Aurora family preparing for eviction
after moratorium expires
KDVR (Denver),
by
Rogelio Mares
Original Article
Posted By: zephyrgirl,
8/1/2021 11:37:32 AM
AURORA, Colo. — Last October, Samantha Pate and Andrew Martinez took a photo to mark the day they got their new apartment. On Saturday, one day before the nationwide eviction moratorium ends, their family of four, could be giving those keys back and out in the elements. “We might be evicted,” the couple said. “We might be evicted,” the couple said. They say they’re struggling to keep up with rent. “Eight months, about $8000,” they said. CORRECTION*
*In future posts, please remove Source from Intro.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Quigley 8/1/2021 11:43:37 AM (No. 864274)
Well, let’s base national policy on their point of view.
I wonder if the nyt will do a story about how they regret not saving money for rent.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Northcross 8/1/2021 11:43:54 AM (No. 864276)
No sympathy for these freeloaders who have effectively stolen the money they should have been paying in rent.
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The article lists a number of reasons to have ZERO sympathy for this pair. None from this quarter.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
janjan 8/1/2021 11:47:56 AM (No. 864286)
Here come the sob stories from everyone who thinks they should be able to live rent free on someone else’s property. I don’t mean to be cold but these property owners have mortgages, taxes, maintenance and other costs. This should not come out of their pockets.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Northcross 8/1/2021 11:48:35 AM (No. 864287)
Money for tats but not for rent. Nice!
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Citoyen 8/1/2021 12:15:21 PM (No. 864319)
While Mr. Martinez’s man bun render him less sympathetic, I do feel for this couple. Considering the billions of virus-relief dollars that have accrued to leftist outfits like the teachers’ unions it is wrong that people who have been destroyed by government lockdowns are thrown out of their houses. I feel also for landlords who cannot keep non paying tenants. So-called COVID relief is another scam perpetrated by our corrupt representatives.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Bur Oak 8/1/2021 12:41:03 PM (No. 864350)
The most obscene word today - responsible.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Maggie2u 8/1/2021 12:48:22 PM (No. 864358)
Two children and four dogs. O.K. get rid of the dogs, that would save a few dollars in dog food. And it looks as if she's a few months pregnant, maybe not, could just be a few extra pounds. I noticed a couple of tats on her but didn't see any on him.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
SkeezerMcGee 8/1/2021 12:55:16 PM (No. 864366)
Published July 26, 2021,
"The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously ruled that the national eviction moratorium mandated by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is unconstitutional. The court said in its ruling that the matter ultimately needed to be resolved by Congress."
https://papersourceonline.com/sixth-circuit-rules-cdc-eviction-moratorium-is-unconstitutional/
The last sentence, above, really means that if the government mandates that landlords cannot evict for non-payment of rent, the government must reimburse the landlord for the lost rents. Otherwise it's an "unconstitutional taking." Nearly every law student was taught this as "Constitutional Law" is a required course, at least in every good law school.
There's no doubt the CDC's lawyers, and probably other federal government lawyers, advised that this moratorium was unconstitutional, but such advice was simply ignored.
Too bad this took until late July, 2021. Landlords have lost $millions, if not $billions, of rents they will not recover, as Congress is not going to reimburse these landlords.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
bad-hair 8/1/2021 12:55:23 PM (No. 864367)
Cry Me A Freaking River.
You have bills from Hello Fresh because you can't bring yourself to cut an onion ?
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Right Time 8/1/2021 12:57:03 PM (No. 864369)
So, they paid ZERO rent for 8 months. Didn't even make an attempt.
Spent their money elsewhere. Total deadbeats--typical Democrats
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
MickTurn 8/1/2021 1:12:43 PM (No. 864388)
BOO Freekin HOOOOO! Pay up or depart, PERIOD!
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
red1066 8/1/2021 1:17:28 PM (No. 864398)
I've been in the Aurora area many times over the years. When one thinks of Colorado with mountain views and outdoor activity, this isn't it. Aurora is mostly illegals where in most places Spanish is the only language spoken. It's not an ugly area, but it's not somewhere people go on purpose.
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#6 - as you point out, this is yet another government-caused crisis. While I too feel sorry for this couple, I know that I worked with my tenants to allow all of us to weather this storm. I didn’t want to make them leave (leases expiring in the middle of Covid would have Eliminated the need to evict anyone), but more importantly, we reached agreements that got me income and kept them in their rented homes.
Not a single government employee missed a paycheck.
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Get. A. Damn. Job.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Pearson365 8/1/2021 1:45:43 PM (No. 864425)
Surprised that there aren’t articles about the landlords who haven’t been paid rent while they still have to pay property taxes on the complexes, insurance, utilities and maintenance staff. Why are reporters only covering deadbeats who take advantage of our welfare system. Why is that?
Also, the rents of other residents will have to increase or their services decreased in order to cover the shortfall. Yet we never read stories as to why.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
ROLFNader 8/1/2021 1:48:01 PM (No. 864430)
Soon they'll be out smokin' a doobie on their piece of former strip mine with a view of the mountains, dood!
Losers gotta lose-sorry.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
maryann4629 8/1/2021 2:16:26 PM (No. 864448)
“Right now I do Instacart because I can take my kids with me. I was doing Veho, which is delivering HelloFresh packages,” Pate said.
Actually, #10, I believe that means she delivers HelloFresh, and not that they are getting it. That said, what happened to all that "stimulus" $$$? And the enhanced UC benefits? I thought all that money was supposed to be going for bills????
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Miester 8/1/2021 2:45:19 PM (No. 864479)
McDonald's hiring $10 an hour to start, if both are working different shifts that's $40,000 a year income
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Mass Minority 8/1/2021 2:50:17 PM (No. 864492)
Do people really think that their debts will somehow be magically erased. I see a hefty lien on their property coming and a parade of process servers taping notices on their tent flaps. Forget ever getting another loan for anything and even employment will be a problem with a credit score in the low 500s. Better to stick it out, work out a solution with your landlord and pay your debts.
They may also be in for a nasty surprise on their new property. If the water rights didn't convey with the land they cannot drill a well and I also believe that in Colorado it is actually illegal to collect rain water. Every drop of water that falls on the state already belongs to somebody else and you cannot impede rains drainage into streams or aquifers. In the middle of a mega drought look for these laws to be enforced with more vigor than usual. And they just alerted the authorities both of their land ownership and of their recent rainbarrel purchase.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
WV.Hillbilly 8/1/2021 4:01:53 PM (No. 864569)
Woefully unprepared idiots prepare to live (or die) on what looks like uninhabitable land.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
DVC 8/1/2021 4:26:33 PM (No. 864594)
Pay your mortgage or rent.
It's just that simple.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
YorkieMom 8/1/2021 4:36:52 PM (No. 864604)
These sob stories get to me about as much as the sob stories about the poor kids who owe their student loans from years ago. And the stupid democrats always want to “help” everyone except the hardworking taxpayers.😡
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
Strike3 8/1/2021 6:21:53 PM (No. 864663)
Aurora. Figures. Get a job or get a better job. Get married to save money on income taxes and stop with the excuses. Bunch of leftist idiots. Make rent your first priority.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
dickiedeeb 8/1/2021 10:04:23 PM (No. 864786)
Very well said 6 i totally agree
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Maybe instead of buying land and camping gear they should have paid rent. Who rented to a family with four dogs ?
There are a lot of people who can't handle money. Period. Maybe seniors trying to exist every year on less than $13k a year should be hired to teach whiners to hand money.
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