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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Thanks for all the feedback.

First of all, tenant has a steady job and still works where she was employed before Covid. Second, I have cut her enough break by not taking rent or foregoing late payments for several months. She has been constantly asking for maintenance/repair items which I am getting fixed asap.

Is there anything else I could do before contacting DCHA? I don’t want to jeopardize her chances of getting section 8 again but don’t want her to stiff me with the rent payment either. [/quote]

I own a one-bedroom rental condo in DC. As a result of COVID, my tenant lost her job last year, and had almost no savings to fall back on.

I cut her rent by 50% and gave her 6 months to resume paying at 100% levels, or to move out of the unit.

At the end of the 6-month period, she moved out.

I'm sharing my story because I think many landlords have ended up cutting rent during the last year if their tenant(s) were in bad financial shape as a result of the outbreak.[/quote]

It’s the difference of some rent and no rent. On the commercial side, many probably renegotiated contracts as well, and assuming if a landlord could it probably makes sense. Where are you going to find another tenant? But not all landlords on either side have that capacity.[/quote]

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