Unfortunately if we just threw them out on the street right now it would have only made covid-19, and the economic issues surrounding covid-19 also worwe as a result. We really should have done some kind of blanket federal wage replacement like was done in several European countries.

We have employment insurance in canada which is not great but adequate. I hear things are pretty bad in the usa, florida particularly on that front.

Yeah, this isn't a "war on landlords", it's the logical conclusion of Republican policies gutting social safety nets.

Virtually no states here in the U.S. have adequate systems in place to handle unemployment, and in an absolute fuck ton of states (Florida for example) the systems have been actively sabotaged by Republicans.



Rule of thumb is great, but not perfect. I'm basing what I'm saying largely on my own plans to potentially buy the house I'm in now and rent it out in the near future, and just some basic advice I've gotten from shit like YouTube channels run by small renters.

In my view, the "war on small landlords" is primarily being fought by Republicans fighting against an adequate social safety net as described above. If we had an adequate safety net set up then the vast majority of tenants would still be paying rent. We wouldn't actually need eviction moratoriums to protect from mass homelessness.

The article in question was about the situation I outlined, not some fictional made up bullshit communist talking point. If you don't want to focus on the articles that are posted in this thread then why are you in this thread?

I will talk about whatever I want. You are just making yourself look like a toddler by insisting I only talk about the things you want me to talk about.

The only person appearing as a child here is you. You've had it thoroughly explained to you how your statements regarding the article were stupid and prohibitive regarding private ownership, you don't know wtf you're talking about, and you're still attempting to make excuses for your idiotic statements.

As I said, bullshit communist talking points, completely ignorant of anything having to do with the real world.

You should go and actually read the conversation, because we already handled these objections. Man it's easy to get you all hot and bothered. Your dues for the fan-club are late btw.

You "handled" nothing. Everyone else in the thread explained to you how your comments are anti-private ownership, pro-corporate ownership, and you have no idea what a "year of free rent" does to a private landlord.

You've addressed no points, you've just continually attempted to move the bar to remove all personal responsibility from the tenants whatsoever. A landlord is not your parents. If you're going to rent another person's property, it's your responsibility to stay current on your rent or leave.

It was no "republican policy" that caused the issues in the article. It was the Democratic lockdowns in Brooklyn paired with refusal to allow the eviction process to take placed paired by a FAILURE by democratic leadership in New York to compensate private landlords for government-imposed loss of income that put a year long financial burden squarely on THEIR shoulders.

Again, you spout communist talking points and claim you've "handled" things when you haven't. Why are you in this thread if you're not going to discuss the articles in this thread? Grow up kiddo. You're the average child screaming "but the world should be how I want it!" when you don't even know how anything works in the first place.

This post was edited by InsaneBobb on Mar 25 2021 06:05pm

Me: landlords should be able to handle losing income because its a risky investment

Bob: THIS IS LITERAL COMMUNISM

Rather than reporting you for spam, let's analyze your level of stupid so that perhaps you'll simply stop spamming.

Your claim, "Tenants should be able to live rent free during covid, otherwise they'll be homeless!"

Article, "Tenant is living rent free. Due to the tenant living rent free, the private landlord is now homeless. So while the private landlord is paying the mortgage, upkeep, utilities, and taxes on a home THEY own, THEY are homeless so that a useless squatter can live comfortably in THEIR home for a YEAR."

Now, I don't understand where your disconnect is here. You want to put 100% of the onus on the landlord to support the tenant at the complete and total expense of themselves. Why? Because covid? No. Because communism. Only a communist would feel that a useless squatter should have a home while the person paying for that home is homeless.

This post was edited by InsaneBobb on Mar 25 2021 06:19pm