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OccasionalCortex says

mell says

It's time for landlords and slumlords to chip in.

No it isn't. There is no moral imperative whatsoever to force property owners to 'chip in'.

Nobody was calling for a regulation to force landlords to accept free-loading renters - of course it's a free country. Although many counties have enacted anti-eviction laws in terms of Covid-19. The fact that the whole housing industry got bailed out in 2008 on the taxpayer dime and that you can offset mortgage (interest) payments but not rent seems landlords may want to chip in, as the housing industry may be the last domino to fall from the CV-19 lockdown fallout and they may need another bailout. Either way they are free to do whatever they want, but what the guy in the OP did was smart as he'd have a hard time finding new renters for months, esp. within a CV epicenter.

OccasionalCortex says

Since when does that factor in the whether a lawsuit proceeds or not? Doesn't. So no judge can throw out a suit for that.

Juries might be another matter.

But what all this really does is make California even MORE hostile to landlords. That will equate to less rental unit supply. Duh!

I don’t think you understand how California courts work. They already lean in the tenants favor. I assure you that even without changes in the law, judges will be extra adverse to issuing eviction orders.

And if this wasn’t the case, the law would immediately change. Don’t forget who the idiot politicians in CA are

As a uniter and not a divider, I propose the following mutual cooperation between landlords and tenants:

Landlords go ahead an cancel rent. Affected Tenants then do the Landlord a small favor and move out.

CovfefeButDeadly says

I don’t think you understand how California courts work. They already lean in the tenants favor.

It's the opposite in Texas. I think maybe both states might be extremes as well? At any rate, my 3 renters all paid. The one who is usually early, but who I thought might be most likely to rent strike drug it out to the 3rd which is the last day before racking up fines.

There is an eviction moratorium in TX until the 20th but you can start filing and get a judgement before that date. Then send the constable out on the 20th to kick they ass out. If they lose their job use their fucking credit card like I did so many times years ago. One thing I didn't do was rent a fucking large house! I spent several years living in a dog house like studio then moved up slowly (1-year in 2bdrm apartment now) from there as I could pay rent AND save. They can go live in a cheap apartment fuck them if they don't pay.

They can go live in a cheap apartment fuck them if they don't pay.

I used to rent out SFL of the 3bed, 2.5 bath, 2car garage variety in nice neighborhoods. I had the same attitude as you - if you cannot afford my house, move out to something cheaper. I purposely avoided buying low end houses to rent out.