#CancelRent

Housing advocates say evictions are on the rise in the country following the end of a federal ban on rent – though numbers remain below pre-pandemic levels due to the infusion of federal rental assistance and other pandemic-related assistance like expanded child tax credit payments that are also set to end.

One landlord recently found himself at a crossroads of either keeping his business afloat or having a heart for a tenant he hadn't received rent from since before the pandemic began. Surprisingly, he ended up choosing both options.