Going after back rent and repair costs following eviction

[Yacine Rimmo]

Hello fellow Bpers!

I have a simple question: At what point does it become worth it to go after an evicted tenant for back rent and repair costs?

I have had this tenant who has played the eviction moratorium and game stopped paying rent for 4 months. The lease ended so the tenant will be evicted for lease holdover. Usually in Allentown the process of eviction is quick enough that it is often only a waste of time to go after these tenants but the question now seems different with the accumulation of unpaid rent (cost of repair is unknown at the time).

Thank you!