Many finding out landlords won't take NC HOPE rent money -- and don't have to

[SheltieLover]

https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/many-finding-out-landlords-wont-take-nc-hope-rent-money-dont-have/SUBMMUMWCBA3JBIFCSAVY37PLA/?outputType=amp

HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. — Many are finding out that, even if they qualify for the NC HOPE program, which will pay up to six months of their rent, their landlords don’t have to take the money. Many landlords are not.

If landlords take the money, they have to follow certain rules, so many don’t feel it’s worth it. Landlords who take HOPE money can’t do certain things, like raise rent for the rest of the renter’s lease, charge the renter new fees or penalties, or evict the renter for not paying rent for the rest of the lease -- or 90 days after the HOPE money ends -- whichever is longer.

Kurt Bradley lives in Huntersville. “I paid half of August, and then I haven’t paid September, October or November,” he told Action 9′s Jason Stoogenke. So he applied for HOPE money and says he qualified. “I was so elated when I got the approval in the mail,” he said.

But his landlord, Southwood Realty Company, wouldn’t take the money. The company told Stoogenke the rules “put a tremendous burden on property management companies.”

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[Solly Mack]

1. K&R

[SheltieLover]

2. Ridiculous, isn't it?

[Solly Mack]

3. Makes me angry. I get so tired of hearing about the path to the American Dream

when the road blocks are a feature and not a glitch. The whole profit over people and treatment of the poor and struggling leaves me livid.

I could go on and on on the subject.

[SheltieLover]

4. I'm.with you, Solly!

It should be illegal to not accept this rent assistance.

But instead, the corporate "person" gets to choose others' fate!

[DeminPennswoods]

5. Same reason landlords don't like "Section 8"

tenants, too many "rules" (like ensuring a habitable and safe rental unit) come attached to taking the money.

[Boogiemack]

6. You may be surprised to learn who these landlords are, really. nt

[ret5hd]

7. Well...do tell.