[WSBARP] Landlord Question - Next legislative session

[Kary Krismer]

You're generalizing.  The moratorium protects an entire class regardless 
of their need, at the expense of another class, regardless of their 
need.  If it were based on economics I'd have little problem with it, 
but it's not.  Beyond that though, I'm worried about the long term 
adverse effects on those who actually need the protection.  The 
moratorium may have given them a false sense of security and lead them 
to make bad decisions.  Back when I practiced law I did primarily debtor 
bankruptcy and the moratorium is likely causing people to make decisions 
that no competent financial planner would ever advise them to make.

Also, you can't even assume someone who rents cannot afford to own.  
They may just not wish to own for many different reasons.

Kary L. Krismer
206 723-2148

On 12/17/2020 10:20 AM, Andrew Hay wrote:
>
> I will take the pro moratorium position.  Donning my suit of armor at 
> the same time…..
>
> This is a time of great economic pain due to a pandemic unequaled by 
> any health crisis in 100 years.  The moratoriums are a policy 
> protecting the most vulnerable people in the population as a whole – 
> renters.  As a group they are either poor or old or both.  They are 
> people who can’t afford homes due to lack of wealth.
>
>


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