Renters forced from North Nashville home after landlord cuts off power

The moratorium on evictions has made some landlords desperate to remove tenants from their homes.

[@hellcatredeye-g6582]

The guy that’s living in the house is renting out rooms collecting rent he’s getting paid 🧐but the owner of the house is not 🤦‍♂️

[@jshroud]

🤣😂

[@almateenyazid]

Subletting. Illegal if it is listed in the lease.

[@tamaramadison7563]

Its is still not right maybe they where trying help you ever was living

[@gloriawelch3603]

That'd what I figure. . He was probably a squatter anyway.

[@SarahLovesBoobahandErEr]

And they got assistance??

[@bricemacaluso8361]

If you're not paying rent, you're not a renter, you're a squatter.

[@pamparker4047]

They paid their rent or can’t you read

[@Just_janee_]

They need to find the property manager and see where the money was going and both the tenants and landlord need to sue them

[@arlitabeard7693]

You shouldn't have to pay elect etc for your tenets

[@mcleanblades9234]

The rent has nothing to do with the owner. Get out. If the tenants have been paying rent they can ask the property management company where the money was going.

[@tylerrjohnson68]

They probably never paid

[@adier1234]

@@tylerrjohnson68 they said rent was paid until the end of the year

[@tylerrjohnson68]

@@adier1234 to who? Themselves?

[@aol11]

I feel like there's a lot missing to this story

[@OpiumBride]

There is, because they want u to feel something for the renters. Thats emotional manipulation, not based on facts or the whole story.

[@dcg590]

Yes like the fact that they owe tons of rent. They’re lying

[@sexytrinny52]

Brian B how do you. There are alot SHADY ASS SLUM LORDS out here. Like there's alot of SHADY TENANTS. I believe the monies was paid up to the end of year.

[@doom4067]

There always is.

[@sblijheid]

Something is not right with this story. The tenants claim they pay a lease, but the landlord doesn't seem to know that they're there. Who were they paying the rent to?

[@solaralloyd6157]

The tenants not only claimed to have a lease, they produced the lease as well as a local church provided record of rent payments to a property management company.

[@MollyBrown-f9i]

@@solaralloyd6157 rent only paid til the end of the year. It is april.

[@threegoodeyes7400]

@@MollyBrown-f9i They are reporting on a landlord who turned off the power a couple of days before Christmas....that’s before the end of the year.

[@eckankar7756]

Perhaps the tenant was subleasing out rooms to others?

[@newnewdavis2651]

He knew they was there cause the power been on for 3 years and he just now want to cut the power off!!!

[@Alexandra-xt1vf]

Landlords usually ask you to leave before they cut the power. If you ignore them then things like this happen.

[@Throughthelurkingglass]

Effing scumbags.

[@Alexandra-xt1vf]

@@Throughthelurkingglass No worries. A lot of individual landlords are selling their properties to corporations like Blackstone. Let's see if they are better landlords

[@marthamartha3222]

This owner broke the law.

[@Throughthelurkingglass]

@@Alexandra-xt1vf the tenants, not the landlords. I'm a believer in pay to play, pay your rent or gtfoh, I've been tossed out on my ass early and figured it out, now it's everyone else's turn. Aka, don't be a little b1tch.

[@Alexandra-xt1vf]

@@Throughthelurkingglass I'm right there with you

[@MA-mh1vs]

If they had rental assistance that is a paper trail proving the house was rented and who that rent was paid to.

[@billytheweasel]

Would be basic reporting to review that.

[@atlsongbyrd6084]

Right!

[@kebl1965]

@@billytheweasel Basic reporting is uncommon

[@buildingbuildercip8292]

There’s going to be a lot more people being thrown out of their rentals, as soon as the moratorium is over.

[@billytheweasel]

...and a LOT fewer rental houses.

[@laurahenson1364]

Well I see it this people should pay their rent not abuse the home owner that is not right they have bills to pay too

[@lisascott2449]

And they should be! Nobody made any arrangements! No pity here.

[@buildingbuildercip8292]

@@lisascott2449 most definitely!! It’s going to be interesting to see how this all turns out. Renters are going to be in for a big surprise.

[@icemike1]

@@buildingbuildercip8292 that seems to make you giddy

[@kellynorvell5714]

Landlords have rights too. Most tenants have taken terrible advantage of rent moratoriums!!!!!!!!

[@kennethkestner9608]

I'm aLL for geTTing deadbeaTs ouT, buT they were paid up. Yes woman &kids were there "iLLegaLLy" buT they were cLearLy good peopLe. Doing thaT to kids during pandic?wiTh!renT PAID. I hope LegaL aid sues thaT guy. He is counTing on them moving on.

[@Alexandra-xt1vf]

Yes and those who took advantage just made it harder for all renters. I represent landlords selling their properties every day bc they are done with tenants. These houses are being bought by corporations and buyers who will live there. Rental market will get even more difficult.

[@kennethkestner9608]

@MR. ASSHOLE, FORMALLY KNOWN AS SPEAKERMAN he Lived there buTT he had renTed ouT the oTher rooms2, 3rd parTies. SomeThing he wasn't supposed to do

[@DebbiesSanctuary49]

@@kennethkestner9608 You don't know what those people are like. People screw landlords all the time , don't pay and leave the placed trashed. Need to find out all the facts first before deciding either way.

[@kennethkestner9608]

@@DebbiesSanctuary49 I haTe whaT has happened2LandLords, miss debbers, buT if the pLace is fine and those peopLe r paid up INCLUDING LandLord, then pandemic kicks in favoring tenanTs. Yes m'aam

[@ACS402010]

How're you going to tell the Landlord that he has no right to tear his own house down? Get a grip. The entitlement in this modern world stinks.

[@SabrinaDacosta]

He doesn’t have the right. Not when people are living there.

[@CM-ve1bz]

@Slim Pickens He gave them two months notice

[@AdamKover]

So any tweaker that breaks into a house has rights?

[@kebl1965]

@@AdamKover In some states they do, I'll have them arrested ... but then I don't own property outside of my own town where I check on them regularly.

[@jannettsnow2856]

The landlord should have told them a head of time..The landlord was wrong this time. Dint stick up for the landlord when the landlord was in the wrong.

[@fentonb9520]

The neighbors are probably thrilled that the Flop house is gone

[@amoszook3775]

exactly

[@veronicacrudup8604]

Why is it a flop house. Racist jack a**

[@veronicacrudup8604]

With your racist evil vile flag.

[@fentonb9520]

@@veronicacrudup8604 you must be a Welfare Queen

[@ICONICPARIS]

@@fentonb9520 F U!!!!!

[@masescranton9630]

Landlords must start to fight back. We used to remove doors for non payment.

[@atgc24]

Unfortunately there is not a single thing you can do other than sell the property WITH THE TENANTS. You can’t evict. Federal law. All due to COVID.

[@kebl1965]

@@atgc24 Supreme Court says the eviction moratorium is unconstitutional, besides, I've seem plenty of people evicted, it just wasn't for non-payment of rent.

[@edwaggoner7403]

The CDC is the agency that started the eviction moratorium. They are not a law making agency.

[@tamaramadison7563]

Some Landlords are money hungry

[@edwaggoner7403]

@@tamaramadison7563 So do not rent from them, your choice.

[@rogeroldguy7903]

Governments have stopped evections when rent isn't paid. Why haven't they protected the owners when they can't get the rent but the bank can take over the property?

[@HangNguyen-ih8rf]

This is a communist technique so the government could get the house out of the owner hands into the bank. It’s like taking candy from a baby.

[@sierrachoco5271]

Exactly!

[@solaralloyd6157]

The government has a foreclosure protection program as part of the CARES act.

[@davidsine4390]

@@solaralloyd6157Which doesn't apply to rental property owners.

[@johnniebeavers]

Yes they need to protect the landlord also

[@dhs8533]

If the tenant has a signed lease then they go straight to the power company and set up power...case closed.

[@crand20033]

But there are many tenants and besides, they have already been asked to leave so they aren't going to pay for utilities.

[@mrsw2923]

You mean be responsible? Not from this group of week minded over emotional irrational young adults.

[@eckankar7756]

I suspect the woman with the 2 kids rented the room from the tenant and not the landlord. Besides, a 60 day notice was given that the house was to be demolished, this was no surprise. They all just decided to sit on their lazy butts and stare out the windows till the power went off.

[@TheSocialClub111]

@@crand20033 the landlord is lying!! He could've drafted a new lease to "start" getting paid. The man wanted to take advantage of the market to rebuild an charge higher rent.

[@ggray1213]

There is so many holes in this story!

[@Doeeyedgal4u]

From what it looks like is someone was posing as a property manager, making phony leases, charging rent that gets paid to him/her ...all the while the property owner is in the dark. The so called tenants may also have forged docs themselves & technically been squatters.

[@solaralloyd6157]

The only dispute I have with this statement is a local church has assistance payment records to a property manager.

[@MollyBrown-f9i]

@@solaralloyd6157 church paid rent only up til end of year

[@solaralloyd6157]

@@MollyBrown-f9i that is understood but according to the interview the power was turned off in December, just before Christmas.

[@adrianaalcala9693]

@@solaralloyd6157 Bad Christmas Day 😩😩😩

[@newnewdavis2651]

So how is it they been there for 3 years and the power was on in his name!!!

[@Dinngg0]

If the landlord did not know there were renters in there, the renters were being scammed. Too bad for them but they don't deserve to stay. Go after the scammer, not the landlord, it's not his fault!

[@jacobnapkins1155]

The landlord is the scammer he said they were not behind on rent

[@bs4real]

Clearly,you've never been a renter

[@doom4067]

It sounds to me like the landlord's tenant was subletting the rooms. He probably informed his tenant of his plans.

[@AdamKover]

Why should the landlord be paying for the electricity? He has every right to cut off the power. The last thing a land lord wants to do is to evict tenants. It is really simple pay your rent! There should be no sympathy for unproductive people who are not paying their rent. All the Sympathy should be for the productive landlords that are busting their asses putting roofs over peoples heads that are not getting paid.

[@machinaprivada]

Nailed it bud

[@carylanncompton5882]

That's Usually How It's Done When Renting A Room NOT The Whole House.

[@ICONICPARIS]

They did pay their rent. Did u listen to the damn video

[@taniesha64]

Their rent was paid

[@robertoarrigo7895]

Guy owns the house .

[@machinaprivada]

Best comment 2021. 👏👏👏👏

[@crand20033]

The owner says he didn't know there are renters there? Well then they are just squatters. The owner has no contract with them.

[@susiepace2125]

Why would he pay the utility bill? He knew they would living in the property because they were paying rent.

[@doom4067]

I think his tenant was subletting the rooms, and the landlord's tenant vacated at the end of the lease.

[@tvviewer4500]

Imagine being such a terrible tenant that your landlord chooses to knock down the home to get you to leave.

[@daphnietudor2953]

Oh it's not always the tenant. I'm in q situation now where landlord has been paid throughout the entire pandemic. Problem he did not supply my husband and I or our 2 kids age 3 and almost 1 with heat. One year it was so cold with a newborn you could see ur breath. He's mad I won't make his repairs trying to get news channel 5 to broadcast this to the world. And come see the holes in the ceiling and terrible mold under the carpets from the leaking roof he repaired but did no more. I did not cause the things that need repaired. He's cheap simple as that....

[@tvviewer4500]

@@daphnietudor2953 If you live in a place that requires heat you tell the city and they will fine him.

[@daphnietudor2953]

@@tvviewer4500 the state of TN requires heat. I was reading the landlord tenant act.

[@tvviewer4500]

@@daphnietudor2953 There should be an organization wither in the government or private or one or more of both in you area where they help people with land lord tenant issues. You should speak with them. Sometimes heat is only required when certain temperatures are reached.

[@daphnietudor2953]

@@tvviewer4500 I'm in tn. We've had ice already. Last year in February when I bought heater instead of payed rent our power was out while I was in special care nursery with my newborn. Kids died. He is required to pay qnd buy heat and keep it at 65 at least. He also is only evicting bc of repairs. I've got holes in my roof. Holes in the carpet where it edited from the roof leaking... there is a 70 year old man under this roof. It's sad my kids are 1 and 3. He is a slum lord. Landlords also cannot shut off essential services as in the landlord tenant act I can recite the law for ya.

[@stonecrestquilt]

Landlords need protection too.

[@ericcastle7296]

True

[@jag5798]

Could this be squatters on a fake lease?

[@shellypeek6515]

Sounds like Squatters with fake paperwork

[@shayg9126]

@@shellypeek6515 I've heard about this detriot

[@doom4067]

It sounds to me like his legitimate tenant was subletting the house. That tenant then vacated when the lease expired.

[@markelam3242]

The landlord owns the home. It's his to do what he wants with. She should buy her own house and make the rules

[@chodkowski01]

Cutting off power isn’t a problem because the landlord paid for the electric. The renters just have to call up the power and turn it on and they will pay the bill. All they need is mail showing their name and address they live there.

[@sykinajacobus2]

🎯 Facts

[@55ostaR]

This what happened went money is given to the renter landlord so he got the money for sure .I hope the renter are ok ..creepy landlord legal these are people come to the stated and fast government go give them money free of cause.and this problem keep on and on

[@55ostaR]

He wanted these people out fast you know he got the money

[@tylerrjohnson68]

Lol oh lawd! They be respontible for day lights?

[@samjordan8800]

Money was likely given to a management company. And the guy owning it now probably bought it from the guy who rented it out. Messy no matter how you look at it.

[@trash-girl84]

When you're not wanted....LEAVE.

[@mzbatonrougebeauty5267]

Well someone took the government's money for the rent through the year

[@hadtocheathimtobeathim6549]

@@mzbatonrougebeauty5267 ok. Well they won’t pay anymore from the time they’ve been evicted. So what’s the issue?

[@jeanniefelix6534]

I agree, renting or relationships, if your not wanted, leave! Hopefully they have family to help them n

[@kellynorvell5714]

You are so right....I had to learn that the HARD way.....thank God, I finally learned!

[@pamparker4047]

Easy for you for you to say

[@michaelprinaris2250]

Sounds all fishy to me ..

[@donnafrflorida56]

At what point is enough enough. When government suspends taxes then you can dictate to the landlords. They are going belly up . They still have to pay repairs and thousands in taxes and insurance . Tens of thousands in mortgages.

[@CrashCarlisle]

They are squatters! Hah! Do your job, newschannel 5 and report this accurately!

[@carylanncompton5882]

They WERE Paying Their Rent. Listen So You'll KNOW What You're Talking ABOUT.

[@gayhendrie84]

Why were utilities in landlords name??you want free rent and utilities???

[@solaralloyd6157]

Did you not pay attention? They were paid up through the end of the year and the church even had records of rental assistance payments made to the property manager.

[@crazy32people55]

Something shady!

[@MDAdams72668]

@@solaralloyd6157 it was April the AFTER they were paid through this new "owner" likely bought the property for the land and planned to demo the house he was told that the old owners (actual landlords) would not renew the lease and remove the tenants but it did not happen hence why he is well within his rights to discontinue the power

[@solaralloyd6157]

@@MDAdams72668 If you watched the interview the power was turned off in December before Christmas

[@MDAdams72668]

@@solaralloyd6157 which was likely done by the old owner/landlords and is highly illegal

[@smb2a587]

I would never be a landlord!

[@Terrie-W]

I was a landlord. You right it’s not worth the aggravation especially during this pandemic.

[@RcCrafter]

Was a landlord in DC. Bought the house I grew up in from my parents and spent $45K renovating it. The tenants paid rent for a year then started paying sometimes and then not at all. Trashed my house and DC would not let me kick them out. I took them to court and watch judges stall me out and run me through the ringer before the tenants agreed to leave. They only left because the power was turned off due to non payment. They gave my house keys to a homeless person who left literal crap all over my house as well. DC judge said I should be thankful that I got my house back at all. $50k more in renovations and I had to sell my family home because I could no longer afford to keep it and did not want to risk another tenant trashing it. I have absolutely no sympathy for these deadbeats. Not your property then get out!!!

[@kcook8119]

Please don't. It's a nightmare especially for the past year.

[@zhaw4821]

The landlord OWES the house

[@zhaw4821]

@Dennis Yen Thank you 🙂

[@pearlperlitavenegas2023]

OWNS

[@Sochi314]

He does but it seems like whatever property management company he was using was up to something by fishy.

[@mcleanblades9234]

@@Sochi314 Where is proof the owner was using a property management company?

[@Sochi314]

@@mcleanblades9234 I’m not sure if you’re suggesting there wasn’t a property management company or what exactly. Around 2:08 they mention the rent was paid to the same management company that was on the lease.

[@markbrown5117]

Their not paying their rent. The church is so ..... maybe the church stopped paying their rent. They look healthy enough to look for and then to find a job

[@MDAdams72668]

not if they are locked down

[@Sochi314]

Her rent was paid though future dates though.

[@susieq8008]

Why was a church paying 5hei4 rent ? Does anyone know if they actually paid rent ? The landlord gave them 60 day notice to move....stop the entitlement attitude. No one OWES you free housing.

[@esperanzadelgado2662]

Do you guys think of landlords have there bills too u guys don't talk about it

[@ec6443]

Charge him with fraud. He took Cares federal funds and still forced them out. That's fraudulent use of government funds and you can seize property.

[@MDAdams72668]

If he was the owner that took care funds that is likely true what if someone else owned it and sold it after taking the funds and stated no tenants live here

[@laurahenson1364]

Why the government is taking our money who’s making them pay us back

[@D.E._Sarcarean]

He didn't take anything. There was no tenants. They were illegally squatting in the house.

[@geralddrolet1]

Did he really get it or did they have forged docs? Fake property manager?

[@D.E._Sarcarean]

@@geralddrolet1 Neither. All of the people were squatters. NewsChannel 5 did zero due diligence to verify their claims of "being tenants".

[@williamssharon3908]

I live at the Redbury Hotel in Manhattan. My landlord turned off my air-conditioning/ heating unit to force me to move. I made them turn it back on by video taping them downstairs in the lobby. Turning off utilities is a common bulling tactic that landlords use to force people out; it didn't work on me! Know your rights.

[@VinhLe-bi4zh]

Why would the landlord want you out? Seems like having a tenant living there and paying rent would benefit them

[@patricksaxon3983]

But it is his building and he does have that right.

[@williamssharon3908]

@@patricksaxon3983 my rent includes all utilities! If they had the right to turn it off, it would have stayed off.

[@williamssharon3908]

@@VinhLe-bi4zh I am rent stabilized; they could make triple the amount of money with me gone!

[@juanshaftpatel7488]

@@williamssharon3908 then youre worthless

[@wonderfullife8521]

People who became unemployed due to lockdown were getting an unemployment, why didn't they pay rent what are they spending money on? Plus most of them were getting $200 per person in food stamps? I don't know about all areas but in my area we had a lot of rent assistances from the city as they got huge funds, but of course you had to be qualified and prove that you lost a job/income due to lockdown and not just because you never worked in your life and someone will pay your rent, when you have a car payments you know if you don't pay the car is going to be repossessed , what the people were spending their unemployment money on?

[@robertpeters2741]

The electricity has to be in the renters name. These people never paid a cent in rent I bet.

[@shirleydean9260]

If you listen the Church even paid they rent. Some people literally pay there bills

[@hadtocheathimtobeathim6549]

The electric company wouldn’t cut power if the paying user didn’t cancel it. They didn’t pay the utilities and they didn’t pay rent cuz they weren’t supposed to be there.

[@misterbadass2089]

@JESUS IS LORD333.AMEN. JESUS333.AMEN. Watch it again, yes they said they were paid up to end of year but also said this happened 2 days before Christmas. Last time I checked Christmas is damn close to the new year. So are they asking for a 7 or 8 day reimbursement?

[@eckankar7756]

The tenant was given 60 days notice the house was to be demolished but did absolutely nothing in those 2 months to prepare to move. This was no surprise. The woman with 2 kids rented a room that I suspect from the tenant not the landlord, that's why the landlord didn't know she was living there. People rent properties then sublease them to others for a profit but those subleases are with a tenant not the landlord and are not valid. This may have been what happened.

[@robertpeters2741]

@@eckankar7756 That's exactly what happened and then she comes up with her sob story to try and get a payout.$$$$$$$$

[@nwhy406]

He knew they were in that home. If he’s saying they were supposed to be gone 60 days ago, why was he just now having the lights disconnected....

[@newnewdavis2651]

Exactly and they been there for 3 years!

[@nwhy406]

@@newnewdavis2651 That’s just crazy. I use to feel sorry for some landlords, but when you do things like this, I just can’t.

[@Dee-qo7gh]

By law he was supose to wait until their lease was up. He didnt won't to so his rich as called his rich friends at the light company. The rich looking out for the rich. Ive seen this multiple times. She can still sue him for every thing lost and for relocating and he knows it.

[@kebl1965]

@@Dee-qo7gh Actually no ... an owner can evict a tenant for any reason regardless of lease .. so long as it is within the lease agreement or not in violation of a state or federal law. I'm going to suggest that this owner purchased this home and the previous owner was supposed to have the tenants move out. The previous owner did not, the management company (if there was one) failed to follow up and the new owner moved ahead with his original plans. They literally had two months to get out and did not.

[@doom4067]

He gave his tenant 60 days notice. He seems to have not known that his tenant was subletting to these people. @Dee-qo7gh he didn't have a lease with these people. They claim to have signed it with a property manager, not with the owner. Only the owner can agree to lease out his property.

[@donnalechak6980]

Landlord still have bills to pay.

[@Wertyii55]

Things like this happen when you’re a bum, and rely on others to pay your bills..

[@machinaprivada]

👏👏👏👏👏

[@celestinelatham5869]

😈😈😈😈

[@daphnietudor2953]

I guess all those bums that lost their jobs need to get off their but and work huh

[@aznmien1871]

when the electric bill is not in your name...

[@kcook8119]

Good job to the landlord. New owner, no contract. She had 60 days to move. Too bad, too sad

[@schawnettarobinson8584]

You are so compassionate.

[@kcook8119]

@@schawnettarobinson8584 Thank you! 😊

[@carlhouse3793]

The problem is the government telling people they can hijack landlords properties without paying

[@nuranarrowood5808]

Real estate law says you have to give tenant 2 months to move our

[@apllu17]

government systems are failing landlords. And Landlords are risking being arrested, sued to avoid being foreclosed on.

[@sandylynn1912]

You have to give notice to evict

[@Sochi314]

I think whatever management company he was using is to blame in this situation.

[@isaacchiang8082]

The majority of the problems are that tenants take advantage of the moratorium by not paying rent, if you pay rent, 99.9%of the landlord welcome for you to stay. This is an obscure case.

[@d.lawrence5670]

Isaac, landlords are often sleazy too.

[@russelltackett4779]

@@d.lawrence5670 No way they goods people

[@RaleighLink]

Seems to me like these renters were paying the "manager". The "manager" was collecting their payments and not paying the owner of the home to live there, he's the one who screwed over the other renters who probably shouldn't have been there in the first place. I don't blame the home owner.

[@doom4067]

Yes. You sign a lease with the owner, not with the property manager. I think the landlord's tenant was subletting and calling himself the property manager.

[@josephgarza5265]

It’s called get the he ll out!

[@brotherted9212]

So wait a minute -- the reporter says they saw a lease agreement -- but it's with someone else, not the owner? It was with someone described as a "property manager"? And why didn't they show the lease agreement on-camera and name this property manager?

[@mgray3130]

Oh it's so terrible, how the heck do the landlords pay the tax, the upkeep, and the loans they have? Seems like no one is saying anything about that!

[@xxSweetStrangerxx]

Good job to that landlord. Shameless free loaders need to work and pay their fkn rent or live on the congress or white house. Stop occupying our homes.

[@miguelarreguin64]

Have that judge pay the electric bill and their rent.

[@brucesmith8285]

Did they pay their rent? Love the victumhood. Oohhh their squatters. Hhhmmmm interesting.

[@bonniewatson178]

It’s his house and they need to go!

[@AKHKCZplus]

👏👏👏👏Well done……. Hopefully they invested their taxpayer funded stimulus money towards the purchase of a late model work van to reside in.

[@ggray1213]

Dude getting 200.00 per week from 3 diffrent people...that place is a goldmine!!!

[@doom4067]

No he isn't. His tenant was getting that money from them.

[@irmasotak3705]

Some tenants are abusing the small landlords, the government should provide with housing for family in need but not on the landlord expenses!!🧐

[@inezcoward8719]

The landlord is right everybody want to live free,he's damn right I will say it again he's damn right

[@mzbatonrougebeauty5267]

But they specifically said the government paid for them through the yr

[@cathy7824]

People begging for help, yet the church needs to pay the rent for two young people.

[@deva190]

Right. to young , seemingly able bodied people.

[@deva190]

Why is the church paying via Care Act rent for two seemingly young able bodied people?

[@gears955]

It sounds like they got scammed by the property manager. In reality this is not the owner's fault, to his knowledge no one was living in the property. He's the owner, he has the right to sell his property.

[@lulujac9196]

Didn’t he say he told them to leave 60 days ago??? It wasn’t with out notice… 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

[@NerdsWorldNYC]

Wait...was that a racoon scurrying in the background. 😂😂😂😂

[@aaronramirez2610]

Yes,it was it has a home and that's good 4 him,lucky racoon.

[@eyeswideopen4628]

If the government was paying rent assistance to the Landlord, this would not have occurred, renters need help from government.

[@corrinetomlyanovich305]

Here's the deal,legal or illegal tenents,the law is 30 day notice,legal notice through the system. They are probably squartters,which means yes a landlord can do that. Some of the story missing.

[@rogerberres5626]

Raise rents and raise them high

[@sinebar]

There's some funny business going on here. The actual renter was subleasing the rooms without knowledge of the owner creating all kinds of confusion.

[@MonzaRacer]

Sounds more like she was scammed by someone renting a building they didnt own or control. Real owner simply continued on with his proper business. Not his fault unless you can prove he was getting paid by the people she rented from.

[@55ostaR]

So what happened to the money the program gave the landlord.

[@vevedehavilland4743]

The house looks fine to me why tare it down

[@meemeethecat7391]

SO HE CAN GET THEM OUT. AND START ALL OVER AGAIN.

[@pearlperlitavenegas2023]

Its his property can do whatever he wants with it

[@harishoz3097]

It's his property rent elsewhere

[@ACS402010]

He can "tare" it down, because it's HIS property. The End.

[@billtoo4694]

"I have two children", so that gives me the right to illegality live in somebody else's house.

[@marcvslicinivscrassvs7536]

Being a small landlord is very difficult.

[@billytheweasel]

Power company here would never allow that if she had a contract. Electrical Inspectors can't even pull someones meter. Something doesn't add up here. Because the power wasn't turned back on, and the house was demolished... tells me the tenant was not accurate, or the reporter needed to finish working the story, or the landlord will get a nastygram from her attorney/court having jurisdiction. Easy to check,

[@sassylady6883]

Wow the media coverage is so one sided. What about the Landlords rights. 😳

[@sabrinahardnett5184]

2 days before Christmas and they were on virtual learning. No way, something sounds fishy, but I could be wrong.

[@georgemontoya5218]

The landlord brought down the house. 🏠

[@schuylardiamond8438]

Something is awfully wrong with this story, but of course the news reporters goal is to act as if the landlords are terrible people. Landlords should not have to go into debt because a tenant will not or cannot pay their rent.

[@askwhy2030]

Lots of liars in this story. Landlords are right to get people out these days.

[@Smart-Towel-RG-400]

It needs to be a felony to do this

[@michaelduke4500]

Nashville is "refacing Nashville", and North Nashville has been on the map for sometime now. Tear down an old rental house and make way for a modern one that you can lease for no less than 1,400 a month. I have a feeling, these tenants and or landlord were getting scammed by a so-called "property management company".

[@cicimora1402]

Save yr contacts & Receipts . I was renting from a man in California who lived in California never seen the house he was renting out in texas. But gave my rent money to someone in texas that was helping him out on Collecting rent money from houses he rents out.

[@SweetUniverse]

Sounds like something my landlord would do. He's also raising rent during the pandemic.

[@deva190]

How can she say it "happened so fast" when the landlord says he gave 60 days notice.

[@doom4067]

I think that his tenant was subletting the rooms, and he gave 60 days notice to that person. These people didn't have a lease with the landlord.

[@theterrestrial3267]

They need to find the management company who was taking money from both the tenants and the landlord

[@saundramichael7968]

Cleveland, OH. Me too. No heat during an attic polar storm. Hypothermia set in. Later 3-day notice to vacate, followed by eviction... . Assaults. I'm 70 yrs old. Going to Court soon.

[@nuranarrowood5808]

GA law homeowner give 2 months to move out to tenants

[@lisascott2449]

How much are landlords supposed to take? Everyone has a excuse. These landlords are getting screwed. Don’t people ever hear of Walmart tents?

[@mikeshoemaker1909]

Go buy your own home and never complain again

[@MikinessAnalog]

If she really isn't a "tenant" & no contract actually exists, she & everyone else in that house are squatters.

[@NKelly-yc1wt]

Did you listen to the story? She has a lease and was paying rent

[@sblijheid]

@@NKelly-yc1wt The question is: Who was she paying rent to?

[@solaralloyd6157]

@@sblijheid apparently a property manager. They even stated that a local church that had been assisting some of the tenants with rent had records of payment to said property manager.

[@palapalak.8907]

Exactly

[@amoszook3775]

They are roomers, which is different in law than a tenant.

[@teresaalford5978]

Ok so a bunch of people LIVING in the same house, not related, claiming covid for the reason to stay put?!!!! Makes no sense

[@Sochi314]

When I was in college I shared a duplex with a lady and her son that I didn’t know. We had separate sleeping quarters and bathrooms and shared the kitchen and living room. I’m thinking the owner rented the full house but they paid for their separate rooms.

[@laurenlocd3180]

I think they have been scammed unfortunately. Never met the landlord ??? Smh .

[@angelagillett1033]

It is illegal to shut of power or water, because of non payment of rent, only the power and water can do that.

[@brucewayne2773]

If you are a renter and you don't pay your rent. You are no longer a renter. Get your A_s out of the house. When you don't pay your rent, your time is up.

[@PALM311]

Moratorium??? Ohhhh you mean license to squat!

[@sonandsanford4963]

This is where the unhoused comes frome we see on city streets. Not just mental illness and drug addicts.

[@michaellalanae7228]

Now he's the victim get out and quit crying .

[@mzbatonrougebeauty5267]

Obviously these ppl were scammed... the rent was paid through the year for them.. the landlord scammed them

[@Alwaysinvisable]

How could they be living there the whole time without paying for utilities? Why would the landlord pay that for the tenants? Maybe things are done differently in that state?

[@edwardmenhart6493]

I've seen places where utilities included. I live in one. Not common but they put there

[@aliciamelendez4168]

To the landlord in this video: If you are against your paying tenants from staying in the houses that you allowed to rent from you, you should lose everything you own and go rot in jail for violating state law, violating federal law, and violating the Constitution of the United States of America.

[@rcenal6995]

Which constitutional rights are you referring According to story based on how true it is or what you believe He didn't violate anything But the tenants violated the land lords rights

[@rcenal6995]

Pay your rent or get out its a legal agreement You live in a house I'm allowing you to dwell in in exchange pay rent. If I want to tear it down or sell it I give notice In the end his house Deal with it

[@MrDiamond217]

Awww capitalism isn't it beautiful how many schemes you can come up with when you have no respect for nothing.

[@rickynorris1694]

Pay your rent.