Chinanews.com, September 29. According to the US "Qiao Bao" report, on the 28th, New York Governor Cuomo announced that the ban on expulsion of tenants living in New York State due to the epidemic was extended to January 1, 2021. Cuomo said he wanted to enable the public Have a stable life.
A large number of Chinese landlords say that the government has suffered from abiding by the law and taxpayers.
Ms. Wen, who rented out two houses in Queens, said that her tenants have stopped paying rent since May and August 2019 respectively.
Originally scheduled to appear in court in January this year, the other party said that there was no lawyer representing him, so the court time was changed to April this year.
However, affected by the epidemic, the state government has repeatedly delayed the ban on the eviction of tenants living in the epidemic, resulting in the dispute being unresolved.
Ms. Wen said that her two houses had a total rent of 4,720 yuan, and the tenants owed a total of 60,000 yuan.
Ms. Liu, who rented out near 70th Street in Woodside, said that her tenant moved in in September last year and paid 1,200 yuan on time every month, until the rent payment ceased in March this year.
Ms. Liu said that when she negotiated a solution with the tenant, the other party asked her to provide a moving fee of 10,000 yuan, or she would stay there and not move out.
Ms. Liu said that she has no choice now. The governor has repeatedly extended the tenant eviction ban. If the epidemic situation does not improve, the ban is likely to be extended again early next year. By then, her loss may exceed 10,000 yuan.
Michael Wang, founder of the Asian American Rights Defense Association, said that New York State’s new "Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act" and the prohibition of eviction have no place for landlords who wish to evict unscrupulous tenants. Some "old" tenants will even rent out purposely. Live in illegal rental houses, because as long as the landlord asks for rent, they will threaten to sue. If they go to the court to go to court, the tenant can live in vain for at least six months.
Some people even achieve their goals by deliberately destroying houses.
Especially under the epidemic situation, many tenants take advantage of the loopholes in the law to avoid paying rent even if their wages are business as usual.
But at the same time, landlords are still facing problems such as paying land taxes and miscellaneous fees.
In the absence of rental income, many landlords cannot afford expensive mortgages.
(Zhang Fan)