There's unemployment benefits, short term disability for those that actually get sick, government subsidies (though in what form they'll appear it's hard to say yet).

We directed people to apply for food stamps, Medicaid, and in cases where there was a disabled relative who was receiving nursing care at home, but teetering on needing admission to a nursing home, that they could apply for paid relative care from Medicaid to keep the relative out of the nursing home. 

And in general....I've lived in Seattle for all my adult life,  and been a small landlord since 2006.Its true that supply and demand is a fundamental law of economics, and as more comparatively well off people pile into seattle, housing is going to get more expensive and the bottom-barrel housing units that used to be out there 10 or 20 years ago that people who were living solely on disability or SSI or maybe could hold down a low wage job despite issues like substance abuse or mental illness were able to afford is getting redeveloped.   

My dad was an immigrant and worked for less than minimum wage and mom always taught me to stay away from debt and pretty much work until I can’t.. because of life struggles and not going to college I joined the military and deviated from my dream.. now I’m a home owner and support my dad (who is disabled and now in college) and wife who is also in college..

But most disabled folks suffer twice - once from their illness - and another from people judging them as deadbeats because their not wearing their disability.

@Philip Williams whenever I see this type of question and a response like yours I think of my fixed income friend who was renting a 4bed/2bath home for her and her disabled son for well below market from the church.

My thinking is very long term.Acenario - if I were to be disabled and need long term health assistance.. if Lord forbid I needed a nursing home or assisted living as an example, can i do that to shield my ownership of property assets?

Another good thing is one of the tenants is a disabled veteran, so his income is guaranteed.  

He’s a disabled veteran and his rent is covered 100% by section 8 and the VA.

Things may not really be the way she says, but she's never been open to me about finances so I'm sure there are a lot of details she's not giving up.I do believe that she hasn't made payments because she's on disability and could not possibly be making the mortgage payments on her own.If we were to figure out how much she owes the bank how could we learn it without alerting the bank yet?