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    Just want to say if you can pay your rent, pay your rent. As long as it's not putting your life in jeopardy, of course. If you can afford rent but you're withholding as some kind of "rent strike movement" you are not helping the problem, you're making it worse. If you can't pay your rent, call out to family and friends and ask for help. Don't assume your landlord has piles of liquidity lying around, because they almost definitely don't.

    I figure I probably don't need to say this to anyone here.

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    • Yeah, I've seen 'Rent Strike' grafitti'd around the place recently and can't get my head around what it hopes to achieve. except for not paying rent, of course.Nairn
    • Like all this money that the gov't promises to hand out - I'm like, I don't want it - it's just going to have to get paid back one way or another. No free lunchNairn
    • Also, your landlord doesn't want to evict anyone right now. Landlords are frightened too. Try to work something out with them. Negotiate.
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    • Not allowed to evict right now.monospaced
    • Pay your rent, while your landlord has a mortgage holiday.Yep, nice to be the landlord in that situation...shapesalad
    • Uh, do you understand how a mortgage holiday will work? I'm so sick of people thinking everyone else is on Easy Street
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    • No rent will be forgiven. It all has to be paid, there's no easy street.monospaced
    • No mortgage is forgiven. They just aren't enforcing payment or interest for now. It's all still due. In fact, it's an interest free 2 months at least.monospaced
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