A landlord in Maine announced he would not be collecting rent from his tenants (租户) in April due to the COVID-19 virus outbreak.
Nathan Nichols, of South Portland, wrote on Facebook that the tenants (live) in the two units he owns are service and hourly workers, who may be out of work in the coming months.
"Because I am (fortune) enough to afford it and I have the privilege of being in the owner class, I just let them know I would not be collecting rent April," Nichols wrote. “I ask any other landlords out there to take serious look at the situation and consider giving their tenants some rent relief as well.
Nichols' post has more than 22,000 shares and (hundred) of comments praising his (decide). In an update post on Facebook, he revealed that it had inspired at least one other landlord to do the same.
He added: "Every so often, however, there is a comment from a landlord who would like (help) the tenants, but (simple) can't, or from a tenant who really wishes the landlord would help him, but (doubt) whether they will. To these people, I say: I don't know your situation and I don't want to judge that a landlord is still collecting rent is somehow a bad person."
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