Some North Texas Landlords Worried About Financial Futures After Eviction Moratorium Extended – CBS Dallas / Fort Worth

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A legal victory for those who have still struggled to pay their rents since the store closed last year.

A federal court ruled that the eviction moratorium linked to the COVID-19 pandemic can continue, but some landlords in north Texas are concerned about their financial futures.

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Clint Cash owns a handful of rental properties in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, some of which have tenants who have been hit by the pandemic.

“I work with them as best I can to help them because as a landlord I don’t want to lose my tenant,” said Cash.

However, Cash and other rental property owners believe the eviction moratorium put in place by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last year is going on too long as the job market makes it easier for people to find work.

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“It’s like they sit in these houses that they sit behind CDC guidelines,” he said. “PPeople won’t work. We have tons of jobs available and people aren’t filling those jobs. “

Cash says he sympathizes with those who still can’t pay their bills, but says the government has put landlords in a position where they can’t either.

“There is not enough profit for these mothers and fathers to pay their own bills and they are going to lose their houses and so those houses will be foreclosed,” he said.

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It is likely that the latest ruling in the US Supreme Court, which allowed the moratorium to continue with a razor-thin margin earlier this summer, will be challenged.

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