Up until recently, the laws were reasonable and applied more or less fairly with a slight to moderate bias towards the tenant (the landlord-tenant courts are conducted by magistrates who are ultimately answerable to judges but who, in 99.99% of the cases, are the final word, and have a tendency - if given any sort of excuse - to rule in favor of or at least grant a continuance to the tenant). 

I doubt the lender is going to be very forgiving if his excuse is he didn’t want to evict because he felt sorry for the tenants.

I don't have the patience to deal with what I consider to be renters dysfunctional complaints and excuses.

@Anne Williams We can always find an excuse not to take action.

Right now, they have to do nothing to show need to excuse their non-payment.

I just wanted to make sure it wasn't me trying to come up with excuses to delay getting started. 

Further more the argument that, "your actions impacts other people, some of whom are at risk, so we much curtail your freedoms to protect others" falls on its face, since it totally excuses the at risk people from having to take any sort of precaution. 

Unfortunately the COVID situation is the excuse that some members of Seattle leadership needed to try out housing policies they have been wanting long before the emergency declaration - no late fees on rent,  no evictions for any reason,  housing payments basically optional,  landlords unable to enforce any rental agreement terms.They aren't done yet either - another ordinance is already in the works preventing us from using eviction history in screening potential applicants also supposedly temporary for 6 months after the emergency orders end,   and it also extends the prohibition on any late fees for a year.I hate to say it but I have before and I will again - do not invest new money in rental properties in Seattle without pricing in all these additional risks.   

The virus lock-down was the catalyst, not the cause, which provided a good cover for all policy makers and politicians to blame the current global economic debt reset crisis on the virus.Truth is that the Fed was already injecting vast amounts of money into the economy before the virus crisis started, and the virus is only a catalyst and excuse, while the global economic debt reset crisis has been brewing for decades.Not many noticed this financial crisis development before the virus lock-down." 

On top of it, there is no excuse to having a property manager.