If you decide that you are ok with chronic late payments that is your decision.  

and it becomes like a chronic illness for an otherwise healthy person when they are adults.Most folks in that situation put rent in a very different mental bucket than loans.

Once we gave a 30 day notice to a chronic late payer, the whole building  improved in terms of on-time payments. 

And chronic late payment is grounds for eviction in most states.

Got a Flexbar set to work out chronic carpenter's elbow in both arms?

There are also chronic abusers and there are one time incidents. 

We moved into a house 6 mos ago, every since we moved in my husband's health has gotten worse he is 52 he has became extremely fatiqued, sinus probems has gotten worse, I was working at the time until 6 wks ago I would feel exhausted, you name it, I would push myself to go to work after I got to work I would get to feeling better then weekends came I couldnt hardly move fatiqued, pain all over my body now thatI am on medical leave due to getting ready for surgery my symptoms has gotten much worse I am chronically fatiqued, asthma attacks left & right every other day I am having an attack, so were both going down hill a couple mos ago we told the landlord we noticed some mold in basement he sent someone over to take care of it however all they done was paint over it, we noticed it was bleeding back through the paint we emailed the landlord told him of this, told him we felt this house is slowing killing us cause our health is going down hill he said he would let us out of our lease with no penalities, I am scared that our health is damaged by this & were oging to get out of here our health be so damaged we need medical attention, etc & we cant afford this, we also done a mold test & both tests show mold in container however we really dont have the money to send it off get tested especially now we have to move & be out the money for that.

There are pockets of the country that have chronically depressed economies, and their housing inventory still includes a substantial number number of REOs -- enough to sustain a healthy business.

On the other hand, over 160 million Americans have chronic preexisting conditions that makes it more difficult for their immune systems to handle the disease like a young and healthy marine.

Roof leaks, sewer line leaks, normally good tenants getting chronically late on rent, trees falling down, fences blowing over, tenant dies in unit and isn't found until weeks later, tenant's foot "breaks through the bathtub???"