That system cannot work in a place like Detroit.

@@genedesalvo1120 if only it could be that way

sounds better than family !!

I'm so glad your parents have/had the right idea. To me, it's insane people pay 600 for a property payment, with taxes and insurance etc and then they charge 1,500 or more for rent. It makes no sense. Just because some website like Zillow or whatever says it doesnt make it worth it. Then if they get good renters for a year, they keep raising rent . Its crazy

So many trailer parks are being bought up by corporations and pushing long time Tennants out!

Definitely!!! My mother always told me to make sure you pay your rent. Ppl will feed you but nobody will pay your bills!!!💯

Nobody falls into eviction just because that’s real nasty attitude to have…👎👎👎👎

@@Mary20002 No it is not a nasty attitude to have. It is legitimate because there are people in this world who do not pay their bills. That is their way of life. The woman in NJ was a perfect exacmple. She kept saying she paid the rent but never backed it up with proof. So you should not call people out when you are too naive to know the truth about the world.

If you have kids when you are poor you are a straight up scum bag disgusting human being.

None of these people are legit

Please give your child up for adoption. Your life isn't important, but you're ruining her life with your inability to provide basic housing. I suppose the story is the same with the father. There are plenty of foster homes and actual two parent households that would love to raise your daughter and give her the future that she deserves. As a society we need to stop accepting selfish behavior like yours. You want a child without having first done the work of preparing to take care of that child. Unacceptable.

@@jhagen4850 first of all. Homeless doesn't mean we stayed on the streets. So miss me with the judgement. Second of all, not everyone is blessed enough to be able to plan for having a child. Life happens. Get off your high horse. How dare you say someone's life isn't important 😡

@@freespirited682 For many years in society we bought your argument: "not everyone is blessed enough to be able to plan for having a child." OK. But did you have a plan to have a career? Did you have a plan for getting a job? Did you have a plan to save money? Did you have a plan to actually get married? Today we realize that in all of these cases the answer is a resounding "no." So now you're asking us, the taxpayer ( and yes, my wife and I probably pay more than you make in a year in state and federal taxes) for a handout. I'm sorry, but the answer is NO. NO MORE HANDOUTS. This is ridiculous. YOU DON'T WANT TO BE JUDGED? I too am tired of paying nearly half of our income on federal, state and local taxes and still having problem children (almost all single parent families) in our childrens' schools so my kids can't learn. You are a burden on society and I'm sick of it. Letting you keep your child after you've experienced homelessness is the final straw, because you're obviously passing down generational poverty to your child. Let me guess, your child doesn't have any money saved up for continued learning so that'll probably fall on taxpayers, too. It's enough! We're all getting sick of it! It's time we change the law so your child can be put in a loving, supportive home, not stay with you and end up on the street selling drugs and adding to our crime problems. Enough is enough. Taxpayers like me are absolutely sick of paying for people like you, and change is coming. And it's going to come fast.

@@jhagen4850 i agree.

@@freespirited682 consider it.

Supply chain disruption caused prices of many things not made in America to increase. Work force was taking time off due to covid thus increasing demand on those services. Demand for homes and rental units increased massively before this and during this time period, giving pricing power to landlords and home sellers. An unbelievable amount of money was artificially pumped into the market from the government which increased prices for almost everything causing 40 year high inflation. Greed is almost objectively not the largest problem in this instance.

Thx FJB

You paid an increase because others didn't pay at all. Blame them.

Slaves dont pay rent. Did someone tell you they do?

I was blessed. I worked two jobs and paid my rent throughout the pandemic, when it was time for an increase it only went up by $50. I'm a great tenant and they rewarded me.

I hope you’re doing better now! So sorry your family went through that.

It makes no sense to try and buy a home, that job can go at any moment.

@@leahcotton5315 Thank you! That experience was definitely very difficult to go through at that moment in time, but now we are okay. With everything that has happened recently we’re just happy to be alive & well and together as a family. -Best regards.

@@flowersandcandyflowersandc9093 that same argument can go for an apartment

@@jameshumphrey3425 A house mortgage is different from an apartment lease also it's more monthly.

Yes like its the everyone elses fault that they made stupid life choices.

Good for you becoming clean

The government failed everyone by forcing landlords to house citizens without guaranteed reimbursement. Property owners should not be bankrupted based on government policies.

Thank single family zoning and nimbys for your troubles getting housing.

Okay and you knew eviction was coming. This documentary makes it appear as if the people were just suddenly aware they were going to be evicted. They had had months of issues… This is designed to hit your heart strings and ignore reality

The very first story starts with “I got 24 hours notice I was being evicted”. NO she didn’t… She knew for months she wasn’t paying her rent and that this day was going to eventually come upon her.

@@merediths2cents You sound like a wonderful, kind person

If you live beyond your means but can afford a fancy hairdid and plastic junk for the kids, then its a personal problem. I am only 1:45 into the video and already have an idea what the real problem is.

What are you eating

@@jasonblack6142 we get some food stamps but we have no means to keep or cook food we eat a lot of peanut butter and canned fruit/veggies. Every day I tell myself that things will get better.

​@@pattieb301stay strong and as hard as it is, keep the faith. You are one of many that did things correctly.

​@@pattieb301it's been a year. Are things better for now?

🙏 🤗

Don’t make a kid because it costs like $100,000 dollars from 0 to 18 years homeless breeder

Where was the kids father?

@@cg5648 he was busy making more kids with other women

@@cg5648 In another state doing whatever.

Agreed. It doesn't make you a failure, EVERYBODY needs help sometimes

I live with my mother because she is 80 years old and needs help with her bills, medicine, etc. She can't drive anymore.

never understood why living with parents was so frowned upon when the current state of this is economy makes it impossible for young people to live on their own, much less buy a home.

@@davidroyl2241 America had an unsustainable amount of prosperity from 1960 to 2005 that made it easy for individuals to own their own home or rent an apartment when that has not been the case for the majority of the world ever

I’m 27 living with my family and I love it. As a Hispanic it’s a very common thing

Talk about entitlement. She says, I'm 43 and don't feel like I should have to live with my parents.

@@truther001 ????

Yes she is blessed.

Amen to that 🙏🏽

I am 43 and had to move back into my parents house. So what? Atleast I have a fall back position and stepping stone to start anew. And I am thankful for that.

Where’s the dad of that child he ghosted and all His family… she rather pay rent than Live with her grandmother because she don’t like the rules there smh

A slave marketed as a judge? Which one?

Communication is always key! A closed mouth doesn’t get fed. Something similar happened to me. It’s expensive for landlords to file eviction, if they can avoid it (within reason) they will.

They are working eith you, because you are working your but off to eork with them. I'd bend over backwards for a tennant like you.

@@reneehenderson4818 i’ll keep that in mind if I’m ever looking for a new place.

But another aspect to your story is that not only were the landlord and lawyer receptive to working on a solution with you, but that YOU were willing to work! You worked hard to pay on any monies that were in arrears while simultaneously paying your current rent. There have been a lot of folks that have used the pandemic to quit their jobs and use the moratorium period as a vacation.

@@hayleywise7403 not everyone was covered under the moratorium, thousands of working families were evicted during lockdown. people don't quite understand it isn't black & white, not every landlord is a victim & not every tenant was a scammer, and not everyone who was evicted was covered under anything nor did everyone that was evicted had any issues with not paying. It's not that easy, it's much more complicated than people think. There's laws that need to be started across the board nationwide.

Awesome sauce!

@@ihatespam2807 lol

@@mikeprobst1839 right, way to come on here to flex

Privileged people make me sick

I am happy for your parents having a home but this just reminds me of how much the dollar has fallen as a currency and all the government involvement and spending doesn't help things.

ESPECIALLY in NJ which is particularly tenant friendly. I had to also use the ejectment approach with a destructive meth head tenant who initially agreed in writing to a cash for keys deal. Then he sued to reinstate his tenancy. He ultimately lost, but it cost us $10k in legal fees.

@@mkg578 Good grief! I'm sorry to hear that.

My husband and I owned a home that we rented out. We had trouble with our last tenant. She stopped paying and Illinois is for the renter, not the owner. It sucked. She was awful woman and I’m so glad she’s gone and we have since sold that home!

Right

@@mkg578 The state should be forced to reimburse your legal fees.

@richie bordelon And she had time for a manicure and to have her braids done. She hid behind the moratorium and used the rent money for everything else. I bet she owed back rent before the moratorium which is why she was one of the first evicted. I wonder how long until she is back at the Salvation Army playing the entitlement card when she gets evicted again.

I think the 24 hour notice comes after all the court stuff. If the judge rules in the favor of the landlord you typically get 24-48 hours to vacate. At least that's what I found out.

@@theoriginalbunnygirl it takes multiple rounds of court and court orders to pay for it to finally come to that.

Agreed, it wasn't a shock to come home to a notice on your door. The problem is they kept playing victim and thought they would receive pity. Don't count on pity from others. Get up and figure it out. It's not easy but you have to.

Yeah you get a minimum of a week, because they schedule the lock out a day or two before the month is over. You had court before that.

Speak for yourself. You don't know everyone.

Yup! Shit is sad!

Speak for yourself.

Shit is getting real I see a lot of homeless people here in my small town 😳

While they're building luxury apartments that not all of us can afford 😢

Exactly! Thank god my grandparents home was not sold because I would not have a safety net to fall into when things get tough unexpectedly . We are truly lucky 🍀 and blessed

Life is very tough. It’s up and down.

I had covid an no one did jack shit for me.

@@SD-pi9co No one cares.

@@schawnettarobinson8584 I know and I'm cool with it.

Exactly! Much of the time this is what happened.

This is WHY anytime there is tax paid subsidies to assist anyone in a national crisis, and this WAS a crisis, there Most be strict guidelines AND Trained federal workers who impliment the distrubation of tax funds. That if and when fraud is f8ound that the scamners get jail time abd upon release must pay back the taxpayers/government.

This is all anecdotal evidence. What’s the % of ppl that “took advantage “? Do you know? I’ll assume you don’t. I’m most people were and are legit smelt struggling under no fault of their own. Let’s think critically here…

I also know more people than not, took full advantage. Instead of using their stimulus checks to pay rent/mortgage, they went out and bought tvs, motorcycles,etc.- it was also insane to give unemployment of $600 to everyone, even if they had only been making $200 as a waitress. I still don't get how all those already on assistance, getting help with rent, food, medical, etc were given even more. How is that fair to people who legitimately work their butts off, lost businesses, etc??? this entire thing was a nightmare. All that "free" money will severely affect us and the next generation into the future, those of us that work and are not on assistance,that is. I understand asking for help during a crises for a short time period as you get your life back on track, but tax payers supporting all these people for years on end? why should we be responsible to support others based on dumb choices they made? or because they are simply lazy, find excuses and reasons they can't work. Those who are disabled who can't lift heavy things, etc should be given jobs from home on the computer or something. We all have that disabled neighbor who goes shopping every day, someone's several times, and have no issues bringing in bags and boxes Amazon leaves on their porch. Why aren't they working shopping for other people? those blessed with cars can be doing deliveries, giving rides, etc- I just don't get this victim mentality talking over America. Don't keep having kids if you already struggle with the one or two you already have. Just simple common sense. I can barely support my own family working 3 jobs and won't be forced to support yours as you sit on your butt. More and more people waking up and just stop paying taxes.

@@sbrnation7090 If you look into this a bunch more, you will find out how big of a problem the misuse was during this time with all the programs etc.

Help for homeless $Ambie9514

All that money you dumped into the church and when you needed help they turned their head. Lesson learned DO NOT give a cent to the church.

Praise God for your testimony🙌🏼 He will make a way when there seems to be no way!

Your point is hard work. Even though you got help, it was temporary. You did what I would like to see others do. Stop waiting on a handout, be a grown up and do better. Congratulations to you. Hopefully all these comments will either inspire others to do better or the comments will anger those who play victim throughout life.

That woman is clearly on some BS.

I think she's a scammer and playing dumb is her schtick.

Definitely a lot of loose ends in that story.

She’s was taking advantage of the system just like many others

Yeah something is definitely wrong with her critical thinking skills. It seems like she may even have some sort of mental disability. I don’t know

How so? How’re landlords profiting when they’re not getting a dime? Let’s not just emote and be logical

Best comment

does yr heart break for landlords who cant cover property mortgages due to nonpayment of rent? i hope so. its not only the tenants who suffer& lose

@@QueenSlime007 by heart break for all I mean ALL I am a landlord myself and I know the consequences of tenants not paying but I also know what it's like to receive an eviction notice with no where to go

Very wise philosophy, best wishes from upstate NY!!

I agree but sometimes circumstances are beyond your control. When their is a death in the family, medical bills, job loss etc. Even though everyone should be saving for that surprise situation that could be right around the corner, with the wages so behind for years and land lords wanting more and more for rent, it gets hard for families these days.

uh pandemic happened

@@deannanance8843 death in the family = have life insurance. Medical bills=have health insurance. Job loss=have emergency fund.

@@jocelynejean9911Good advice, but all of what you said aren't taught in school. And they won't learn until they are facing these life changing issues and by then it is too late.

@aisle

@@susanmcconnell6536 you're right. My spelling is like Isle of Man.

Correct. I have seen many foreclosures because the underlying tenant didn't pay the landlord owner rent, required eviction, and left the place damaged

Yep lots of small landlords are gone. Corporate landlords are taking over.

Do these tenants offer to do maintenance, yard work, shovel snow, rake leaves, anything to help the landlord? Or do they wait for circumstances roll over them?

This happened to my sister, she had just had a baby and was waiting on her student money to pay her rent since she had been laid off and was taking college classes online, the day she went to court was the day the funds were deposited and even though she had enough to pay court costs and attorney's fees they still evicted her with a 3 day old baby

@@SophieB_Ofcl its horrible. I'm sorry 🙏❤

Glad you helped them out.

This shows how bad critical thinking skills are in America. They didn't understand that a moratorium on evictions is not a moratorium on rent. It's adding up monthly.

The worst too is that landlords also took advantage of paying tenants by offsetting the lack of payment by other households and putting that burden on paying tenats by heavily increasing their rent more than others. This happened to me. I barely could pay rent, but I did. I moved my funds around to adjust for it so that (rather than food)... That money went to rent. .....then suddenly the next year when the moratorium was over they hit me with an increase that was too much over the line. They flirt with trying to reach that line of what you can pay versus what you get paid. It's like strangulation. ....meanwhile the people in the complex (5 other residences out of 6 in the building) do not pay, some are not citizens, some pretend to be stupid and attempt to milk the system. .....and I am the one that has to pay for it. I can't. I barely could already. I had to adjust spending on barely enough food or so forth to cut money from that cost to put towards rent. You can't take something from nothing. The other residences are...... /those/ types with too many kids, poor family ethos (or none), trying to validate their existence and misery through being a parasite on others.... Don't speak, or feign to know, English..... What is hard is that I am partially their same ethnicity and it hurts. I grew up in the same situation as their kids so I know what is going on. It sickens me. I am single and alone because I refuse to be anything like those people blindly wandering through life; yet my money, taxes, insurance I have to pay, doesn't even go to (or help me)..... It goes to them. My lack of food growing up, till now, is a direct result of them. That is why it is a HUGE knife in my heart that I barely already eat or feel guilty if I get a little good food to stay healthy - but then I have to cut my food in half for them. I was ALREADY not spending enough on food in the first place! Other expenses were cut too but not all things can be cut /as much/. My job is also very specialized... But over time companies refuse to keep up with pay increase versus cost of living. I watched the pay over the years go from 60k, to 50k, to 30k. When the apartment company reassessed their new assessment of poverty and low-income bracket guidelines it is now so bad in this country that the median where I am quoted that my income bracket is now between the 30% and 80% low-income household average. .......and all we got for a "raise" over time was pocket change of $0.25-$0.50 over the years. The companies wonder why everyone with experience is leaving, why those they hire can't do the work, or they can't retain any moral of those that stay. Many whom have left flat up retired. As I said, not many places have our career type. Some left thinking they can take the skills elsewhere but are stuck in the revolving door of hiring and companies lying/failing. It's purely a greed issue. I stay because I can't risk NOT having a job and being on the streets if I can't suddenly pay rent. I feel that's the end game of what the government and control freaks 50+ years in age want from all of us in the end. It's sheer greed. They want to keep us strangulated over that line....

This is a conversation no one wants to have. Unless you have some form of disability, I have a very hard time empathizing with people who have gotten evicted during the pandemic. Especially when I know for a fact I have also had previous neighbors take advantage of not having to pay their rent and being surprised that they were in arrears.

Exactly. Its called consequences.

That's what happens when a tenant all of a sudden becomes a freeloader

Every Landlord doesnt have the luxury and finances to wait like you did

@@checkerslane if you are a landlord, you are expected to fix things like ac, water heaters and plumbing.nneach of thos items have pricetags that could go as high as $10,000.00. this means a landlord better have enough sense to have reserves. There's no excuse any tenant will accept if he's living in a home that's not repaired in a timely manner. Having said that....a landlord could easily route the funds for emergency use like I did. It's not a luxury....it's a must. In my state the sheriff can be summoned out to MAKE the owner repair things.

Glad it worked out for you. Every state had different programs for how to actually qualify and disperse the funds. For many it wasn’t so easy as to be patient and pursue. A lot of tenants simply ghosted you or refused to sign the paperwork despite the pleas, and as the landlord you could do nothing except bleed money and be vilified. There sure wasn’t a tax moratorium to the states or cities preventing evictions. You’re 100% correct that cash reserves are a must.

@@johngatsby1473 Again every Landlord doesnt have the luxuries you have. Many people have a house and barely getting by. Your thought process is the root of what went wrong during the pandemic...this thinking that Landlords should have money and they should be able to get by with a tenant not paying them rent for a few months

@@checkerslane how is my thought process wrong? I am expected, by law, to make sure the house is habitable which means you Betta have reserve money, no excuses so redirect that reserve money and help your tenants. Some people shouldn't even try to be in the game if they can't afford it. That's called poor planning and that's the real problem....not my way of thinking

That seems to be the overall theme here, if you're making an effort things usually work out in the end.

Lots of landlords are assholes but many are just hard working people trying to make a living and need the rent to live. My brother has two small apartment buildings with 9 tenants and he takes them to work with him when they cant pay rent.

That broke my heart when those people got evicted and still said god bless you to the judge.

You are a Blessing ..Remembering what it was like to be in the struggle and being considerate to others still in the struggle

Thank you and God bless you!

What do they know you can afford right. What if you have a medical bill ect nobody will give you anything for free.

🎯🎯🎯

Shouldn't have bought a house you can't afford

That's using your head.

I can relate

My mom was an alcoholic and could not keep a job. She forced me to answer the phone from bill collectors and the apartment managers and lie about where my mom was and when she was going to pay. I was only 6 yrs old when this started and I had to do till I left home at 14. Other bad things were going on in my home too. To this day I resent the fact that she forced me to lie, to cover up her being an alki. Never got an apology for this and other mis treatment. Seeing that yellow 'pay or quit' notice taped to the door was terrifying as a young child for sure.

Actually they posted similar stuff throughout the years but most folks are not paying attention until it's too late.

im always watching living in a car videos, or living in motel videos!

@@avedahusniyahadara Don't watch tooo much, it is not good for you. I also need to cut back

@@marciabarreto780 why?

@@Katana_00 I just think it is depressing and scares us and I think that if we focus our attention too much on something then we can manifest it in our lives. Just fear, darling.

Exactly and there should be no emotional blackmail. It’s business nothing personal.

It really seems that she does. She reminds me of my uncle who has a very difficult time understanding things. She really needed an advocate.

I wanna ssy I'm surprised but im bot. I see this all the time with black folk. Know something is important and be totally flabbergasted when THEYRE the ones not prepared. Where is her younger family to help her??? Everybody wants to go to grandma's house but no one wants to protect it...

@@nickolespears she had folks helping her move, so where were they when the shizz was in the fan? They waited til after it hit the wall. It looked self sabotage.

She has limited education, limited understanding what is needed. The judge speaks on a level she doesn’t understand.

That was my take on her situation. She really needed someone to run interference for her.

Yo momma

yep. keep voting for biden.

@@trybebill7865 well any democrat!

Elections have consequences

good thing im responsible, dont have children I cannot afford and pay my bills while keeping a job.

@@Matthew2077 You never know where life will take you. Shame on you.

@@Matthew2077 millions of people had their children before things got bad, that's just common sense to realize that not everyone is like your friends who breed like rabbits. I suggest finding new friends

@@Matthew2077 shame on you for being responsible and without children….how dare you 😂

@@thuandao4243 yeah i know. I work and budget my money and pay my bills. The shame I feel.

She’s biased

No child should ever endure that, and I am sorry for your experience. I feel so bad for those people that are truly falling behind/being evicted due to the pandemic. However, there are several people that I've seen that have no idea how to manage money. I saw several people getting evicted, but had boxes and boxes of Jordan's costing over $200 each, one guy simply wanted to get his Xbox, flat screen TV, games, Jordan's and weed out the house. Not to mention some of the houses are trashed, as a landlord, how were you not inspecting your properties?! It sadden me to see people living in utter filth, with 2-3 kids running around then they have a bunch of damn pit bull dogs! There are people that truly game the system, my former neighbor for example hid behind the eviction laws, actually had baby #3 during the pandemic, got a boat load of stimulus money, bought a car, kept her nails and hair done, ate out everyday and bragged about her new designer handbags! She would openly boast to anyone about using her kids to get section8 saying, "they will put us up in a hotel before they just let us be out on the street!" I wanted to slap her! She worked are a temp somewhere for a few weeks! These laws are helping the professional moochers more than the people that actually worked. As for the landlords, they are suffering as well, you rent your house to gain income, not donations. So at this point all I can think to do is to pray for these people. Perhaps instead of just giving out stimulus money they should've set it up differently, many people didn't qualify for stimulus money, so not everyone got stimulus money and we still had bills to pay. I don't know anyone that likes paying bills; I suppose the blessing in that would be to be thankful you are able to just pay the bill. Dear Lawd help us all!

While it may have been a hard lesson at the time it is a good lesson to learn about the consequences of failing to take care of business that so many parents are failing to teach their children.

So understandable…

@@charlesphilhower1452 I'm sorry, what 😂

@@jasmineshelton759 Do you think children should be insulted from the consequences of irresponsibly. How exactly do you explain moving a whole family into a small motel room if you never explained the concept of responsibility and the consequences of not taking care of business. To many children are being taught entitlement without responsibility. It shows by the small percentage of USA student going into the stem fields or learning blue collar skills that require hard work, technical skills and pay well.

I came across a homeless encampment one time. It was mostly cars and motorhomes. These were all people that were once middle class that got hit hard by the last financial crisis. So yeah.

Right... All the homeless in this country just need to work a little hard. It's just that simple.

Thank you for the inspirational story. We need more Americans like you.

@@pest174 I prefer work smart over work hard.

You went full circle. Another sickness, tragedy, or accident could have you repeat the very painful journey you did before. Buying and home is not the same as owning a home. Americans have been convinced to buy in to a nightmare but it is packaged as a dream.

100%

Awesome & I'm sure that feels great. I always feel so good to know that I helped someone.

she has a 300$ braid job in her hair and acrylic nails. they got bonuses on unemployment&foodstamps. shes not innocent in her situation.

homeless breeding

Thank you so much for bringing our attention to small, middle-class, non-corporate landlords. Some of us seem to ignore the fact that small landlords carry our own mortgages, taxes, and HOA fees, etc. we must pay monthly, and that we got no government protection during the pandemic. As an individual landlord, I was providing free housing to my tenant (who lived with her baby) OUT OF MY OWN POCKET for over a year. The tenant eventually moved out w/o paying the back rent or telling me, and I don’t even know where she is. Suing her doesn’t seem “right” to me, somehow, given that my tenant was a Black single mother…

Very good point, and well taken. Clearly, landlords have financial and fiscal responsibilities to fulfill. But, in some cases (as was the case during Covid - an admittedly bad example), the government could step in and give the landlords some relieve or reprieve so that families - human beings - are not turned out into the street. I mean, we live in one of the wealthiest nations on the entire planet; with over 192 sovereign nations and 7+ billion people, America is far and away one of the wealthiest. Some countries have far less capital, and the homeless rates are far lower than ours (kind of like our prison system - 2.3 million people behind bars is the highest on the planet.) Something is wrong here. No?

I think it would of been nicer if all the bureaucratic distribution of resources during Covid was replaced with stimulus checks to everyone each month. Think of all the Chaos that would of prevented. This turned into such a big money grab per usual during every crisis

@@nondescriptnyc Too much empathy has gotten us into this mess.

@Jessica Smith $1000? that's the price in OC for a room for rent!

I suspect the issue is basic literacy. At the end of the call, the woman stated that she did not understand what the judge had said. As a former high school teacher, I can tell you that a large swath of the public are functionally illiterate. In the schools where I taught, knowing how to read and write was seen as being "white" and students that really did want to learn found themselves physically assaulted.

Taking a pic of rent agreement, rent receipts, and other important documents, etc.has helped me

Yep. I suspect she she lied and was never actually on the lease. Either that or she failed to take her court appearance seriously. Regardless, her landlord should not be expected to provide her a free place to live.

This is why you need to pay via bank transfer with the info of whar you are paying. This has helped me numerous times! This always shows up on your statements. And it is Proof enough!!! People should EDUCATE themselves. WHEN WILL MOST LEARN?

@@zianeshkasparen4358 that paper trail can save you a headache.

Very true. Great of you to take extreme ownership of your situation and a big celebration to you for growing up and making better choices. You don't and won't live on the pity of others.

Agree 100% - Victimization and narcissism is the new label our community subscribes too - woman has enough $ to get intricate braids and phones etc but not pay rent? _ SORRY i AM A BLACK WOMAN IN CA and I know how much time and money that is.

Oh, hun. Did you really not know PBS is publicly funded? Props to you for avoiding federal income taxes!!!!

A gift from the taxpayers!

Grift is more like it. Forced taxpayer propaganda.

Nothing in life is free

It truly is the absolute best.

I cried too

I was waiting to see that 11 year old of hers 🤦🏾‍♂️ She got that pandemic money and brought that car and some crack 🤷🏾‍♂️

I felt like that lady was a squatter as well!

That right there.... is a great and AMAZING Mom.... Thats why the beauty is on the inside and not the makeup you see on IG... Thats a real Woman/Mom 💪🥲

And of course Im talking about the one who said "wherever Im at, thats her home..."

@@sandrazollman550 I remember when Rent for and 1 br was $375 and 2 bedroom $475 that was 21 years ago when I first move out. I was only making $7 an hour and I didn't have no children at that time.

This is why you need man and woman together providing for the family, this single mammas crop needs to go asap

@@sarahsimpkins1311I am curious to hear where were you renting a 1 br in 2001 , for $375? My first apartment in suburbs of NY was $1000 a month, my weekly pay was about $600 net. So almost 2 weeks work for rent.

@@cikosphysicaltherapist6017 that's because you lived in the big city. I didn't live in a big city like New York I was living in the Midwest Wichita Kansas my home town back in 2001 rent was still cheap around that time. And yeah I was only paying $375 for an 1 bedroom apartment it was decent too. Now 20 years later them same apt are Running Between $800 and $900 now.

@@mrcassonova1 Finely! Someone has went and said it! Give yourself a hand because you just nailed the problem with 90 percent of this country.

😒 so he just kick you out for no reason?

Be a home owner with a paid off house. Create generational wealth to protect your offspring from housing issues. That's the best solution.

Yeah she was dumb. She knew her appointment was at x time.. so do it right duh

I agree! She knew better.🤷🏿‍♀️

She has a more expensive phone than I have. I go with less because I have to be fiscally responsible.

she a lost cause. cant help no one who cant help themselves

The cameraman could have aked, do you have your lease paperwork and canclled checks or money order stubs?

Yes!

Raising rent is okay as long as it's small increments but what is going on now is unbelievable. I have seen rents go up 300 - 500 a month. When you have people who are barely able to make the rent as it is and then they raise it by this, forget about it, they are out on the streets.

Printing money has consequences landlords are facing rising costs too.

@@rjmurphyo0 that’s not your landlords problem. They run a business. It’s your job to provide for yourself.

@@dcg590 you are out of touch, you are telling me that someone gets the rug pulled from under them by rent increasing $300/month and that's your business? Apparently, you must think that $60,000 a year jobs just grow on trees and boom get the rent raised and then with in the next week, you already have a job paying you much more money. So if I came to you tomorrow and said I want 20k a month more for rent and you are going to say, well I just need to provide for myself better? good luck on finding that job and good luck finding a cheaper apartment when there isn't any

When your property taxes cause you mortgage on the properties to go up $300 what do you do then? Landlords saw 200-500 increases in their mortgages, which means the rent goes up. Its that simple

Very nice of you. I would have maybe done that a few times but not for an entire year or longer. As you said, landlords have bills to. Would you willingly take a $5-10 an hr pay cut at work though because the CEO of the company you work for said he made less in profits? I doubt it.

Wow you’re such an angel

Let's remember, some mother's do all they can to push Dad away. As well, they choose who the father of their children will be. They should choose better

She definitely was squatting and she took advantage of it for as long as possible and she didn't bother to be prepared for the hearing because there was nothing to provide.

Biden's administration make it illegal to evict. That is a one-sided decision. If the landlord can't pay, that's the end of the line for them too.

If the morons in our government put an eviction moratorium in place there should be a taxes moratorium.

I hear you. Unfortunately there are some renters and tenants that do try to hustle the system. I'm not trying to be mean or non sympathetic in any way shape or form, but that woman had her nails, toes, and hair done...maybe she worked in a salon or had a friend that would do that for her super cheap. I'm not trying to judge. I get it we all need to be pampered a little, but if she came out of pocket for that, she should be able to pay something or at least try to come up with some kind of deal with the landlord. Again I'm not trying to come off that way, but if I was a landlord and I was facing foreclosure due to lack of payment and I was facing loosing my property...I see that...then I would feel some type of way. Why should a landlord struggle while the tenant lives large off my dime. We all have our financial wows but fair is fair. Honesty, willingness, compassion, and mutual ground goes a long way. I was evicted during the pandemic. Luckily I was able to purchase a home, mind you while I paid my rent the whole time during the pandemic and my bathroom sink was not being repaired (when washing our hands was the biggest protection against covid ). I felt I was being evicted due to greed. The eviction hold bought me time (still paying my rent well before the fist every month also while I took a pay cut and people on unemployment were making bank) and I used my stimulus for the down payment for my new home (although luckily I had already been working on my credit). Mind you I could only afford something out of state 9 hours from my loved ones and friends, but to me I was in survival mode. I was fortunate enough to find a decent home with enough rooms so that my said friends and family will never have to worry because I will open my home to them. I fear for the future. Not many people seem to have morals and values anymore. No more love and it's sad. What are they going to do when the recession comes or dear I say a depression. We all know history repeats itself.

Very true. I know everyone didn’t play the system but I saw so many that did

Oh absolutely. As a renter, I do not have any respect for people who take advantage of their landlords. They make it MORE EXPENSIVE for paying tenants to find a place to rent and live. The truth is they are hurting themselves and other renters by screwing the landlord over. There were numerous programs and charities that offered help paying rent. Honest tenants would approach the landlord LONG BEFORE not paying rent.

Some even had their landlords give them information and paperwork to apply for funds from their states and federal help for rent relief and many didn’t even bother to fill them out of inquire

Yeah.. I spent all of mine on drugs. All of it

No one cares about greedy landlords

Wow. I believe it! So glad that you all went to the News! Sad.

newark was sh&t when I was growing up someone legit blew a car in front of our house, no thanks. Also there was a drug raid that almost went south when I was in the road they legit stopped this person in the middle of the road and there was a gun. No thanks. I rather live in another state, glad to be in the woods now.

@@treeleigh634 Oh no I agree, I grew up in Newark and I wish her house was somewhere else. But it's almost paid off and my and brother are keeping it for now. It's not ideal but it's better than being homeless. LionsGate the film company is slated to build 4 studio buildings for more revenue in the city by Q4 of 2024. With the Many Saints of Newark, Joker, and the new Batman movie doing so well they like the area to film. So the area will definitely gentrify. Even it's it's just by 10% to 15% that's great because the crime will decrease by 30%. The summer is always a problem time but Newark is a lot safer then it used to be. I remember when it was like the wild wild west back in the early 2000's.

Big ups to your fox of a mom. Housing is so important.

@@roshelltannen9698 Thank you.

Lucky you pal

Yessir!! Finally!! I Thank you for your service sir!!! And may God Bless you 🙏!!! In Jesus name, Amen 💜

No, but you'd have 10 buck a gallon gas instead of 5!

@@joeymonroe9504 I’d be ok with $10 gas if it meant no one would be without safe and adequate shelter.

I'd love to Bless and sing fer ya sometime. I'm an unexpected singer, I make mines as I go along, I do steal other artists beats n tones n stuff, don't care, but the words are all mine love, Alice's restaurant xx

I couldn’t like this enough! 👏🏾 👏🏾

I am 81 years old and have always been a renter, was a single Parent with 3 Children when I was 27 years old. Thank you to Landlords who rented to me and also trusted me. We had an excellent relationship. I am alone now living in a subsidized complex, my Children all married and doing fine. It takes wise budgeting to survive, but not impossible and Life is beautiful, remembering all the material wealth does not make for a Happy Life!

Yes, they are phenomenal!!

@@lindajohnson1873 I guess when you are black and your landlord is black, the white man can’t be blamed…

Not your landlords problem you can’t pay.

@@dcg590 🤬🤬🤬

@@dcg590 never said it was their problem. However, these situations could have been handle with more compassion. I was sharing how I ended up in this position. You should go sit in your local eviction court. I guarantee you that your rude attitude will change. The vast majority of people being evicted are black women with children, elderly people, and disabled people who can't work with very limited mobility.

I'm sorry no human being should go through this I have gone through homelessness with kids and is very scary 😔

I cannot believe the meanness in the first reply to your comment. Your story hurt my heart, then seeing that just stabbed me. I hope you experience God’s grace and love from here on out and that only the best comes to you in Jesus’ Holy Name, 🙏