YOLO COUNTY — Yolo County officials are warning of a flood of evictions that may lead to more people out on the streets unless action is taken now. The ending of the COVID-19 eviction moratorium is now being felt in a big way.
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I couldn't imagine being 6 months or more behind on my rent. I'd have found some way somehow to stay as current as I could.
Sucking at the teet of government....
ReplyDeleteGet out of that damned state but leave your messed up political thinking behind.
ReplyDeleteFolks refuse to tighten their belts and for heaven sakes do without. Gotta have that big tv, cell phones, fast food, fancy car and the list goes on. I remember drinking water to afford milk for my child. Digging through furniture for coins. So much of our food came from the garden and what we put up. Did a lot of bartering back them too. When times were hard I'd a scraped bubble gum off the sidewalks if somebody would have paid me.
ReplyDeleteWhy did you wait so long to get a job or are you making this shit up like so many "old timers"?
DeleteJobs weren't always plentiful like they are today, youngster. The area I came from was agricultural and back in 70s and 80s, the unemployment rate was between 20 and 30 percent during the off season.
DeleteAnonymous 4:01; That is what you did WITH a job. Get out of MaMa's basement already ya puke!
DeleteBiL lost his job back in the 80's. Took to walking ditches collecting cans. Eventually turned it into a recycling business.
DeleteI tore down buildings and salvaged lumber for a while.
I've never begged though.
Maybe you don't recall our weren't around for the recession in 73. I was 22 trying to raise a family. I worked construction and there were no jobs. You could only get gas every other day and your license plate number dictated what days you could buy. My closest reletive was 600 miles away, just the way I liked it. So I didn't didn't go to my childhood home for free meals. I left home and never asked my parents for one thin dime. Your are not a very nice person are you. Most of your posts are negetive and you criticize about every post. Your world must really suck.
DeleteJeremy, forgot all about collecting cans and getting cash. I've walked my share of ditches too. I'd wait until my Datsun couldn't hold any more bags and go to the moble metal stations. Thanks for that reminder.
DeleteLooks like our favorite asshole troll (Anonymous 4:01) is back with us. This is the second of his comments I've read today. In both he's trying to stir it up, without presenting any meaningful contribution. What a sad existence his life must be.
DeleteInteresting how he comes and goes, kind of like a flareup of hemorrhoids does.
Looks like everybody's putting him in his place, Elmo.
Delete"I couldn't imagine being 6 months or more behind on my rent. I'd have found some way somehow to stay as current as I could."
ReplyDeleteWhat ARE you, some kind of right wing terrorist insurrectionist? 😇😇😊😊
Back in the late 70s I worked for the local gas and electric company. Part of my job entailed turning off the meters of delinquent accounts. Most accounts were in arrears for $30-50. The majority of the customers were able to beg or borrow that amount and have the service restored the same or next day.
ReplyDeleteThen the liberals decided that you couldn't deny the customer the service during the winter. Consequently very little if anything was paid until the threat of turn off arrived in April. The customer was then faced with a bill of several hundred dollars.
Thus was born the industry of energy assistance financed by, you guessed it-you and I.
If you couldn't pay your rent, YOU would have moved....like any responsible person would have done. But dis be 'murica in 2023.
ReplyDeleteI'd have found ranch work and/or did some prospecting for cash.
DeleteSame with Biden wanting to pay back thousands on the college loans for deadbeats. These people have had their loans frozen for years, accruing no additional interest. Throughout this whole period these people could have been putting money aside in order to make a huge payment once the moratorium expired. It’s like they have no intention of paying the loan.
ReplyDeleteSadly, I'm afraid you are correct. 30 years ago, I worked my way through (mostly) college before getting a very good paying job that didn't require a degree, technically... 5 years ago, my girlfriends' daughter worked her way through college and graduated, in 4 years, with no debt.
DeleteAnyone who took on student loan debt was betting their future against being able to make enough to pay it off (or was stupid.) I think if I was a hiring manager I'd add the question "do you think the blanket student loan forgiveness program was a good program." and weed out anyone who responded "yes" unless they explained that it was much to broad. I agree that there must be some truly struggling individuals with student loans, but to have the program as big as it is.... its essentially 'paying for votes.'
Not knowing how long the freeze was going to last, thats when my daughter starting paying extra on hers. With no interest, EVERYTHING went to the principal and she paid it off.
DeleteB-but...but...wait. You mean the government isn't gonna pick up the tab?
ReplyDeleteToast lifted!
ReplyDeleteFrank G
So how many renters are behind in their rent, but to NEW landlords. The original owners probably lost the building to the bank for not meeting the mortgage payment on commercial property (or the state for not paying the property tax!).
ReplyDeleteI think a lot of renters took advantage of the eviction ban to get free rent. When the ban is lifted, they would walk away from what they owed and rent a new place. The landlords were screwed and this is where the politician friends picking up cheap property.
ReplyDeleteFar too many refused to pay their rent, even with the "free" (taxpayer paid) monies in their pocket, and they want the "free" ride to continue unabated as if they were illegal aliens (also on the taxpayers' dole).
ReplyDeleteI've little pity if any for those who refuse to take care of themselves, especially if they were able all along.
My sympathy is with the landlords who still had to pay taxes and mortgages while the deadbeats partied.
DeleteThe reason they didn't pay their rent is because the CDC told the landlords they couldn't the deadbeats out. But since when did the CDC have the right to create laws out of thin air?
ReplyDeleteI always love the stories of the couple scraping by on $300,000 a year. Two new cars w payments, eat out 3/4 times a week, mortgage payment for their dream home of more than $2k. month. They never heard of starter homes or used cars or cooking in their own kitchen. Boo hoo. In the meantime, some elderly person worked their entire, watched their meager pensions raided by Wall Street and their SS raided by Congress.
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