China News Service, August 5th. According to the American Overseas Chinese News Network, the government's "ban" that prohibits the eviction of tenants during the epidemic has caused legal disputes among many Chinese landlords in Southern California. Many landlords questioned that the "ban" is the law. Isn't the tenancy agreement between me and the tenant not protected by law?
On August 3, Los Angeles Chinese lawyer Li Hong stated that her law firm has recently received many cases of landlord and tenant disputes, including after-school tutoring classes, restaurants and tourism industry personnel who consulted her. The outbreak of the epidemic has shut down their businesses. , But the lease with the landlord has not yet expired, and the rent still has to be paid, but they have no income and cannot pay the monthly rent, so they went to court. The landlord complained: "Although the government ban does not allow me to evict the tenant, the tenancy agreement signed between me and the tenant is also protected by law. According to the tenancy agreement, if the tenant does not pay the rent, the landlord has the right to terminate the contract and evict the tenant.
Gary Painter, director of public policy research at Southern University of Southern California, believes that the federal “spreading money” of US$1,200 per person and EDD’s weekly unemployment subsidy of US$600 per week is not a temporary solution. He suggests learning from the experience of “mortgage loans” and consider Use the “rental loan” method to relieve the pressure of the landlord’s life. That is to say, the tenant can apply for a “rental loan” from the bank or financial institution, and the bank or financial institution will pay all the rent arrears on behalf of the tenant. Repay the "lease" with interest in the first 10 or 30 years.
Ms. Dong, a Chinese in Monterey Park, complained that her tenants had turned the rented house into a "family hotel." Even the boiler room was used as a bedroom, and the garage had three beds for people. From the outbreak in April, Now I have not paid the rent and refused to move out because of the "prohibition". The quarrel between the two reached the point of dialing 911, but the police didn't care after they came to see it. Now it has been in the small claims court, but it will be delayed until December.
Ms. Dong said: “On the one hand, the tenant does not pay the rent. On the other hand, our land tax has risen and the mortgage cannot be repaid. The tenant is again a federal subsidy of $1,200 and an unemployment subsidy of $600 a week. Our landlord pays a penny. Don’t tell me if you don’t get it, and the tenants won’t give you any money. This society is becoming more and more unreasonable!"
The Los Angeles government recently issued a notice to extend the "ban" to September 30, which means that the landlord cannot evict the tenant on the grounds of not paying the rent. Not only that, the Los Angeles government will also consider extending the "ban" month by month based on the future development of the epidemic. Prior to this, the county government has issued three tenant protection orders: 1. Due to the epidemic, the tenant can postpone the payment of rent until the end of the year; 2. During the epidemic, the landlord must not increase the rent; 3. The landlord must not increase the rent during the epidemic. Rent out the tenant. (Gao Rui)