I'm giving them my sympathy and encouraging them to find a place where they would like better, and I'd be willing to terminate the lease early.

You have my sympathy!  

Most say they want change but do not venture beyond getting up, going to work and then settling down in front of CNN.Harrison, I wish I could say I had sympathy for those who turn a blind eye to the most important things in our lives who will wake up one day with no control over their lives.

I basically asked him "what would Jesus do" in the face of people needing health care, especially those who might not deserve our sympathy because they didn't do anything to try to help their situation.

I KNOW that if you were looking for someone to encourage you toward bankruptcy, there are thousands of better places to seek sympathy/advice/service.  

They are exploiting your sympathy to medical issues you because it's working - all that should get them is leniency, but not months of free housing.

Talking to these tenants will just open the sympathy can and cost you thousands.It is also harder to get good new tenants to move in next to non-paying deadbeats.I'd ask for a large concession (talk to an attorney about how much it will cost and how long it will take to empty the building),  Or ask for the building vacant.  

Are you going To have sympathy for them when the water company puts a lien on your property for non payment ?

Doesn't pay to take sympathy on people I guess.

I think that’s a healthy balance between sympathy and not too much.