Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not if you’re a landlord.
Landlords don't like to evict. They prefer to receive rent.
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Eviction notice downloads soar after federal moratorium ends
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Re: Eviction notice downloads soar after federal moratorium ends
#32I'm all for providing a social safety net in exactly the way the US doesn't. Housing (aka shelter) is a key part of that but the way the US does this is completely backwards. The government saying you can't evict someone is basically telling people they don't have to pay rent anymore regardless of need . Rent control is the same way: you can't raise the rent regardless of need . So these programs don't really help pe…
> what they should do is assess this on a case-by-case basis and pay the rent for people in genuine need.
Nothing is ever this efficent at scale. The point of the program was to stop people (and families) from going homeless during a health and economic crisis. The easiest and arguably best solution is a blanket ban.
This is similar to the PPP program. No one checked the credibility of businesses applications until after the money was sent out (the emergency warrants this).
Re: Eviction notice downloads soar after federal moratorium ends
#33Tangential and honest question: how do eviction moratoriums help? I can see how a short ban on evictions can help prevent a spike in a homelessness crisis, but long term I really struggle with it. Is the assumption that all/most landlords have infinite money to support non-payers? Are governments subsidizing 100% of the missed rent?
> Are governments subsidizing 100% of the missed rent?
Not quite. Only 0%.
Re: Eviction notice downloads soar after federal moratorium ends
#34I'm all for providing a social safety net in exactly the way the US doesn't. Housing (aka shelter) is a key part of that but the way the US does this is completely backwards. The government saying you can't evict someone is basically telling people they don't have to pay rent anymore regardless of need . Rent control is the same way: you can't raise the rent regardless of need . So these programs don't really help pe…
Typically, eliminating the concept of "landlord" would come hand-in-hand with eliminating the idea of real estate being privately "owned".
None of these ideas are particularly popular amongst land-owners.
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#35Do eviction rates correlate to rent prices at all?
Probably yes in ways that make perfect sense in local contexts. For example, I've never had a landlord try to scam me out of a deposit when moving out of a rental that was expensive for the area. I've never had a landlord fail to do so with rentals considered "affordable" for the area.
I imagine evictions are the exact same market space.
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#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not if you’re a landlord.
Landlords don't like to evict. They prefer to receive rent.
I can only assume that my complex made a profit from evictions as they were always evicting someone. I am positive they would steal their deposit, add a bunch of fees/fines/back rent and then take them to court and usually winning. Well they sold the building a few months ago and new owners are raising rent by 20 percent.
Re: Eviction notice downloads soar after federal moratorium ends
#37These headlines are some of the weirdest backwards stories I’ve seen lately. It’s like everyone is desperate to make this into a crisis yet reality isn’t delivering the eviction catastrophe the headline writers wanted. Obviously we’re seeing more evictions now that they’re literally not banned. That’s not news. However, this is shocking: > The rates of evictions served are approaching pre-pandemic levels in certain a…
Well said. It's totally expected that evictions would increase when they're no longer banned.
Re: Eviction notice downloads soar after federal moratorium ends
#38These headlines are some of the weirdest backwards stories I’ve seen lately. It’s like everyone is desperate to make this into a crisis yet reality isn’t delivering the eviction catastrophe the headline writers wanted. Obviously we’re seeing more evictions now that they’re literally not banned. That’s not news. However, this is shocking: > The rates of evictions served are approaching pre-pandemic levels in certain a…
You are missing that the pandemic is very much ongoing, despite the government pretending the opposite. At my institution, the semester is starting. We are serving the lower income bracket (read nursing school). Enrollment is down 20 %. This is going to have long-term consequences.
The number of nurses that are willing to quit so they aren't required to get the vaccine is insane, and I think that might be what is driving the enrollment reduction.
Re: Eviction notice downloads soar after federal moratorium ends
#39I'm all for providing a social safety net in exactly the way the US doesn't. Housing (aka shelter) is a key part of that but the way the US does this is completely backwards. The government saying you can't evict someone is basically telling people they don't have to pay rent anymore regardless of need . Rent control is the same way: you can't raise the rent regardless of need . So these programs don't really help pe…
Don't forget government outlawing denser housing, promoting expensive single family sprawl which then requires a car (amortized TCO $10k a year) and requisite local taxes to cover the inefficient infrastructure.
"Drive until you can buy" then drive some more. Enjoy the wear and tear on your mandatory vehicle.
Re: Eviction notice downloads soar after federal moratorium ends
#40This growth in website traffic has provided LawDistrict with an influx of new data on eviction rates and the extent to which they’ve risen due to the end of the federal eviction moratorium. While Eviction Lab has tracked this upwards trend in a very limited number of states and cities, our database spans almost all U.S. states. By coupling this information with research from across the web, we’ve obtained the followi…
Out of curiosity, why does your site focus on the bill in Congress as opposed to simply reporting the information about the downloads?