North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper issued an executive order to offer more protection for North Carolinians in danger of being evicted.
Executive Order 171 was issued on Wednesday, Oct. 28 to strengthen eviction protections and help renters stay in their homes, if they are unable to pay rent due to the effects of the coronavirus.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a temporary residential eviction moratorium last month. But confusion over exactly who this order protected caused inconsistent enforcement in the state and some people have been evicted who should have been protected.
Cooper’s executive order requires landlords to inform residential tenants of their rights under the CDC moratorium.
The executive order states that the CDC moratorium applies to all North Carolinians who meet the CDC eligibility requirements.
The NC Housing Opportunities and Prevention of Evictions (HOPE) program provides direct payments to landlords and utilities for eligible low- and moderate-income renters who have financial difficulties caused by the pandemic and has been funded with $117 million of CARES Act money.
While the NC HOPE program is for low- and moderate-income families, the eviction protection provided in the executive order covers individuals who earn $99,000 or less and couples whose household income is $198,000 or less as long as they meet the other requirements such as being able to show a considerable loss of income due to the coronavirus.
The eviction protection starts Oct. 30 and runs through Dec. 31. An estimated 240,000 evictions filings are expected to be submitted by January 2021.
Cooper in a press release said, “Many families are trying to do the right thing, but this virus has made it difficult. Roughly three to 400,000 households across North Carolina are currently unable to pay rent. Therefore, today, I have signed a new Executive Order to prevent Evictions in North Carolina for people who can’t afford the rent.”
This seems to be a governmental “taking” from the owners of the properties without due process or fair compensation.
The owners still have to pay the bills (mortgage, taxes, maintenance, etc.) on these properties whether the tenant pays or not. And Cooper has no control over whether the mortgagee forecloses on the owner if they can’t pay.
Buy owning rental property, it is my choice about evictions. Whatever is in the rental agreement prevails, not a decree from the King. I still have to pay the King taxes, even if I get no income from the property, don’t I?
Most folks don’t have a thousand dollars saved for emergencies, if that. Yet they have shiny cars, 3-4 children, color TV, smart phones, vacations on the cuff, etc. All of that and much more is their choice. So why is that my responsibility?
This is not charity; it is confiscation of private property, a violation of our Bill of Rights.
And next week the Leftists will be complaining about the lack of affordable rental housing in Greensboro. Gee…. I wonder why?
For added irony they will probably blame it on “a failure of the free market”!
Has the Governor considered protection for those who make their living renting houses and apartments to people? How are they going to get through this crisis?
Karl Marx mentioned repeatedly in his manifesto that landlords were the scum of the Earth. Therefore, Roy Boy and his swamp friends don’t care if they go broke. According to Marx, they didn’t “earn” it because they didn’t “work” for it. That’s all they understand, but are too afraid to be honest and tell you about it.
Right! A property owner works for it, and maintains it. Marx, as usual, is full of crap.