Give people $, rent free and utilities free is the future plan to solidify that they will keep coming out and voting for you by the millions....

cdc makes rent mortarium policy....how crazy is that?

That is how political all this is and will continue to be.

Sounds like the landlords are coming after Biden now they filed suit from the story I seen the other day.

Do they have a powerful union?

Sounds like it was shot down not enough support for it sounds like they just wanted to see if they could get away with it knowing it was unconstitutional to begin with the moderate Dems would not back it.

Welcome to socialism. Real estate investing has become a complete joke. The government has clearly shown that it is in control of "private property" in the United States. I've faired very well with only 1 out of my 20 units not paying rent. Some of these other guys have gotten completely crushed with no recourse for lost revenue. I think that as the government starts implementing intrusive policies such as rent control a lot of the good investors will move their funds and the quality of housing will drop dramatically nationwide.

Just another way to buy votes!

^Yes, they are buying votes like crazy, In the Georgia federal senate runoff after biden was elected he came right out and said "elect dems and you will get $2000 stim $".

When government takes private property, government should pay for it. The Fifth Amendment says, "Nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.”

There are some aberrant court decisions carving exceptions to save taxpayer funds (and indirectly, the judges' salaries). By "aberrant" I'm referring to allowing government to ban things, then not compensate the owners of those things, be they traps, guns, or whatever.

I don't know whether the Supreme Court will agree, but I believe the taking of private rental income for the public purpose of preventing spread of the virus requires just compensation. The burden of fighting the pandemic should fall on all taxpayers, not just the landlords.

I wouldn't bet on it, but you may have to suck it up as a taxpayer, Rusty Springs. You should.

Jim

Does the eviction ban make it impossible for a home sale to go through if the home has a renter in it until the ban ends?

No, it just makes the buyer a moron if they buy a place with a squatter in it that they can't evict.

Unless off course they can get it at a steal of a price and are willing to gamble on eventually getting the squatter out, and the price is low enough to fix everything they have trashed.