He himself bought properties in 80s and in the 90s turned all of the lots into Apt buildings.In other words, the guy was really wealthy and go lucky to be in Williamsburg, one of the highest appreciating neighborhoods in all of America.This is more analogous to the Billionaire Robert Smith who paid off all of the loans for Graduates from Morehouse in his class, including their Parent's loans.Personally, I think if you are going to give Charity, give it to those that are struggling or at least give a Means Test to distribute the money so that you don't give it away to people that really don't need it as much as others that are struggling.Better to donate the money to a good cause than to arbitrarily give it to people whether or not they need it.

I just internalize it as charity.  

I wanted to share a great website for everyone in the state that offers other relief funds from local charities and organization.

So no charity here.

We keep the charity list handy in our office to help those who don’t have it saved.

we can give charity and get cash flow.But we are delusional if we thing someone will pay latter or be able to afford it the following month.I hear Amazon, pharmacies, delivery services are all hiring. 

Fortunately we've already arranged for a charity to pay the April rent for one of them. 

So if you collect last up front, it becomes a double security deposit, instead, which can be a problem in some states.On the other hand, there are charities set up to help people get that deposit and last month's rent if required, so you may be able to get it in your area.Edit to add, I ALWAYS require full security deposit and utilities in their name (more deposits they pay) for all S8 tenants.

And that doesn't take into account other govt. assistance and religious charities that help people stay in housing when they experience job loss.Add in the lowered costs of not driving to work and eating out (as pretty much most of the country does for at least one and in some cases all three meals a day) and he may be better off financially than when working.Before you forgive rent, get documentation that he has applied for and been denied these benefits.

I will be fair and work with my tenants but my rentals, all bought right before the 2008 crash, are not a charity.