Landlords struggle with New York's eviction moratorium 

Face the facts the people that owe back rent for one year are never going to pay it back that's a fact

moritorium on rent but they sure want their property taxes This is a land grab pure and simple

The Government should be responsible for this! What about property tax? How are they suppose to pay if tenants don't pay rent?

So evil and ignorant for them to leave the water running. Just a Miserable person

this has been so unfair for landlords. I have a tenant who stopped paying, 3 grown men who are still working and completely taking advantage of the law.

They should have moratorium for taxes on property too or water bills etc.. But State is stealing from landlords and giving free housing to tenants.

I know a squatter that believes that it is her right to not pay rent. She drives a large SUV, goes on vacation, purchases nice clothes and the property owner will never see her $10,000 in owed rent.

This is so unconstitutional!!!!

Im in the Bay Area CA many landlords are selling properties bc of this. And others are keeping properties vacant bc they are scared of bad tenants. This will make renting even harder in a lot of places

The no eviction rule was a politically inspired legislation. It is very unfair for the Landlords.

It's not like a lot of landlords are rich, this is a tragedy.

What a horrible injustice. Landlords were drafted into service.

Shameless govt have destroy small landlords.

That landlord hustled and got several jobs to pay his taxes...and tenants can't? As for lost rent, it's exactly that. Landlords won't get paid back. Everybody is getting help except landlords. It's not just about non paying tenants but the units they can't rent even at discounted rates.

Amazingly that guy worked three jobs to pay the taxes while the lazy renters did nothing.

why aren't there any programs for the landlord to apply? Tenants have the rent relief and are choosing not to apply and just not paying the rent. Give landlord a direct program to apply and there will probably be tons of landlords who can prove their tenants are not paying rent and we need the help.

You can't tell me with a straight face that all these people out there have absolutely ZERO money to put towards rent in 10 months. There have been a number of stimulus checks. If someone lost their job, there are other opportunities for income such as Door Dash, Amazon Flex, Post Mates...That is what I have been doing since I lost my job 5 months ago. I am still waiting on unemployment to be paid out by the state. If I had waited, I would have fallen so far in debt it would be unfathomable by now! People who collect disability, or SSI..those payments have not stopped. These people should be forced to make a partial rent payment each month to keep from being evicted. EVEN IF IT IS JUST TWENTY DOLLARS...PAY SOMETHING TO SHOW THAT YOU ARE NOT A 100% MOOCHER TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE SITUATION. The moratorium should have been altered to state that renters who owe more than 3 months in back rent must pay SOMETHING each month to stay under the moratorium protection. Living somewhere for 10 months and not paying a dollar is ridiculous.

Housing court is sure to be a mess once the pandemic ends.

Evicting people who lost their jobs during a pandemic is inhumane. But leaving landlords to scramble to figure out how to support themselves for months and months and month is also inhumane.

“People still owe back rent...”. That’s one very sad joke. If someone hasn’t been able (or willing) to pay 2 months’ rent how or why would they pay a year or more of rent.

I had the same issue in GA. End result: I did not receive 10 months of rent. $1200 of unpaid water bill. The evicted tenant bought a house in his wife's name! Ahh what a country.

And my honest opinion or the landlords should literally file a lawsuit this is not fair to have all these people not paying rent they have bills to pay too! and a lot of people are using this as an excuse not to pay their rent meanwhile they don't realize that if this continues people like this guy are going to sell the darn house and then they're really going to be homeless!

The people that are on SSI and SSD that are "CHOOSING" NOT TO PAY RENT SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES!!

This is why I would never want to be a landlord, pandemic or no pandemic.

Need to make a "Renters Registry" where a landlord can find out the history of the renter

As soon as the Government buys those rental properties at a significant discount, watch how FAST the evictions start😂

No other business is expected to give free services during the pandemic. Why should property owners? Many of them are still in debt. They can’t pay their mortgage if people aren’t paying rent.

Where does it say you can live rent free?

New York's eviction moratorium = BULL SHIT

WOW I feel so bad for the first guy. What a bunch of slackers!!!

This is a complete land money and resource grab of the elite. How in the hell can you do this to ppl or make these judgements. With no way of for the landlord to survive... I understand it all but forgive the landlord as well. Ppl we are in trouble this is only the beginning.

Tenants get all the rights and landlords get an empty bag

Don't rent out your property. I've hung onto a property that was increasing in value rapidly for a couple of years and sold before the bubbles burst. But I never rent to people. I have no control over them or what they do to my property.

I have worked three jobs at one time just to make sure my two children and I had a roof, food, and all the bills paid. I can't understand how anyone can get that comfortable living day to day and not making an effort to pay their rent. They think they are getting a free ride. Sooner or later it's going to catch up with them, and they will pay one way or another. They may even end up sleeping on the sidewalk.

Why is the state pitting renters and landlords against each other? Common sense to help the landlords too

Do landlords really think there struggle will be over when the moratorium is lifted? It will only be the beginning of a long battle... no one will have the money.

Now that you can file for evictions in Philly, tenants are shocked. Many just took adavantage of covid and just saw an opportunity not to pay. Mayors and political leaders should have told tenants if you can pay your rent, please pay. In the end you will be held responsible for the unpaid rent.

A lot of people decided not to pay rent with their unemployment. They took advantage.

These landlords just need to change the locks when the tenants aren't home

lots of people took advantage of it. many still taking advantage of it. but they are screwing themselves because u can still get a judgment against them and if u report to credit agencies it will be a double whammy - so when they are finally evicted good luck finding a new home. u reap what u sow. u can evict them if their lease is up, use a 30 day notice not a 3 day or 7 day. go after the $ after u get them out.

Cuomo dropped the ball on this. Its horrific whats happening to New York State landlords.

I haven't missed a single month's rent and the landlord's agency keeps sending me bills stating that I owe $2000+ which is a total fabrication because there's electronic records of my payments and every month is the same, after I pay, the next bill is for $2000 all over again. I know if I don't pay now I will be evicted eventually and I don't want that, I like my place and I don't want to move my stuff to another place.

Tenants fail to realize that they are going to end up homeless because friends and family are not going to want to take you in.

This is so sad and so unfair to landlords

I feel bad for the landlords hopefully everything will get better this year nothing will ever be the same

And here we are, paid our rent faithfully through the pandemic, and can't find anything affordable to rent or one that allows pets.

Any emergency rent assistance should be paid to the Landlord, otherwise, he's probably not going to see any of it.

This shows you the intelligence of our "leaders".

People need to give the landlord SOMETHING its a disgrace that some ppl are taking advantage of this & refusing to pay Anything

It’s like alotta renters just said ayyye we ain’t t gotta pay no rent the govt said so

New York is already a unfairly tenant friendly yet they made the laws even stronger in June 2019.

This a damn shame!

I'll say it for the millionth time...they need to stop the moratorium every 4-6 months for property owners to clear out non payers!

The sad part is most of these tenants are on spending sprees from the stimulus checks and not paying rent.

That’s crazy I lost my two jobs and still never been late my home is my castle I will continue to paid by rent no matter what am very protective of my apartment and I paid $1200 a month and no help from the government....

I paid about $5000 to get out of my Brooklyn apartment. They kept my deposit and charged me half month rent to give to the new tenant, they said if you want to leave, you need to help us pay this. I should have just stayed their and not paid those greedy owners

If you can pay your rent please do its not going away. You will still have to pay the balance.

People with ssi are manipulating the system. I hope each person COLLECTING SSI THAT DID NOT PAY RENT ON PURPOSE IS REQUIRED TO PAY. AND MONEY TO BE REIMBURSED TO HOUSING PROVIDERS.

My tenant haven't pay rent since March 2020. But she went to vacation 3 times (maybe more), crashed her car(Hyundai), bought 2014 Nissan Maxima and crashed it within two monthes, and rent a Toyota Rav4 drove to California with her friend (yeap, another vacation), and hit the front bumper on her way back. Right, she do not pay her rents at all, but enjoy her life every well.

Yep, landlords (owners) have to go into debt and borrow money from the SBA to make up for the loss rents. In NY during the winter months, expenses rise, pipes burst, heat is used and has to be paid. I have paid my attorney thousands and at the end of the day, my tenants get to live as they want. They have intentionally destroyed my property during this time and I want them out.

How bout landlords don't have to pay either problem solved

To be fair, there should also be a moratorium on property taxes. And a pause on mortgage payments. Don't blame tenants. Blame governments and banks.

I am a landlord here in Chicago were the Governor still protecting tenants but who protects lanlords, if government wants to help it citizens is fine but why make others stragle and force us to be resposanble for this tenants that most of them are only taking advantage of the situation I have not been pay rent from tenants for over 5 months but I have to pay all property utilities and taxes I serve my tenants with the Declaration forms twice and they have not giving it back to me up to today i provide them with numbers to call for help for their rent they have ignore all this I offer them a job were I work and they look at me like if I'm crazy....Why work when they are living for free and not paying utilities neither, this tenants had threatened me and my family to hurt us after I serve them with the 5 days notice they stilling my property items I have police reports and the judge still ignore my case, this tenants have brought other families members to live here now my bill triple they live their windows open while they force me to have the Heather on high but they also have all 4 stove grills on 24/7 only my gas bill for this Apt. Is over 600$ and my water bill is ove 500$ I am about to loose all I have work for years i have my mom about one hour from Chicago very sick I cannot see my mom because I have no money for gas and how why this government is so cruel with us the lanlords we are usa citizens too not just usa tenants. I'm just a woman with bone cancer with severe pain now I have to work 6 days a week to keep up with all this resposanbilities this government is forcing me to take care of. Soon I will loose all my car my property or soon I will collapse I don't think I can't go any further this is too much forme in my poor health condition I have called to several phone numbers here in Chicago asking for help as a lanlord no one can help I even call the Governors office and they don't know anything and cannot help in anyway, my R part of my face numb since 2 weeks ago from all stress that I am going through now because of this government unfair desitions tours me as a lanlord all i want to say that if anything happens to me because of what this government is putting me me into I want my family to sue this government for diligence and to speed up my death with all this stress and forcing me to over work to pay for unfair responsibilities from other individuals that I should not have to while there working getting social security and estimuluschecks ... This Government had put me into a very rough situation I am now. I want to thank to this Midia for giving the opportunity to speak up in public our concerns as lanlords and how we are straggling while others are benefit from, and just taking advantage of the situation with no remorse so ever. ......My question is did we choose the wrong president ? I thought things will be better with a new President. Is Mr Biden doing anything regarding this or we just being forgotten with his citizens responsibilities because I'm sure I am not the only one is this situation the government had put into. There is many lanlords are going through the same problem as me.

I wanted to do the rental property thing until Covid. Screw that

Exactly if you have SSI it comes monthly there should be no reason why you're not paying rent freeloaders

My bfs tenant hasn’t been paying just cause he didn’t want to pay.now he doesn’t answer calls and on top of that he’s still racking up fines and fees with the condo association For noise and trash shit....this needs to end...if your affected legit by covid yeah but if your being an ass you need to go...

Biggest crime of humanity. Charging rent to live on a plantation.

Truly outrageous!

Landlords don't have to pay utilities or property taxes. What the city going to do?

They need to help landlords who are renting out their own little residencies in order to survive. They still have mortgage payments they should exclude private landlords I mean if you are a large corp renting that's a different story but how are you going to compare the fortune they make with a property owner very sad.

Its an investment. And in investments there arw no guarantees. Thats why you diversify.

The land lord still gets 80% of the rent if they forgive the other 20%.

I'm curious, what about HUD Public Housing or Section 8 for these tenants?

The vaccine is available. No more emergencies. Let’s get back to business. No excuses.

These people who owe rent will never pay it back and you wont be able to get it from them.

Extended unemployment benefits, stimulus checks, and multiple aid groups from the Fed, State, county and private organizations, and 21% of the renters are still not paying rent. This is truly a redistribution of wealth from the middle class to tenants who are taking advantage of the situation.

I know a lot of people who work and just decided not to pay. They bought new cars and designer clothing.

Landlords are in a all Loss situation....bad business....it’s tuff be a landlord.

The landlord has three job The tenant watching Netflix not trying to look for a job

If it only takes one tenent to put a landlord in a dire situation then something is very very wrong.

Just like student loans they should make rent back pay unforgivable or you can't file for bankruptcy either. You need to pay it back just like student loans.

This landlord is housing poor people and working with them and look how he gets paid back....Really really disgraceful when people do not appreciate a person and landlord like this...

May God bless this man Titan he is so kind he really is trying I hope no one takes advantage of him.

What a nice housing ♥️ provider . And those people so ungreatfull leaving the water running.

WAIT TILL MORTGAGES IN JUNE 2021 ARE UP, AND THE RENTERS GET KICKED OUT EVEN WHEN THE RENT IS PAID BUT THEY DIDN'T PAY THE MORTGAGE SO RENTERS GET KICKED OUT AND THE BANK KICKS THE RENTERS OUT EVEN WHEN THEY PAID THEIR RENT. HAPPENED IN 2007 SEEN THIS I LIVED EIGHT YEARS IN MOTELS 2006 THROUGH MARCH 2014 SEEN THIS AT THE MOTEL'S RENTERS KICKED OUT BECAUSE THE PERSON DID NOT PAY THEIR MORTGAGE....

"Rent Holiday" its not?? hmm, could've fooled me.. Renters are milking this holiday!!

I am grateful 13WHAM aired this and that she asked about the tenant not needing to prove they suffered a hardship. However nobody covering this for us knows to ask WHY the tenant doesnt have to show or prove hardship, while me the landlord MUST submit 1040 tax returns, bank statements and account information, if we accept ERAP we are not allowed to charge anymore than that payment is even if it is 1 few thousand less than owed, we can not evict for a year, we can not increase rent for a year. This comes with many strings attached! Everyday now we are hearing about landlords shooting tenants, burning their homes down because enough is enough and they can not survive all the while a tenant who actually has NOT suffered a hardship gets to live rent free. Or those landlords now living on the streets because they were themselves foreclosed on do to tenants NOT paying rent! Now NY now acting governor is pushing to extend the moratorium even further!

Teaching Landlords NEVER RENT Again.

I think a lot of people took advantage of the situation. I'm on ssdi and rent is the first bill I pay every month. A lot of people hop from place to place. SSDI may still be coming in but prices of food and utilities have skyrocketed. Still cut back and pay your bills.

A lot of people are gonna be homeless pretty soon!

If the government forces a private business to provide service to another without compensation, then this is unconstitutional.

If the government mandated that I'm no longer obligated to pay a debt, I wouldn't pay it either.

Oh yea come to canandaigua they found a way to evict people my buddy was evicted they took him to county court .

Leaving the water running after you moved out is disgusting. I had a tenant who left after not paying rent for months and he had the radiators on full blast. Took me weeks to realize he was gone. Apartment was like a sauna. I had dozen cases of unpaid rent in the past 30 years, I am no longer so super nice and giving people a break.

no one mentions how there were three stimulus checks one of $1,200, $600 and $1400 and no one put a penny to their rent.

All landlords should sue the politicians for the back rent.

I bet a lot of landlords wished they had accepted Housing Vouchers now.

these laws were passed June 14 2019..look it up..this the liberal dems of Albany but why does the state want to make socialized houseing

Im in Hawaii. I live at my boat shop. Im working and will rent any home price unlimited. There are no available rentals because tenants move in and dont pay right now. While landlords have homes they cannot pay for because of freeloaders. I dont think the government has this right. But they will not enforce eviction. I rented an offgrid cabin i have to fix up myself because of the renting bubble. This landlord also has no money. The renovation is my gift, he still gets the rent.. because im nice to the individual.

“Housing provider” 😂 no wonder she didn’t think twice about destroying his place 😂