Those pesky landlords are still at it. The U.S. House Subcommittee released a report that found thousands of illegal pandemic-era evictions by four corporate landlords across the country, including a major one in our state.
Here’s Five Fast Facts on Pandemic Eviction Violations:
- 🏘️Naming Names - The report, put together by the U.S. House Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, points one of its fingers at Pretium Partners, who just happens to be the largest corporate landlord in the state.
- 🛑From Bad - Pretium is accused of filing evictions while they were also raking in record profits and acquiring thousands of other properties using pandemic relief money the government sent their way.
- 🗒️To Worse - They allegedly used letters to threaten to evict tenants (or not renew their leases) during the moratorium. Those letters were enough to force out tenants who didn’t want to challenge it in court, which means they weren’t “technically” evicted.
- 🖊️To Even Worse - Employees were told not to file evictions with pending pandemic rental assistance applications, but only if tenants had filed in the past 30 days since the program had started. It should be noted that rental assistance funds were slow to reach tenants and landlords, making things even worse.
- ⚖️Doubling Down - Pretium is already being sued by our Attorney General for these same hinjix.
🔥Bottom line: What is it with Minnesota landlords? All they’re missing at this point are mustaches to twirl. Sure, it’s easy to tell people to do their research on who owns and rents what, but we’re also in the middle of a rental crisis, meaning if you need to rent, you may have to take what you can get. Maybe St. Paul is onto something after all.
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