I am completely at a loss to what your referring to then.
I know of eviction moratoriums that occurred after covid. It was sold as a way to avoid a massive surge in displaced people from job loss.
At the time I thought it was strange that this was the best solution because as you said it put the cost on landlords which in my opinion hurts smaller landlords the most.
I don't really see what else could have been the cause but I guess I will rephrase:
- Why do you think this tool was used if not for Covid? (It was as least sold to the public that way right)
- Do you think now that it's been done once that it will happen again?
He's simply pointing out that Covid was a just a BS excuse for politicians to transfer money from landlords to deadbeat tenants (thereby inducing people to become deadbeats).
Exactly. Government policies created an economic crisis. Then government policies exacerbated the economic crisis by doing things like eviction moratoriums.
Not OP but now that’s it’s happened, it will happen again. I would personally not be surprised to see some cities and states clamp down on evictions during the next recession, heat wave, drought, or similar.
These politicians are quick to take new powers and slow to give them back.
