tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992740250270600844.post362228568636092864..comments2024-03-24T05:26:32.964-07:00Comments on Advancing Time: Negative Side-effects Of Protecting Renters From EvictionBruce Wildshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10181323607060607040noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992740250270600844.post-35153364364925554752020-08-30T12:13:44.195-07:002020-08-30T12:13:44.195-07:00Hi Greg Colvin, It's not a strong argument whe...Hi Greg Colvin, It's not a strong argument when you say "Landlords violate leases...", etc. That is equivalent to me (a landlord) saying "Tenants destroy homes they rent...". Both are SOMETIMES true. But your statement is all inclusive of landlords. I ask that you re-think and restate your thesis. Thank youLee Taborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05037309968067703181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992740250270600844.post-17583685471742222072020-08-01T07:16:40.098-07:002020-08-01T07:16:40.098-07:00Got it. Thanks for thus useful blog, Bruce. I can...Got it. Thanks for thus useful blog, Bruce. I can sympathize with your plight as a landlord, and think it's a vicious circle. After years of the kind of stuff I described many people (not me) just quit caring and abandon their mess since they will lose their deposit anyway. And of course other times my neighbors get strung out on the meth being dealt by the local sheriff and turn their places into superfund sites. And of course some people were just never housebroken. Closing the circle, a lot of decent landlords just give up, leaving tenants to deal with the indecent ones, who rent places no decent tenant would want. It's a nasty world.<br /><br />And again, apropos the current troubles, I don't see why the problem of a pandemic destroying peoples ability to pay rent got turned into an eviction-prevention problem rather than a landlord-support problem. Soon enough we may see enough tenants on the street that we'll have to deal with it. Maybe that will lead to real change in how we keep people sheltered -- one can dream.Greg Colvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13086606618190397595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992740250270600844.post-36782048462411314802020-07-31T17:41:12.219-07:002020-07-31T17:41:12.219-07:00Sorry for the delay but comments need to be approv...Sorry for the delay but comments need to be approved or all we get is hundreds of garbage spam. Once it starts it is difficult to stop.<br />Thanks for your comment.Bruce Wildshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10181323607060607040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992740250270600844.post-70821904077082008632020-07-31T12:25:44.767-07:002020-07-31T12:25:44.767-07:00"I wrote a comment that appeared to get eaten..."I wrote a comment that appeared to get eaten by the "Publish" button when I logged into Google. Will wait a while before retyping."<br />And that comment claimed it was getting published when I hit Preview. Go figure.Greg Colvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13086606618190397595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992740250270600844.post-45622364403043163402020-07-31T12:17:14.811-07:002020-07-31T12:17:14.811-07:00Many good points, but you appear not to have had t...Many good points, but you appear not to have had to deal with being a low-income tenant. Landlords violate leases and the law regularly. They post eviction notices for late rent that is within stated grace periods. They refuse to make needed repairs, forcing tenants to either live with unsafe code violations or hire lawyers - at the risk of an angry landlord who will find a way to kick you out, or even an angry town that won't rent to you at all. And why -- in a home with bare electrical wiring hanging from the walls and raw sewage bubbling out of the bathtub -- should a landlord expect a tenant to care about fixing holes the kids kick in the walls and coffee stains on the carpet? When you are spending half of your income on housing life is hard enough already.<br /><br />That said, simply freezing evictions is indeed stupid if not combined with subsidies to the landlords.Greg Colvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13086606618190397595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992740250270600844.post-56051930522263962782020-07-31T12:16:55.642-07:002020-07-31T12:16:55.642-07:00Many good points, but you appear not to have had t...Many good points, but you appear not to have had to deal with being a low-income tenant. Landlords violate leases and the law regularly. They post eviction notices for late rent that is within stated grace periods. They refuse to make needed repairs, forcing tenants to either live with unsafe code violations or hire lawyers - at the risk of an angry landlord who will find a way to kick you out, or even an angry town that won't rent to you at all. And why -- in a home with bare electrical wiring hanging from the walls and raw sewage bubbling out of the bathtub -- should a landlord expect a tenant to care about fixing holes the kids kick in the walls and coffee stains on the carpet? When you are spending half of your income on housing life is hard enough already.<br /><br />That said, simply freezing evictions is indeed stupid if not combined with subsidies to the landlords.Greg Colvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13086606618190397595noreply@blogger.com