'Housing court hell' has some New Yorkers on verge of bankruptcy

[@BMom4ever]

I just think people who rent people’s place and don’t pay the rent are wicked and malicious. They are trying to ruin people who work hard to achieve something out of life. It’s a very disgraceful and disgusting act to live in someone’s house and don’t want to pay rent. I’m a tenant hoping to own one day and would never want to go through this.

[@GamingWithMB]

Agreed, just as bad as slum lords both should go to hell !

[@Blackgents]

@@BMom4ever tell that to the judge. 😂

[@karenanderson1230]

I know someone that is going through the same thing right now, and it’s just awful.

[@brombromsmuva9215]

And what do you think of landlords who over charge not because they need to but because they want to knowing there is a housing shortage and people need places to live.

[@morrismonet3554]

@@brombromsmuva9215 It's called a free market economy.

[@americaksushantkinazarse5747]

It won’t be long before people will start taking law Into their own hands ..

[@themotuman2663]

Such a disgusting broken system. The person upstairs gets wealthy because she has no bills while the honorable senior citizen pays everything and goes broke. Some people have zero heart or morals. Someone help this poor lady!!!

[@venom5809]

As a landlord in NYC I can 100% agree. NYC needs new leadership, allowing these tenants to get away with this kind of nonsense is ridiculous, they should be put in prison. anywhere else in this country if you didn't pay your rent you would be gone in a month or two. I have been saying for awhile landlords need to sue NYC. That's the only way anything will get done.

[@Rocanala]

There’s a reason people don’t rent their homes anymore. It’s not worth the hassle to get bad tenants OUT.

[@venom5809]

In order to get your back rent in NYC, you have to give the bad tenants new leases, what kind of madness is that? You are literally better off having your building empty, these tenants are their own worst enemy.

[@worldnotatpeace2163]

Same in Brooklyn. My neighbor's tenants haven't pay their rent since before Covid-19. Its sick!!!

[@justSTUMBLEDupon]

It’s the way the city is run. It’s totally on the tenants side.

[@PlastykLunatykKreations]

My father in law is dealing with the same issue. He has a tenant that hasnt paid in about two years. Housing court is useless.

[@espinalroman]

Never buy in blue states I’m from nyc and own properties in landlord friendly states not here in nyc

[@eddyeddy3243]

I dont know why tenants have so much power.

[@venom5809]

People are beginning to realize there was a reason the mafia existed.

[@Petty-Polite1019]

This is done on purpose, so BlackRock can take your property.

[@sexysenior8934]

🎯

[@zard1214]

Their paycheck should be on hold for just as long. That will expedite whole process

[@bookfan22]

@zard1214 I like that resolution.

[@paulm5458]

Your out of your mind to be a land lord in NYC.

[@espinalroman]

Exactly I’m from here and don’t own properties here i own in landlord friendly states

[@Red-n5r]

Small landlords yes, large ll's are filthy rich.

[@maestrovso]

In any blue state cities.

[@EPA18]

I am an attorney who has practiced within the New York City housing court system for over 30 years. The problem is not only a remnant of covid. It is also the New York State Legislature's passing of a series of laws within the past five years that (a) promote delay in the Housing Court system, (b) remove incentive of landlords to improve their units, and (c) promote the warehousing of units. The burden has become especially hard for smaller landlords, i.e., landlords of buildings with five or fewer units.

[@arthurbb8937]

You got an animal living upstairs rent free for 2 years? That lady has to have sons, nephew or friends who don't mind getting hands dirty and make things very uncomfortable for the lazy freeloader. Don't everybody know somebody who don't mind if they have to get hooked and released the same day? That lady starving because some witch won't pay up while the judges and Marshall are too busy playing golf with the mayor. No way this should happen.

[@Blackgents]

@@arthurbb8937 TL;DR

[@Kathy-u8b]

Problem is the courts will file a complain against the landlord & she will get penalized for fighting for her 4ights!

[@arthurbb8937]

@Kathy-u8b not if you do it the right way

[@ontheroad5555]

@arthurbb8937 you've been watching too many episodes of the Bowery Boys back when you could beat people up with a baseball bat. Back in those days lawyers were not allowed to advertise on TV. Now lawyers are all over the TV telling people they're victims when, in fact, they're crooks.

[@bookfan22]

This is disgusting. They need to rehaul the system. People took advantage of a Covid in order not to pay rent but landlords couldn’t stop paying their mortgages. Horrible!

[@manonamission2000]

back in the day, landlords did not have mortgages

[@mellymel6624]

How wicked do you have to be to not pay rent for two years..That karma will hit hard, some people play too much with their future

[@Boojoobantan]

An attorney informed me that the city prefers not to address the issue of homelessness, therefore transferring the responsibility to homeowners.

[@mattsmith4589]

WHY ARE WE ALLOWING THIS TO HAPPEN TO OUR ELDERLY?

[@wileecoyote5749]

They dont discriminate. They do same to everyone.

[@lisapalmer4725]

Haha ​@@wileecoyote5749

[@Blackgents]

@@mattsmith4589 who is “We”?

[@mattsmith4589]

@@Blackgents WE AS A SOCIETY AS A HUMAN RACE! DID SOMEONE BRAINWASH YOU AND MADE YOU FORGET?!

[@Blackgents]

@ I was just asking bro. Take a chill pill 💊

[@Blackgents]

Buying a home in the Bronx is crazy

[@mike112079]

With the intent of renting it out; correct!

[@Blackgents]

@ Karma is a bitch

[@qll8840]

And this is why I would never rent to ANYONE.

[@PHN-2024]

Having Tenants is Like being a Hostage because You’re being Held Captive Financially if and when they decide to Stop Paying and they have the Law is on their Side with these Delays.

[@neilkurzman4907]

Then don’t get into a business where you have tenants.

[@espinalroman]

Don’t own in blue states

[@J.Shabazz]

Can you imagine taking out a loan knowing you can't afford it, hoping that someone else will pay the rent so you can afford a house? That's Wild!

[@manonamission2000]

landlords used to own their properties outright up until recently when they fell for the no money down scam

[@123cmorga]

How can you hear this report of someone taking advantage of this lady like this and this comment is your initial thought?

[@J.Shabazz]

@@123cmorga because it's true and you know it!

[@nfn4]

This is what the City of New York wants. In my opinion, the city drags their feet to delay court cases so people can remain in landlord's apartments without paying rent. This is wickedly done, so landlords pay the bills for the type of people the NYC government loves to cuddle. Those kind of people are often their voter base.

[@dunderwood4444]

Slumlords and hoodrat tenants, this is NYC and exactly why the ones that can afford to leave LEAVE NY for good

[@Blackgents]

@@dunderwood4444 bye

[@venom5809]

Hmm, maybe did it ever occur to you that maybe these properties can't be maintained properly because you know, tenants are not paying for months or years? Do you think money comes magically? How about you don't get your income for months or years at a time and see how your stuff looks.

[@BlimpCityFeeder]

I wish Professional Tenants & Slumlords would get stuck with each other, just seems to be the Good Tenants & Good Landlords/Landladys who catch heck in NYC. I remember decades ago when it was 6 months for the whole Eviction, thus Professional Tenants enjoying the free utilities (wrecking things) until the Marshall padlock the door forcing them out.

[@fedbia2003]

How long will people use Covid as an excuse?

[@Babu-kr3cr]

They want the small landlords to give up. In NJ, from eviction notice to first hearing is only maybe four months. This is with a corporate landlord. I wonder if it is the same for all of them. If nice landlords like this lady sell to the corporations or just take their units off the market, there is going to be less affordable housing. The judge evicted her but didn't sign a warrant of removal. I thought they had three days to get out after the ruling. That is the law in NJ. If they aren't out, you call the sheriff. This country is full of people who take advantage and then the rest don't care. It is going to fall apart. I don't think she is going to get in trouble for turning off utilities if the woman is evicted. NY seems to be weird though like what they did to the lady in Queens with the squatter in her inherited house. NY needs to get it together. Hochul. Adams.

[@Luisjoseglobal]

Despite this, many multi families in nyc still cost over a million dollars in a bad neighborhood.

[@gonfreecss5105]

My in laws and sister had this issue 1-2 years ago during covid, it caused them a great deal of stress as small time landlords thats just trying to rent their extra floor to help pay for bills and taxes, i guess they were lucky enough to "only" have them stay for around a year each before they left. Thousands in repair fees, and they never had to pay back the rent they owed. they stopped renting out to strangers after that; not worth the headache and hassle.

[@effectivepresenter2046]

At a very low point in my life I landed in housing court my landlord was evicting me I saw more losers than winners. Fortunately the St Vincent De Paul Society secured a loan for $8000 so I could pay my arrears. The loan allowed me to rebuild my credit rating. I kept my beautiful rent stabilized apartment. I was VERY lucky. Housing Court judges and lawyers are in bed together. No vulnerable tenant should go to Housing Court without a lawyer. A lawyer will accept $100 a month forever.

[@hazelstef]

Take these family court judges and put them to work in housing court. Also, pay people fairly and you won't have a problem with employment.

[@jasonc.5175]

Elect better people who care about US citizens

[@UncleDavesKitchen]

Horrible to hand over a private owner's keys to criminal tenants. The court system should be reimbursing the lost rental payments or at least garnish the income of the dead beat tenants.

[@palimo3653]

You have to be crazy to deal with other New Yorkers in any capacity nowadays especially financially.

[@TannyYem]

Sue the judge the tenants

[@skyeevl7656]

How can you sue when the law is in their favor? 🤦‍♂️

[@jamestaylor5007]

No extended days to deal with backlogs???? Late nights? They have it for small claims court in Queens same building!!!

[@amparo6860]

It's unbelievable how he falsely paper work on me to evict me i was on court on July and the attorney general saw the paperwork and said on what bases do you want to evict her ? yet five month after i am already in court again for December !

[@wileecoyote5749]

"Buy her retirement home in THE BRONX" Hell to fycken NO

[@summerbreeze5653]

Not everyone wants to live around dusty white people out of state or upstate

[@chocalechevux804]

😂😂😂 Frfr

[@Blackgents]

@@wileecoyote5749 on gawd

[@drsmith4806]

How the hell is that fair to the landlords 2 yrs no rent & landlord has to pay tenants or landlord can be sued WTF another broken bureaucrat system.

[@dupesonlyanddrugstores7421]

😂🤷🏾‍♂️ I grew up and lived in New York and Queens in Brooklyn all my life. Those people that work in the courts don’t answer the phone. All they do is get dressed up they eat lunch they gossip about what they’re gonna do on the weekends and then they go home they don’t care about the.

[@danhaynes23]

It's almost like they don't want to do anything

[@k29king1]

Lets not act like Landlords are the “Good Guys”, often in most cases they’re pretty much the opposite. I had a landlord in the Bronx try to price me out of my apartment just after the birth of my second child. He wanted to “Gentrify” the building, despite the fact I worked full time, paid my bills, and paid my rent on time and were we behaved tenants. He tried to price others out as well. When we refused to pay the increase because we still under the original lease he sued for eviction. He lost in humiliating fashion as we counter sued him, and sued him in civil court and got a year rent fully paid up because of his greed backfired on him. Most Landlord are not the good guys, they know they have a needed commodity and take full advantage of it often in abusive fashion.

[@DAndyLord]

That woman was one step up the economic ladder from her tenant. Please stop.

[@trinitrev94]

Trash narrative and victimhood. There are good/bad landlords AND tenants. The laws are waaaaay too lopsided. Needs immediate change.

[@MarleneEllis-Dennis]

What does your case have to do with people trying to use the system against landlords who are barely making ends meet? Two years without paying this elderly lady any money is ridiculous.

[@lisayoung4810]

​@@MarleneEllis-Dennissome NY legislator named, Salazer even tried to make it worse for landlords. It's like the government wants the landlord to lose everything so that it can get the land for a cheap price, & then resell it to associates who can flip the house & land for millions. Brooklyn is the worst of the five boroughs.

[@AN-yj8lk]

Please explain what this lady did wrong? If she was like your landlord and wanted to raise the rent why shouldn't she be able to? She worked hard as a nurse to buy her house and shouldn't be tormented by people like you for trying to get paid, raising the rent, etc.

[@kamrybrown6996]

What if my apartment was sold to a new company and the new owners decided 4 months later that us tenants had to vacate the premises. Us tenants decided to meet up and all agreed not to pay rent because how the new owners treated us locked us out, no WiFi, no maintenance for at least a month, no communication I haven’t heard from them since September when they told us we had to vacate. But they are asking for monthly payments. Are we wrong for not paying rent until we all can find a place ? (I got laid off before all of this happened I used my savings to pay rent for July/August)

[@nicholasthompson7690]

Talk to your state lawmakers. They need to streamline the system. It should not take years to have a court case go through court.

[@Mikelowry-hp9cd]

I’m a homeowner in Brooklyn ny for 27 years and never not once rented anything in my house I pay my own mortgage light gas and water

[@aidenalamo6262]

If my partner and I buy an apt building in my small town, we won't be renting out the remaining apt to just anyone. We are using the property for family and friends only. We are not required to rent to just anyone. It may sound cold, but we don't need a lack of paying tenants who are strangers to ruin us financially.

[@N-I-M85]

This will eventually make it to where it's legal to shut off utilities when people dont pay rent.

[@duckling4393]

And you renters whine that landlords are greedy and rent is too high.

[@vintageradio58]

My aunt had a bad tenant at the start of the pandemic. After two months of my aunt not collecting rent I took matters into my own hands. I am a licensed electrician. I jerry rigged the circuit breaker box to feed 220 volts throughout the 110 volt system. I guess you can figure out what happens when you plug in your electric items. ??

[@delbertharry8915]

What people fail to realize is that the state has a homelessness problem and is dumping would be homeless on the small landlords. This is why the court has empowered tenants over small landlords, but allows large companies with thousands and tens of thousands of units to abuse their tenants.

[@DianaPrinceitiswhatitis]

This is sad and so wrong. That tenant needs an expedited eviction asap! Not paying for two years doesn’t help landlords. Why not create a mini task force of Marshals to carry out the evictions or hire a third party company to do it? Apply for a grant or state funding to do it. That would help with the backlog.

[@WatchSkuntHay]

Keep voting democrat. This is what happens.

[@Lzrdman91]

Look even if you hate landlords you shouldn’t be messing with small landlords at all, especially if they’re elderly, like have some morals at least

[@margaretmukasa2998]

Why do you need courts to get rid of a tenant

[@albundy06]

Cops won't do it and if you do it, the cops will come for you and these "backed up" courts will swiftly deal with you for doing so.

[@maestrovso]

Because the Woke claims a roof over one's head is a basic human right and you don't need to work for it.

[@nando349]

In order to get things done… the politicians themselves have got to be personally impacted .. they too need to feel the pain…

[@yagga8885]

This has nothing to do with pandemic. Queens housing court has been doing this for over a decade. I’ve represented tenants who were in the same position. NYC wants landlords to share the burden of sheltering the homeless.

[@MariaFiorentino-z3b]

Absolutely!!!!

[@albundy06]

It's liberal policies and ideology in action. People still don't get it. Yet everybody knows if they cut off the power, changed the locks etc. This same government is showing up immediately to take you to jail.

[@shentijiankan3511]

That is one of the reason the DEM failed.

[@GhostAssault323]

So if you don't pay for a service and your service gets cut, you are allowed to sue the service provider and still keep your service up and running free of charge. Must be a free money glitch. Everyone should do this for everything not just renting then. Why pay for a house? just sue the bank and you keep the house. Winning? Totally makes sense.

[@vu4uboo582]

But if a tenant doesn't pay in an apartment they will be evicted ASAP. You will be locked out immediately and your belongings will be thrown out.

[@maria8788-u8r]

that never happens anymore

[@vu4uboo582]

@@maria8788-u8r oh yes it does. Asap meaning a 30 day eviction notice including a sheriff to escort you out.

[@venom5809]

Umm did you not watch the video, that is not happening.

[@vu4uboo582]

@@venom5809 ummm did you not watch the video? These tenants are renting from regular people in their own homes; they're not renting an apartment where Corporations own them.

[@vu4uboo582]

@@maria8788-u8r oh yes it does. You are given a 30 day eviction notice included with a sheriff escort.

[@karmachoden4906]

they should be kicked out...cant put the pressure on the owner...

[@MeMyself-y5n]

Sounds like the "rare action" is the actual eviction taking place.

[@WatchSkuntHay]

Don’t invest in NYC. democrats ran state. You will never recover any money but you will need to pay taxes on income you made plus those 1-3 years worth of mortgage for that property. Let’s not mention the damages.

[@deenegron6328]

You pay taxes for this NOT to be an issue, yet here we are. Where is your money going? Oppression has become a profession

[@zq7807]

Justice will eventually always come, just 10 years later

[@choosehope8729]

Curious if staff shortage has anything to do with chronic illness

[@flashblaze5517]

This is a very big problem in NYC I am dealing with this situation right now. Took in a Family member who refuses to pay and then they claim they have rights. Now I have to take them to court. We need to vote all these Democrats out. Its really unfair for hard working people who make sacrifices . I hope some type of change happens fast.

[@johnaltobello5095]

Another Democratic hellhole..

[@OperationChicago]

The get $5,000 for each squatter,

[@johnaltobello5095]

@OperationChicago who gets the money?

[@OperationChicago]

@@johnaltobello5095 Lawyers

[@gullylifestyle99]

Problem is your hiring non home owners so they would never understand landlords need to evict non payers

[@Supermannyc]

This should be completely elligal. How can somwone live in the home you pay a mortgage on to have some looser not pay their rent.

[@albundy06]

Democrats

[@Lobsterman5481]

This is one of the reasons why I keep my THUGS friends around, for situations like this, pay up or get out. They need to hire more people like the IRS.

[@sexysenior8934]

😏

[@thesungod2360]

Time to stop playing games with people who are irresponsible

[@mavrolos4728]

This is done on purpose.

[@nyc5898]

Retire and buy a house in the bronx was the first mistake

[@michaeljohnp.2834]

🤷🏻‍♂️but you allowed your state to remain blue. So now eat it 👌🤐🤫

[@TheBraveOne4611]

VOTE THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE OUT!!

[@Pete-da-peter]

FREE RENT FOR ALL NYC.. fack all the landlords they have been jack up prices on tenants

[@Bulgaria767]

To pay for Your illegals Trump won 🎉

[@sbar39]

😂 who will pay the property tax and water trash pickup sewer.

[@yereviltwin]

When there is Noone willing to take the risk to buy a property to rent . Renters who can't afford to purchase a home will be homeless or have to move further away from work. City will lose the tax revenue. So yes free rent for all nyc.

[@SundayCookingRemix]

Expand the court to another location for the back log cases

[@sexysenior8934]

AND FIND QUALIFIED CANDIDATES...To do the work..🤔

[@hybridPeople358]

Let's be honest here, These stupid judges love criminals.

[@morrismonet3554]

Live in a hell hole, your life is hell.

[@amparo6860]

Well with me it's the opposite the landlord is trying to evict me with false accusation i paid rent all through the covid! He allegedly says that i owed money that not true he keeps taking me to court like it's a game. He registered the apartment with DCHR like he didn't receive rent during the covid and he collected taxes with the IRS ?

[@lewisthierman3313]

Sell it back to the Lenapes

[@josephheuneman5613]

Stop taking 2 hour lunch breaks and get to work..

[@TheBostricano]

Gollee. I'm so glad I don't live in NYC. It seems nothing works. The whole city needs new management 😅

[@elizabethtejada2251]

A good witchy witchy really moved them

[@sheldonhchambliss1385]

What a story

[@jasondiggs4006]

They don't do this for family court they are big on gender bias against men or fathers that be child parents.

[@OperationChicago]

Big business, keep paying your taxes boys and girls. Services are worth it. Government gets $5,000 for each squatter, lol.

[@Blackgents]

@@OperationChicago tell me more.

[@OperationChicago]

@@Blackgents Chicago Blaxican did a whole entire video on this but KZbin will not let me share it. I am sure you will have no problem finding it. Good luck

[@waynecmontgomery]

These people bought too much property. This is the normal risk in business

[@fatwallets1018]

Change the laws

[@astroprotector]

democrats run NYC and they don't want widespread homelessness, thus, they place the burden on property owners. Very unfair. Hopefully with Trump as president the system here in NYC grinds to a halt and reverse course.

[@christophernewhouse5832]

It is a bit bizarre how this happens there I was evicted in 3 months be4 however I couldn't pay & the rent was so high I decided 2 save my money knowing they were going 2 evict me either way they raised the rent twice the money I saved up helped with 1 month rent I had to pay 3 times the rent due to that eviction

[@sbar39]

What good reason is there for it to take longer? You pay your taxes water or sewer delayed they don't have no compassion? Get slapped with late fees. And high interest

[@dupesonlyanddrugstores7421]

😂😂 those lazy judges in New York I don’t know why do people both of them

[@UnicornRainbow-gc3cg]

This the bullshit I'm dealing with now since 2017

[@juliemore5852]

understand very well. that is why now renting to those with city vouchers. you get your rent.

[@BetterTextLex]

Why do you think they passed all these new tenant protection laws? To make the process of evicting of tenants very slow and very expensive. How you going to be shocked it takes 2 years for an eviction in a city where the government forces landlords to rent to a tenant forever unless they can prove a reason not to in court 😆

[@coldestwaters]

YOOOOOOO i was wonder where all these new cars popped up from, i thought it was another bandemic

[@UtukufuBey-b7g]

They work faster with housing like this one. I seen a few people were put out if this building.

[@Aimchristy.franklin]

Congratulations ! 🎉✨️🥂

[@arthurbb8937]

Holy crap. A retirement home in the hood? Where were you living before to retire to the picturesque and inviting oasis of the Bronx? I thought people ran out of the Bronx after retirement but she running in. Bet she drove in backwards too.

[@lisayoung4810]

@@arthurbb8937 the South Bronx is urban. Other parts of the Bronx are urban to suburban.

[@yereviltwin]

It's all relative. To us it's the hood and we might have better options but to her that's the best she can do .

[@lisayoung4810]

@yereviltwin Not all of the Bronx is the hood. Yankee Stadium is in the South Bronx.. Really, u should visit again, & go all over. The Bronx is right next to Yonkers, Westchester by literally crossing the street, which is suburban. Or, visit Van Cortlandt Park, or other parks outside of the South Bronx & you'll see it's mostly suburban. Many Bronxites think that the South Bronx is always used to describe where they live when it's a certain neighborhood of the Bronx.

[@Luver4lyfe]

@@lisayoung4810You are totally correct. But don’t bother trying to educate them. They are ignorant. The BX is the last of NYC to be gentrified , and once it is (like Brooklyn and Harlem), they’ll be singing another tune, scrambling to get cheap property. They feel this way because of the demographics of the neighborhoods.. read between the lines.

[@arthurbb8937]

@@lisayoung4810 so only the south Bronx is urban? You go visit Soundview, Gunhill, Tremont and all the other projects that are uptown in "suburban" Bronx. Take a walk thru Highbridge on the way home. You and your girlfriend here really need the education 😅if you think the only hood in the Bronx is the south Bronx. Congratulations 👏

[@Kathy-u8b]

You work so hard to buy a home then you get tenants 5hat don’t pay rent & 5hey live for free for years! These tenants should be jailed 5ill they pay 5he back rent! This should not be the responsibility of the landlord!

[@sugarman08]

CALL IT BY ITS TRUE NAME... THE GREA FEAR YOU CLOWNS

[@MrBrownnn696]

Disgusting…

[@dontbanmebrodontbanme5403]

As much as I feel bad for this woman, if they're understaffed, they're understaffed. I'd tell anyone that if you're renting your place out, you need to use one of those facilities that collects the rent for you. If the tenant doesn't pay, you still get your monthly rent and they ruin the tenant's credit, so they can never do this again. You can't just say, oh, give me a check every month, because when they don't pay, there's nothing tied to their social security number and when you FINALLY get them out, they'll just find someone else and do it again. The fear of messing their credit up is they can only do the not paying crap one time, so it gives them more incentive to not rob landlords.