On the recordMarch 11, 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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Merkley highlights the dire consequences of enforcing rent contracts amid funding issues.
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