Landlord/Tenant Issues in the Covid-19 Pandemic 

I have tenant damage our property refused to move to another unit so we could fix their unit. We could not evict them since Feb 2020 because of LA court refuse to let the case moving forward. As a result, we have water damage in our unit we could not fix our unit so the one below unit is vacant for almost a year.. and tenants who damage our property is living there still rent free.... and asking us to give them 10k before they could move but they will not move to another unit so we could fix their. What country we are living in right now.. that allow tenants to do all this..

I have tenants who are working everyday but not paying since March....

What about tenants that are consistently bombarded with second-hand cigarette smoke? On a daily basis, I am exposed to second-hand smoke through the ventilation system. Sometimes I am roused from a dead sleep, only to be stifled with second-hand cigarette smoke. I have addressed this problem numerous times. I am extremely sensitive to smoke. I actually fear for safety with COVID being airborne. My landlord turns a death ear when I complain, but they want the rent. I have complained to HUD and as yet, I have no feedback. Can you help? I am a senior citizen who is on a fixed income.

DO I HAFT TO BE SICK TO GET HELP.

CALIFORNIA

Threats, unpaid rents, battery, abandonment, bad tenants gotta go ...

QUESTION, CAN I APPLY FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE CLAIMING DUE TO COVID-19 BEING THAT PRICES OF FOOD GAS ECT HAS INCRESED BEING THAT I AM ON A VERY VERY LOW FIXED INCOME I DISABLED

**THERE ARE OPTIMAL STRATEGIES FOR PROPERTY OWNERS** 1) the loss of rent for owners with mortgages will mean foreclosure. If the lockdowns are increased in January 2021 as expected, the optimal strategy for rental property owners with a mortgage is: SELL NOW. With no rent collected (lockdowns mean tenants will have no income to pay rent as more businesses close and more jobs are eliminated), the number of rental property foreclosures in 2021 will skyrocket. The optimal strategy for rental owners with a mortgage is to **SELL NOW** before a flood of rental properties hits the market (leading to huge price drops and a large drop in demand for the asset class). The drop in demand for the private rentals asset class will be a result of the lack of income that can be collected. 2) the loss of rent for owners WITHOUT mortgages means a waiting game. They may still need to sell. If the lockdowns continue for a long period there will not be any citizens in the economy able to pay rent during that period as more businesses close and more employee jobs are lost. If a lengthy lockdown period occurs, rental property owners without mortgages may still decide to sell. Since it will be nearly impossible to sell a rental property filled with non-paying tenants, it is better to keep all units vacant. The optimal strategy for non-mortgage holders of rental property is NOT RENT OUT VACANT UNITS. The optimal strategy is to sell an empty rental property to a buyer who can also keep the unit empty of non-paying tenants until the lockdowns end and the economy revives. Since tenants cause wear-and-tear on the rental, and since the tenants are not paying rent, it is better to keep the unit vacant and thus free of wear-and-tear. Here is an analogy. 1) a man walks into a restaurant, orders then eats a meal, and does not pay 2) the owner of the restaurant is prevented by law from physically escorting the non-paying customer out of the restaurant - the owner is required to get a court order to remove the non-paying customer 3) during the time the non-paying customer is in the restaurant, he continues to eat the restaurant's food, which means the owner won't be able to pay his property taxes and other expenses. Thus the owner has a strong incentive to remove the non-paying customer 4) the government then blocks access to the courts for the restaurant owner. The non-paying customer cannot be removed. 5) the owner of the restaurant will eventually go bankrupt. The amount of time before the owner loses everything will depend on the owner's financial condition What is the optimal strategy for the restaurant owner in the above situation, where the government is protecting non-paying customers? 1) prevent any additional (potentially non-paying) customers from entering the restaurant, since they may never pay, and will be protected by the government 2) so the restaurant owner must lock the door and stop all customers from entering. GO OUT OF BUSINESS. Try to sell the restaurant, which will be difficult, since everyone knows the government is enabling non-paying customers. This is not an analysis of the morals/ethics/social norms/politics of the issue - it focuses only on the OPTIMAL BEHAVIOR choice of the owner of the rental property or the restaurant. This reasoning applies to any business when non-paying customers are enabled by a government decree to continue receiving a benefit (housing, or food, or etc) for which they do not pay. . .