As Rent Moratorium Expires, Landlord-Tenant Battles Begin   

 

 

 

As Rent Moratorium Expires, Landlord-Tenant Battles Begin  | Zero Hedge

 

 

Readers may recall the eviction moratorium expired a little more than a week ago nearly four months after the US economy effectively shut down due to the covid pandemic. 33% of renters have yet to make their full payment in July, a recent survey showed. This means that 12 million renters could be on the cusp of eviction in a matter of months.

 

Landlords are set to lose billions of dollars this year over the inability of tenants to pay rent thanks to the virus-induced recession. With much of chaos and disagreement on Capitol Hill about the next round of stimulus, nevertheless, no deal on a rent moratorium extension, landlords are now demanding back rent and August payment.

 

While the exact cause of the landlord-tenant dispute turned violent in Georgia Sunday morning has yet to have an underline cause, one can only assume it might have been due to payment.

 

FOX 5 Atlanta’s Kaitlyn Pratt quoted Gwinnett County Police’s twitter on early Sunday morning of a dispute between the landlord and tenant.

 

Pratt tweeted, “LANDLORD-TENANT FIGHT Brings SWAT to a neighborhood. Landlord faces Battery, Obstruction of Justice and Terroristic threats.”