Presumably you have emergency cash on hand (i-Bonds, CD ladders, something to hold you over for a few months to a year in crisis) and you have no debt. 

In the 2008 crisis rent actually went up because people backed out of their mortgages.

They have performed relatively well even at times of recession, including during the 2008-2009 financial crisis when the housing market crashed.

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If we are ever to solve our housing crisis in so many cities housing providers must be seen in their proper role as the only ones who can help us turn this around.

There is no way for this to turn into a crisis.

I thought it would be reconsidered because we have a housing affordability crisis happening. 

That kind of behavior was when rates were on the way down after the recovery from the 2008 crisis.During the crisis few people could actually capitalize on the buying opportunities because lenders were not lending, home owners were foreclosed on, portfolios were collapsing like houses of cards.

Given the behavior of people in crisis, it is reasonable to expect that landlords DO NOT want criminals, especially violent criminals, to rent their units. 

I know there are some programs encouraging this by giving grants for this due to the housing crisis.