Tenants and landlords are bracing for next Wednesday, when April rents are due just as thousands of people have lost their jobs 'The landlords need to allow a rent pause. Rent will not be deferred and will not be owed. This is a crisis,' says one renter.
affected by the virus. Some landlords say they are trying to work out deferred payment plans with tenants to make up for any missed rental payments.
“All of my income is gone,” he said, referring to his jobs as a substitute schoolteacher, bartender and freelance Hollywood set dresser. “I was working constantly and still struggling to pay rent, so of course when something like this happens, I’m not going to have the money. “Every commercial tenant I have has asked if I can work with them on their rent,” as have three of her residential tenants, McFadden Neath said. “I’ve told them we’re all in this together and of course I will do what I can to help them while keeping the lights on.”
“What we’ll be having to do is pay rent plus half-a-rent until we catch up,” she said. In the meantime, “it’s not like I can take my unemployment [benefit] and save it for later.”
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