Re:California will pay off all past due rent
by beerandt on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @03:57PM
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It's not a bailout.
It's money that's either contractually owed by the renter, or constitutionally owed by the government, as a private taking.
The landlords are being made whole, not getting "free" government bailout money.
I think "government bailout", while technically true, is a bit loaded, however. Landlord's hands were forced by the eviction moratorium - so it's a bailout for a problem the government caused.
Now, that "problem" is probably better then the alternative (a bunch of people suddenly becoming homeless in the middle of the pandemic), but the state did force landlords to not evict even if rent wasn't getting paid (not allowing them to find new renters who could try to).