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We don’t feel that some tenants are taking advantage of the moratorium; we know it. The moratorium was meant to protect people who had absolutely no way of paying in spite of doing everything humanly possible, yet none of my unemployed tenants have turned in the applications I gave them for work at my truck stop. They want me to pay so they can live for free, because they don’t actually want to work.I have been lucky, overall, since the first federal moratorium didn’t apply to me, and because few took advantage of the first state moratorium once they found out that I’d go scorched earth on those who did without my prior permission. This newest CDC moratorium is too broad, and the numerous extensions of various protections have led too many people to think that they’ll be safe from eviction indefinitely, so now they’d prefer to go shoe shopping or get a new iPhone instead of paying rent. This moratorium covers everyone who makes less than $100,000 a year, as long as they sign a declaration – under penalty of perjury – that they cannot pay rent because their income was substantially reduced, that they’ve paid what they can, that they’ve looked for work and housing assistance, and that they would be homeless if evicted. That literally applies to none of the people who have handed in such a declaration to the rental management agency I own.I opened the agency to handle my own properties, but that wasn’t enough work to keep the staff I needed fully occupied, so I began to take on other private landlords as clients. These are people who own between one and 12 units, and none of them can afford to go months without collecting rent. Most have mortgages to pay, and even if some of them get to postpone their payments, they have other expenses and they depend on the income to pay their own bills and make a living. We manage 37 households owned by other landlords, and of those 12 have handed over financial hardship declarations. I have 42 units of my own, and I have received five declarations. Renters who sign these are swearing that they’ve tried to work with their landlords, yet none of them have. The five in my buildings haven’t tried to work with me because they had no trouble paying rent up until the federal government told them they didn’t have to if they signed and handed me a declaration. The same goes for seven of the other 12, and the others had run into money trouble unrelated to the pandemic in recent weeks. Only one had even offered to pay anything at all, and she said she’d give me 10 percent of her $1,400 rent each month if I agreed to waive my right to the other 90 percent!There are so many available jobs in this area that I have refrained from firing people lately who absolutely shouldn’t be working for me. The woman with needle marks on her arms was told to wear a long sleeve t-shirt, the guy who didn’t show up for a week got a fourth chance, the girls who refused to do the work I asked them to got warnings, and the one I think stole from me was moved to the cleaning crew so she won’t have access to money. Every other related business is experiencing the same staffing shortages, but what we need are unskilled minimum wage workers. I get why this isn’t your first choice if you have a college degree or a vocational skill, but call me crazy, I’d think any job would be preferable to no job. Just because you’d only earn a fraction of what you used to, it doesn’t mean that you can overlook customer service jobs and still claim to have been seeking employment. Though I didn’t expect anyone to apply, I handed every tenant who said they couldn’t pay rent an application, and my (low) expectations were justified.The refusal of my tenants to go to work for me proves two things: They are absolutely abusing the eviction protections and they committed perjury. I obviously cannot threaten anyone, but there was nothing stopping me from mailing all tenants a letter explaining that I had retained the services of an investigator to verify statements of financial hardship, and that suspected fraud would be reported to authorities, contested in eviction court, and form the basis of lawsuits. No threats, just a simple statement of intent along with an explanation of the law. And would you believe that 11 out of 17 households asked me to tear up their CDC declarations? Nine of them paid rent and apologized, and when I turned around and served the five among them who were eligible for other causes with notices to vacate, none objected. One paid most of the rent owed and threw a fit when she received a new notice to vacate due to the balance still owed, but she didn’t try to claim exemption again. The last one never paid but moved out right away, so I continued with the eviction and hope to recover the money by wage garnishment as his roommate has a good job.What does it tell you when the vast majority of the people who tried to use the moratorium changed their mind the moment they learned that fraudulent statement would have severe consequences? What does it tell you when they all suddenly found the rent money under a couch cushion once they discovered that they would be evicted if they didn’t pay? To me it adds up to deliberate attempts to abuse the eviction protections. And if you think that the ones who didn’t retract their statements prove that they were using them legitimately, think again. All it proves is their belief that they were untouchable, because one of them is the manager of a local chain restaurant I drive by daily, and he is always at work. Another one actually works for the same company my friend does, so I know she is working. It’s not just my opinion that they lied on their statements, because so far it looks like my efforts to challenge them in court will be successful.Oh, and the moratorium wasn’t meant to be used as “financial relief”; it was supposed to a last-ditch option to prevent homelessness in the midst of a pandemic, for when renters had paid everything they possibly could, tightened their belts, and tried to work things out with their landlords. The idea wasn’t for you to have a bit more room in your budget at the expense of your landlord, so if that’s how you’re using it, you are part of the problem and the reason for the upcoming pandemic of homelessness. Because guess what? Landlords aren’t going to stay in this business when we’re forced to house people for free. Those that don’t go bankrupt due to the moratorium will either sell or convert to other uses. The few landlords who stay in the business will not only be able to and insist on charging sky high rents to make up for the risk of another moratorium, but no one will ever rent to someone who cannot prove that they either paid rent during the pandemic or that they had their landlord’s permission to miss payments that they then repaid.Six months from now, renters will be fighting each other for the privilege of paying $3,000 for a dilapidated 1 bedroom a thirty minute drive from the nearest town, and none of it will be the fault of landlords. In late August I had no plans to evict anyone, but this idiotic moratorium meant to buy Trump votes (he doesn’t care about the resulting disaster as it won’t come until after the election) has forced me to evict 20 households out of the 42 in my own properties. I decided that it’s no longer worth the risk, so I ordered everyone without a lease to vacate in 30 days, and sent similar notices to anyone who paid after midnight on the 1st, who had enough past late payments to evict for habitual late payment, who had unapproved pets or roommates, or who gave me any other cause to evict. I’ll continue this until the properties are empty, and I’ll sell some and switch the rest to short-term or commercial (where it’s practical and allowed) rentals. So yeah, I know people take advantage of the moratorium, because this decision breaks my heart, and I’d never do it if I didn’t absolutely have to. I just cannot afford to host all these scammers at my expense.

There is really no point in trying to answer this question without more detail. But, here goes anyway:Was it a calm discussion? Or were you arguing?Were you getting aggressive because the landlord wasn’t doing what you told them to do?If your foot got hurt while jamming it in the doorway so your landlord couldn’t close the door on you while you were being a jerk, then you should be expecting a notice to vacate soon.If your landlord assaulted you for no reason, then you should file a police report, AND find a different place to live.In 20 + years, 40 units, I’ve had two disagreement with tenants about ‘repairs.’1.) A tenant wanted me to have an exterminator out to have the yard treated because her dog had fleas and she didn’t want to put anything on the dog. I declined; and she huffed a bit.This tenant also wanted me to give her money to pay for a ‘very expensive’ rug she had spread out on the garage floor, that got wet when rain water came in under the garage door. If the rug had been in the house, and the roof had leaked, I would have offered to have it cleaned. But in the garage? “Nope, not giving you money.”The dog subsequently bit a neighbor and she was given notice to move.2.) Another tenant pitched a nasty fit because a smoke alarm went off (while the house was not on fire). Demanding that I drive 75 miles each way on a Sunday morning on zero notice – while they refused permission to enter the apartment if they were not home, or to commit to being home. Tenant threatened to report me to the fire department if it wasn’t replaced that day. WTF??? (Would the fire department even care?)We made the drive (having already decided they would be getting a Notice to Vacate, based on how aggressively nasty they were being over the phone and their past behaviors), and installed a new smoke alarm that day. When we arrived, there was a functioning fire alarm they had taken down on the dining room table (with no battery in it). In addition there were FOUR properly installed and working fire alarms on the ceilings and/or walls of the two bedroom apartment, one in each bedroom, and one in the common area as required, and a second, not required, in the common area.Plus the one that had ‘gone off,’ for ‘no reason.’ While the new fire alarm was being installed, they were running an old poorly running car right outside that bedroom window, the fumes were overpowering, and the only surprise was that it hadn’t set off every fire alarm in the apartment.I think these tenants already realized they were close to being asked to leave, and their plan was to make such an outrageous demand that we would not comply, and then claim that the apartment was not maintained.These tenants behavior had been pretty outrageous prior to that, but that incident was the last straw/deciding factor, and they were then given a notice to vacate in 60 days.They refused to move, hired a lawyer, etc. It took six months, but they had to move out (and pay for my lawyer), and now complain that it’s my fault they have an eviction on their record and have trouble finding a place to live.Seriously, if you can’t get along with your landlord, it might be best to move. Your landlord wants you to 1.) pay the rent; 2.) not damage the property; 3.) not cause your neighbors trouble; and 4.) not be a f^<king jerk!If you can handle those four things, your landlord is gonna’ love ya’, and be jumping through hoops to keep you happy, hoping you’ll stay forever.

Depends on a lot of factors: jurisdiction, reason for eviction and whether you choose to fight it to name a few.Here in Alberta, it can be swift - as little as twenty four hours - or long - months.If you contest the eviction, you force the landlord to go further than his eviction notice, now he must go to court and file for an eviction. Now it will be a matter of public record and follow you - making it much more difficult to find a new place to rent.Perhaps the twenty four hour eviction seems a bit swift to you - it is and with good reason. A twenty four hour notice of eviction (not the process) only occurs when a tenant has threatened the landlord or attacked him - or is severely damaging the property. A tenant threatens to kill the landlord, the law does not expect him to wait thirty days and then go to court if contested.If contested? Yes, the residential tenancies act is designed to protect bad tenants by making it easier for the landlord to evict without the courts. Such an eviction is rarely part of the public record and will often not bar the tenant from renting elsewhere. The tenant simply respects the notice and leaves (occasionally paying the arrears).There are two other kinds of eviction notice available to landlords here: the notice of substantial breach and the thirty day notice of vacate.The notice of substantial breach applies when a tenant violates clauses in the lease (either one clause several times or multiple clauses) or when a pattern of late payment is determined. These causes can be combined. A tenant who pays the rent in full ten days late and violates two clauses of the lease can be evicted. He will have fourteen days in which to vacate and no remedy other than vacating is accepted. Also, this type of eviction notice is immune to appeal.Assuming the tenant has been a good steward of the property, paid the rent on time and in full and respected the lease and the landlord wants to evict, he must give him thirty days. This is what survives of the no fault eviction.Depending on where you are and what kind of tenant you are, you can have from one day to one month to leave - if you are smart.Remember, fighting the eviction takes it to court and the landlord spends money on filing fees etc - which he can recoup from you when he wins.When, not if? Landlords rarely lose eviction cases in court. It is so easy to prove nonpayment of rent, so easy to prove damage to the property.Fighting eviction makes little sense. You will then have to pay the landlord’s legal fees. Once filed in court, you won’t be able to rent again - unless you find someone willing to take high risk tenants.A high risk tenant will pay higher rent and be required to provide several months prepaid if not the full year simply to get the landlord to take the risk.Read the notice and see what the problem is. Talk to your landlord. If it is unpaid rent or you violated a clause you forgot about, explain it. Be respectful and you might get a second chance.