Unless you lived in New Orleans. The New York Times today ran two articles side by side under one headline:
Hurricane Evacuees Face Eviction Threats at Both Their Old Homes and New
and
New Orleans Landlords Are Pitted Against Tenants in Court
Landlords in New Orleans have filed 700 eviction notices in the past ten days, in some cases filing more cases in a single day than are seen in a whole month.
Folks who are trying to make a go of things down in the Big Easy are complaining that their funds have been tied up by minimal and unreliable mail delivery (the mail from August is just getting delivered about now, according to the article).
But landlords need their tenants to pay rent so they can live as well. And many landlords have no viable properties left to collect rents from. Locating displaced old tenants is no easy matter.
So, as you sit around your table this Thanksgiving, please keep in mind how very fortunate you are.
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