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There’s many examples of exactly this happening. Here’s one: https://www.npr.org/2021/10/22/1046154251/they-refused-to-pa...

The tenants no doubt received direct stimulus payments and never paid a dime of it in rent. There’s a reason why section 8 et al are paid directly to the landlords.




One anecdote from one website is not a data set that generalizes onto a population.


I never said it’s a dataset. It’s one of many examples of people receiving stimulus checks and not paying their landlords.

Hell, it’s the rationale thing to do anyway. If there’s a rent moratorium, you’re getting checks from the government, and you don’t have a particular large security deposit, why wouldn’t you skimp on the rent?

The landlord cannot evict you. Cannot call the police. Cannot really do anything. In fact, the landlords only chance of getting paid is to cajole you into signing up for rent forbearance.




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