I am fine with that as long as the government took over responsibility for paying the tenant’s rent. And not in a convoluted, bureaucratic mess kind of way. The payment needs to be on time and hassle free.
I know hotel owners that have people staying in the rooms for free for over a year causing damage and they cannot get rid of them.
Right now, what has happened is politicians found a way to dump the costs homeless/poor people onto select businesses/land owners rather than all taxpayers.
In usual cases, I agree that landlords have to bear the risk. In case of a pandemic where we need mass coordinated action, I prefer the Government to coordinate the response.
There are certain situations where otherwise important aspects like "individual freedom" and "individual are not really useful. Pandemic is one of them. War is another.
I know hotel owners that have people staying in the rooms for free for over a year causing damage and they cannot get rid of them.
Right now, what has happened is politicians found a way to dump the costs homeless/poor people onto select businesses/land owners rather than all taxpayers.