A #Maine landlord is telling his tenants he will not collect rent for the month of April due to the #coronavirus outbreak, and he is urging other landlords to do the same.
Nathan Nichols, who owns two units in an apartment building in #SouthPortland, Maine, said he needs his tenants as much as they need him because it would cause him greater financial hardship to lose them than to waive a month’s rent.
One of his tenants has a small child and works on a single hourly income. “They’re great tenants. I want to keep them. I could see this would cause hardship for them. They work as hourly employees and in the service industries, which are both being hit really hard. I’m fortunate enough to have a full-time job where I can work from home,” Nichols told WGME.
Nichols wrote a Facebook post about his efforts, which was shared more than 24,000 times and received more than 4,000 reactions.
The post also received more than 1,000 comments, many praising his kind deed. “It’s good to know that within all this pandemic pandemonium there are still people with pure hearts helping us poor people. You will reap many blessings sir,” one comment read.
Nichols has a total of six tenants, WCSH reported.
Nichols is also challenging his fellow landlords to follow in his footsteps. “If more people do this, which is the only reason I posted this in the first place, to hopefully get people to take a hard look at what they can do to keep things working,” Nichols told WMTW.
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2 units? Psh
I hope my landlord would do that !!
I thought that was Elsa in the bottom corner for a sec
Probably means he doesnt have a mortgage to make.
This is what my parents told their renters too.
Mine will.
Ya the Chinese ain’t doin that for sure!
Lucky
So he is going to be out 2 or 3k, I bet he would be thinking differently if it was 20k per month .
I am a landlord too, but I have mortgage, property taxes and insurance I have to pay also
@aliciar717
That’s because he cant
How awesome to hear what this man is doing! God will bless him for his compassion and giving to others. It’s just so encouraging to hear of people doing kind things to help out during this crisis.
Such a generous gesture, but also smart business, because it is better to gift the rent for a short period of time than having empty buildings because the shop owners cave in