OT - Police eviction
Seriously, you would think I lived in the worst neighbourhood rather than a really lovely part of the city. We have had a forced eviction this morning involving the police. I feel bad for everyone; landlord, tenant and police.
But it was not a joy to be on teams calls with shouting and police sirens as the background "music".
Finally over but I think the person's possessions are going to be piled up in the lobby in garbage bags.
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It has been a frustrating
It has been a frustrating couple of years for many people.. both tenants and landlords. There have been many tenants that have just stopped paying rent because they "could" vs really having a need due to reduced work. And the eviction bans have hurt small landlord's the worst.. the couple that buys a rental or two with debt to have income in retirement for example.. it creates a huge hardship when they sitll have to repay mortgages.. but can't get rent from tenants using their properties.. and can't evict!
There certainly have been tenants who worked in certain industries that experienced hardships due to the pandemic as well.. though they at least were often able to get payments to cover at least some living expenses through extended/subsidised unemployment and tax credits/stimulus.
So, now we are finally at a place where the birds can come to roost and landlords are able to move forward with evictions. And.. these situations are happening at many levels of financial households.
Agree
In this case, the landlord had done all the right things have a legal eviction which in this country include the tenant getting 2 months notice that they have to leave. I think it was less Covid and more hoarding.
And I'm not sure the number of police was necessary - A full van load plus a couple in a squad car.
In Australia you had tenants trying to actively rort the systems
And find indefinite loopholes to not pay and have landlord evict them. Some rentals had a condition that owner/landlord could sell property and tenants would be given say 2 months notice to vacate and they'd actively be asking online how do i stall this? The rent i pay is minimal and there are no rentals available due to short supply.
they have no concern that their landlord has been receiving reduced or no rent from the tenant and they just feel its more responsible to sell the home whilst values are high snd cut their losses in the rental market.
Most "mom and pop" landlords I know are getting out
They are selling their rentals to either big corps or owner occupants. The laws to "help" tenants against the eeeeeevvvvvviiiiiiil landlords are backfiring and will continue to backfire.
Vacancy rates have plummeted as a result. Dont forget the landlord was still on the hook for property taxes, insurance payments, utilities and repairs during the eviction moratorium not just the mortgage, if applicable.
Satan's income didn't change
Satan's income didn't change during covid because she lives on the government teat due to "depression". She bilked her landlord because she could. Who knows what she did with the money. When the eviction ban was lifted, she moved into a new apartment. The cherry on top was her stealing her landlord's refridgerator and selling it.
That's just plan evil
Satan is awful but if I was the landlord, I'd be just thankful that she hadn't done worse based on her track record.
As an evil landlord…..
My DH and I own several rentals in our area, and although I have had no problems with our tenants due to COVID, we are fortunate enough not to have mortgages on any of our rentals, so we were able to give our tenants very reasonable adjustments in rent. Not one of them tried to get by and not pay anything. Some people are good and don't take advantage just because they can. I have had to evict tenants a few time in the past and, believe me, it's a nightmare!!!
Property management in Santa Clara Valley AKA Silicone Valley
I have been in property management in Silicone Valley for over 20 years, right now we manage over 175 doors, (rentals). This is one of the toughest areas to get a day in court for eviction process and the courts almost always err on the tenants side.
We have been very lucky with most of the tenants paying their rent or a agreed upon reduced rent during the COVID. But there was one tenant that thought he could get away with not paying at all, we had proof that the tenants had worked full time through the whole pandemic, for once the judge had some balls and sided with us. The tenant had to pay the back rent and move out, plus now has an eviction on his record.
A lot of the mom and pop owners are selling off their rentals, because of all the new restrictions and rent control in the area. I do have to say that it nice to get a percentage of my bosses commission, I coordinate the repairs and list the properties for him that are being sold. We have a deal set up that I get .5% of the commission for my work. Houses are selling around 1.5 to 2.5 million right now. *biggrin*
As a landlady
You have to screen, SCREEN, SCREEN,
Then screen again. Although the govt keeps making more and more laws against screening. For example in NYS you can't screen based on eviction records, which are sealed. Which is ridiculous. It is like saying you can't lease or sell a car based on repo records.