NJ Landlords sue Tenants for unpaid rent

[Nathan Gesner]

Unable to evict tenants, some N.J. landlords sue them instead.

https://www.nj.com/hudson/2021...

This is another excellent example of a tenant abusing the eviction moratorium. She works for USPS, her husband has a good job, and they were laid off for 3-4 months. The stimulus checks, increased unemployment benefits, and rental assistance pretty much guarantee she earned more during these four months than if she were working. Her and her husband both went back to work nine months ago, but they still can't catch up and owe $15,000 in back rent?

Another big question we are not supposed to ask publicly: what happened to personal responsibility and saving for a rainy day? Everyone expects Landlords to have reserves, but individuals live paycheck to paycheck and nobody questions it or uses them as a warning to others.

Every day I see more examples of how this moratorium and "free" money was abused by renters while Landlords are painted as the bad guy.