[WSBARP] Landlord Question - Next legislative session

[Kary Krismer]

For a time a lot of the people (over 50% if I recall correctly) who were 
out of work were actually making more money than when they were 
employed, because of the $600 a week supplemental payment, but they were 
still protected.

Kary L. Krismer

206 723-2148

On 12/17/2020 10:53 AM, Craig Gourley wrote:
> As Kary stated, if this was tied to actual COVID inability to pay I 
> would have less problem with the moratorium.  I  have 135 doors and 
> ALL of my total non payers are on an alphbet soup of government 
> benefits that have not changed during covid. They choose not to pay 
> rent because they don't have to. The Amazon packages keep arriving and 
> cable TV with all the extras but no rent. This is Government enabled 
> theft.
>
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> 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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