California Will Pay Off All Past-Due Rent

[applegrove]

California Will Pay Off All Past-Due Rent

June 21, 2021 at 2:50 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 118 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2021/06/21/california-will-pay-off-all-past-due-rent/

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) said the state “will pay off all the past-due rent that accumulated in the nation’s most populated state because of the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, a promise to make landlords whole while giving renters a clean slate,” the Associated Press reports.

“California has $5.2 billion to pay off people’s rent, money from multiple aid packages approved by Congress. That appears to be more than enough to cover all of the unpaid rent in the state.”

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[Mr.Bill]

1. Fox News headline will be:

Gavin Newsom Declares Free Rent for Illegal Aliens

[AZLD4Candidate]

2. OANN and Newsmax's headline: Gavin Newsom Opens Rent Free Califorina, Invites Terrorists to Apply

[not fooled]

5. And illegals!@!!!1! SOCIALIZM!!!1!!

[Dream Girl]

19. Plus Antifa and Black Live Matter members!

Can’t leave them out!

[Ford_Prefect]

3. Yo, Magats! Recall This!!!

[WhiskeyGrinder]

4. WhAt AbOuT TeNaNtS WhO pAiD tHeIr ReNt

[Calculating]

6. It's a fair complaint I guess

I'd be a bit mad if I paid all my rent during this mess, and then saw a bunch of people having their rent paid off by the government.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

8. Really? Huh.

I wasn't complaining.

[Pluvious]

21. The thing about using subtle sarcasm here...

... Is we need to go overboard in flagging our posts as such.

I once got a post banned by jury because it was misinterpreted as literal.

That taught me that what may be obvious to some, can be missed by others.

Cheers.

[cate94]

7. Hm

I get your point, some will make it all about themselves. However, we don’t need to grow the homeless population and we don’t need landlords raising rents to cover their losses. In that regard it even helps those who did pay their rent. It really is a great idea for CA. It’s also a plus because it will piss off Republicans.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

10. Oh, I was just being an asshole about people who get mad about abolishing student debt.

[cate94]

14. I figured you were not being serious

My response should have been to response 6.

[honest.abe]

11. In this situation I doubt few would be complaining about this.

It’s a win win situation IMO.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

16. Agreed. I was being an asshole about people who whine about abolishing student debt.

[applegrove]

12. You don't want to be in a situation where masses of people have to leave

their rental situation and have less resources to get a new place. Premier Mike Harris on Ontario, a neocon, reduced the social allowance for everyone in the province and it was mayhem. City social workers were forced to insist people take housing in dangerous buildings. It was awful. We will see it in red states I bet. Not good for anyone.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

17. Agreed. I was being an asshole about people who whine about abolishing student debt.

[Demobrat]

13. I'm struggling not to feel that way.

I know people who sold personal possessions to pay rent. Others depleted savings. Hard not to feel like no good deed goes unpunished.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

18. We can do better by so many people in this country. This action could be a start.

[Mr.Bill]

15. Well, I'm one of those people.

I live in a senior mobile home park and although I own my trailer, I do have to pay space rent. It's about half of what a one bedroom apt. across the street would cost. But my income, which comes from Social Security and a small pension was not touched. And I did get stimulous money twice and there will be more from the state, so I'm ahead of the game. Someone else may feel differently if their situation is different from mine, but I'm okay with it.

[WarGamer]

22. Just FYI, the people who get their rent paid...

have to qualify, by losing their job or business... being on UI/PUA

[niyad]

9. This is how govt is supposed to work. . .. for the people.

[Trisherella]

20. Landlords Need Some Relief

Nice move! Landlords pay a lot of the taxes, they shouldn't be left hanging.