No Canadian should have to worry about paying rent amid COVID-19 pandemic: Trudeau

[danieldemol]

‘No Canadian should have to worry about paying rent amid COVID-19 pandemic: Trudeau’

Source: No Canadian should have to worry about paying rent amid COVID-19 pandemic: Trudeau - NEWS 1130

If Canada can offer practical re-assurance to its renters why can’t the US?

 

[Lyndon]

good for him, leadership that is sorely lacking in USA

 

[stvdv]

‘No Canadian should have to worry about paying rent amid COVID-19 pandemic: Trudeau’

That is amazing. Very good.

I am amazed that he is not having himself tested, as his wife has the virus
One can have the virus, without having symptoms and giving it to others

 

[Spirit of Light]

That is amazing. Very good.

I am amazed that he is not having himself tested, as his wife has the virus
One can have the virus, without having symptoms and giving it to others

Trudau have gone in to isolation because his wife been affected by the virus. So he does take it serious. Justin Trudeau in self-isolation after wife Sophie tests positive for coronavirus

 

[stvdv]

Trudau have gone in to isolation because his wife been affected by the virus. So he does take it serious. Justin Trudeau in self-isolation after wife Sophie tests positive for coronavirus

Trudeau is governing from home for the next two weeks and is in self-isolation after his wife, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, was diagnosed with COVID-19, Thursday.

The prime minister said he has not been tested for COVID-19 and a doctor has advised him not to be tested if he is not showing any symptoms.

If he does fall ill, Trudeau said he will continue to work from home, adding there have always been contingency plans in place if a minister or prime minister is unable to work.

I read above, and thought he might stop working from home if he does not fall ill next 2 weeks, without testing.
But maybe he does plan to test, before starting to work outside home again

 

[Spirit of Light]

I read above, and thought he might stop working from home if he does not fall ill next 2 weeks, without testing.
But maybe he does plan to test, before starting to work outside home again

It would the right thing to do also for all the leaders in the world to get tested

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

If Canada can offer practical re-assurance to its renters why can’t the US?

A lack of will to do it. That's the only reason.

 

[LightofTruth]

If, for the safety of others, a couple need to be quarantined to their home and therefore have no income to pay bills, they ought not be given eviction notices or have their power shut off.

And what if they are running out of food?

 

[ChristineM]

good for him, leadership that is sorely lacking in USA

And in the UK

 

[stvdv]

It would the right thing to do also for all the leaders in the world to get tested

Yes, especially knowing this

New York: 421 cases have been identified.
Since announcing their first case of coronavirus on March 1, health officials in New York State have raced to contain the virus’s spread as the number of confirmed diagnoses has surged past 400.
A large percentage of those cases have been traced to a man from Westchester County who attended public gatherings before knowing he had the coronavirus.

 

[LightofTruth]

Yes, especially knowing this

I spoke to a doctor who told me that the virus cannot be detected if there are no symptoms.

Is that true?

 

[Revoltingest]

‘No Canadian landlord should have to worry about paying collecting rent amid COVID-19 pandemic: Revoltingest Trudeau’

Fixed.

 

[Twilight Hue]

Only renters? How about those that have to pay the mortgage?

 

[LightofTruth]

Only renters? How about those that have to pay the mortgage?

wouldn't kicking someone out on the street be counterproductive to the idea of containing the virus?

 

[Revoltingest]

wouldn't kicking someone out on the street be counterproductive to the idea of containing the virus?

In my experience, it can take around a year to boot a tenant or loan defaulter.
The virus has a much shorter time frame.

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

Only renters? How about those that have to pay the mortgage?

The PM hasn't given all the details of their response package. This was just a speech where he noted that measures are coming.

I'm personally expecting some sort of protection or help for homeowners as well as renters. The overall message is that nobody should be out in the street because of COVID-19.

Investment properties, though... meh. The landlord knew - or ought to have known - that their investment comes with risk. My own (non-real estate) portfolio is down 20-30%; if real estate investors get some special bailout that the rest of us don't get, some hard questions will be asked.

 

[LightofTruth]

In my experience, it can take around a year to boot a tenant or loan defaulter.
The virus has a much shorter time frame.

yeah, i think you're right, in the US anyway. Not sure how it works in other countries like Canada though.

Therefore, if the POTUS were to follow Trudeau it would be nonsense because the only people who have to worry about losing their home are those who can't afford to live there anymore. People who can't find work that would afford them to maintain their home over an extended period of time. It doesn't apply to people who get a virus which only lasts maybe a month or so whereby it is necessary that they remain in their home for that period of time and then can return to a job which affords them to keep their home.

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

yeah, i think you're right, in the US anyway. Not sure how it works in other countries like Canada though.

If rental housing tribunals get shut down as part of some blanket ban on public meetings and gatherings, it's anyone's guess.

Edit: of course, if workers had better protections against income loss due to quarantine or workplace shutdowns, both the landlords and the tenants could be just fine, resting easy in the knowledge
that the tenants will be able to pay their rent (and buy groceries, etc.) whatever happens.

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

Fixed.

Still correct and still reasonable.

Making sure that people don't become homeless is more important than making sure that one specific class of investors maintains the rate of return that it wants.

 

[stvdv]

I spoke to a doctor who told me that the virus cannot be detected if there are no symptoms.

Is that true?

Disclaimer: I am not a doctor. I was just curious about your question, so I googled and Google spat out below info. Whether or not it is reliable I don't know. I just share it as you asked me. Best to ask an expert, to be sure IMO.

15-minute coronavirus blood test is being used in China, Italy and Japan - but NOT in the UK | Daily Mail Online

The test, which takes a blood droplet from a finger prick, allegedly shows the severity of coronavirus infection in a patient even if they don't show symptoms.

Tracking Every Coronavirus Case in the U.S.: Full Map

Does testing positive mean that I have the virus and that I will develop symptoms?
– Frank from Palm Desert, California
Yes, testing positive means that you have the virus, but it does not mean that you will develop symptoms. Some people who have the virus don't have any symptoms at all.
At the same time, testing negative does not necessarily mean that you don't have the virus.
Can someone spread the virus without symptoms?
– Leo from Indianapolis, Indiana
Yes, some spread might be possible before people show symptoms, according to the CDC. However, people are most contagious when they are most symptomatic.

Coronavirus: UK developing new blood test which could reveal undetected spread

But now a number of countries are in the process of verifying a blood test which can detect if someone has been cleared of coronavirus.

That test detects antibodies that are produced a week or two after someone has become infected with the virus and are part of the immune system's response to the illness.