On the recordOctober 20, 2015
If you were to follow the contract and ask for the full rent and your tenants would not then would not be able to pay it, then there is just no good answer. An eviction results in homelessness.
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congress.govJeff Merkley: “If you were to follow the contract and ask for the full rent and your tenants would not then would not be able to pay…”
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Merkley highlights the dire consequences of enforcing rent contracts on tenants unable to pay.
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