended yet again. Are no other landlords in the same position I am?? What can we do???

[Chris John]

Here's hoping that all landlords:

1.  Go through the entire eviction process on these types of tenants (even if it means an extra month or two of missed rent) and don't accept a "cash for keys" deal or some other nonsense when evictions are happening again.  There needs to be a judgement against these types of people so the rest of us are aware.

2.  All future landlords follow through on future applications in terms of background checks and don't accept lame/incomplete stories.

3.  Don't rent to someone without some type of legitimate rental history during the pandemic.  (I have a feeling there's gonna be a lot of new applicants that lived "at home" since March).  BS.

@Andrea Coulter and @Jeff Willis

I'm sorry for what you're having to endure.  This country has lost its mind!