Over 40,000 eviction notices have gone out in L.A. this year - Los
Angeles Times
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While public perception is that tenants in low-income and gentrifying communities are most threatened with eviction, the data are in line
with research showing that large property management firms tend to
automate their processes and initiate eviction proceedings at higher
rates, said Kyle Nelson, a senior policy and research analyst at the
nonprofit advocacy group Strategic Actions for a Just Economy.

"You have extremely high-rent tenancies with extremely inflexible
landlords," said Nelson, who has been studying evictions in L.A.
County for a decade.

The 40,000 notices were sent to residents of about 8,400 buildings.
Roughly 94% of them were notices that give tenants three days, not
including weekends or court holidays, to pay any outstanding rent, fix
other issues or move out, according to an analysis by the controller's
office; 96% were issued for nonpayment of rent.

The data do not capture all the eviction notices issued by landlords
through the end of July. The housing department has an estimated
backlog of 5,000 paper copies received in the mail it needs to enter
into its database, said spokesperson Sharon Sandow. The city plans to
catch up no later than October.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-09-07/over-40-000-eviction-notices-have-gone-out-in-la-this-year-many-to-upscale-apartments

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"You have extremely high-rent tenancies with extremely inflexible
landlords," said Nelson, who has been studying evictions in L.A.
County for a decade.

Interesting to see rich people can be deadbeats too. Wonder what is
going on here. Faking the wealthy lifestyle to impress Instagram, but
can't actually afford the rent, or something?

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On Mon, 11 Sep 2023 13:04:40 -0400, Retrograde <fungus@amongus.com>
wrote:

Wonder what is going on here.

I can't say, but in general, too many people max out their pocket
book, and then an unexpected expense comes along.

There are those who have the funds, but forget to pay their bills
on-time.

Most renters are clueless about what a landlord has to do to preserve
their legal rights. A landlord can't let a tenant slide on rent due
date. If a contract term is not enforced, it may take longer to evict
a tenant...like an extra month where I live.

Faking the wealthy lifestyle to impress Instagram, but
can't actually afford the rent, or something?

Need a statistical breakdown on who are late on rent. There are gold
diggers looking for a rich mate, etc. There are people who fear
living in dump like apartments, etc.

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On 2023-09-11, JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:

I can't say, but in general, too many people max out their pocket
book, and then an unexpected expense comes along.

There are those who have the funds, but forget to pay their bills
on-time.

Most renters are clueless about what a landlord has to do to preserve
their legal rights. A landlord can't let a tenant slide on rent due
date. If a contract term is not enforced, it may take longer to evict
a tenant...like an extra month where I live.

Fair enough. But for higher rent abodes, you'd think you're dealing
with a more sophisticated level of tenant, who would/should understand
the terms, etc.

You bring up a good point though: let your deadbeat tenants stay around,
you've stopped being a tenant and officially begun a new career as a
social project/NGO.

Was thinking too about old people growing senile, forgetting to pay
their rent etc., not getting enough support from their estranged
children, and so on.

Anyway, a mystery.

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On Tue, 12 Sep 2023 01:48:54 +0100, Retrograde
<fungus@amongus.com.invalid> wrote:

a more sophisticated level of tenant

Not having full contract awareness can be an issue. As a landlord, I
have explained contract terms before a contract is signed, and this
reduces issues.

With one tenant who was coming back from a vacation one day after the
rent was due, he thought this would be OK to pay the rent then. Under
state law, I must send out via US Mail a notice I do not approve, and
if rent is not paid within several days, then the lease is terminated.

Here, this person did not have dishonest intentions, but was clueless
about what I have to do for a contractual reason.

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On 9/11/2023 8:48 PM, Retrograde wrote:

On 2023-09-11, JAB<here@is.invalid> wrote:

Most renters are clueless about what a landlord has to do to preserve
their legal rights. A landlord can't let a tenant slide on rent due
date. If a contract term is not enforced, it may take longer to evict
a tenant...like an extra month where I live.

I can't blame landlords for starting the eviction process as early as
possible. The longer you give deadbeat tenants, the more time they have
to trash the place, all the while not paying rent.

Was thinking too about old people growing senile, forgetting to pay
their rent etc., not getting enough support from their estranged
children, and so on.

Sad, but it happens... Working in a call center for years, one of the
calls from Frontier communications, I won't ever forget. This guy was
around 90 years old or so. He was confused, but mostly irate. He
insisted that he didn't owe us any money, and had no clue why he was
being billed. The old guy was talking on the same phone number that we
were billing him for using... I could see this on the caller ID, but I
could not get through to him. Poor guy was losing it mentally, and I
guess that he had no help. The account had accrued many months of debt
due to non payment, but wasn't shut off. This was probably because the
phone line had been active since the 1950's, and up until fairly
recently, it always had an excellent payment history.

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On Tue, 12 Sep 2023 00:06:34 -0400, Michael Trew
<michael.trew@att.net> wrote:

The longer you give deadbeat tenants, the more time they have
to trash the place, all the while not paying rent.

My first renter was female with two kids, and feared wage garnishment,
due to a vehicle loan on a vehicle that shot craps. She would work,
but "had" to change employers several times. She was a good person.

I ended up when the lease was terminated with another vehicle of hers
that broke down, and sold this for less than the rent owed. She
wasn't a deadbeat, but a person caught in a dire economic consequence.

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On 9/12/23 06:50, JAB wrote:

On Tue, 12 Sep 2023 00:06:34 -0400, Michael Trew
<michael.trew@att.net> wrote:

The longer you give deadbeat tenants, the more time they have
to trash the place, all the while not paying rent.

My first renter was female with two kids, and feared wage garnishment,
due to a vehicle loan on a vehicle that shot craps. She would work,
but "had" to change employers several times. She was a good person.

I ended up when the lease was terminated with another vehicle of hers
that broke down, and sold this for less than the rent owed. She
wasn't a deadbeat, but a person caught in a dire economic consequence.

Good thing you kicked her out on the street, then. We can't have good
people with affordable housing.

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~rdh

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On Wed, 13 Sep 2023 11:17:57 -0500, rdh <rdh@tilde.institute> wrote:

Good thing you kicked her out on the street, then.

Never did....she moved in with her boyfriend in another city.

She wanted to rent my place again, and I would have, but it was
rented.

She attempted to make it right then....big difference when a renter
shits on a landlord.

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On Wed, 13 Sep 2023 11:17:57 -0500, rdh <rdh@tilde.institute> wrote:

kicked her out on the street

Commercial landlords will fully exercise their legal
options...analogous to a traffic cop ticketing those who don't follow
traffic laws.

Since 1980s, I have terminated two renters...the one I mentioned, and
a female renter ask me to terminate the lease since her boyfriend was
being a jerk, which I was aware of....youngish couple not married

I lock them in for six months, and after that either party (me/them)
can terminate the lease with a month's notice. Too many landlords in
my area are locking them in a year to year lease.

I lease one home, which I own...nothing more. Long term renters tend
to be the ones with a "vested" interest in local area, or those with
roots there. Renting to an out of state person may not be to a
landlord's best interest. I had two of those, and within six months
both had left for living in another state. And renting to someone
just out of high school is not a good idea too....due to their
ignorance, they may cause damage/etc to the place.

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