Cecelia Dunlap retweetledi

So let me get this straight…
During COVID, government imposed eviction moratoriums across cities and states.
A lot of Americans still do not understand what that actually meant.
It did NOT mean government paid everybody’s rent.
It meant landlords were often legally blocked from removing tenants for nonpayment.
But the landlord’s obligations NEVER stopped.
Mortgage?
Still due.
Property taxes?
Still due.
Insurance?
Still due.
Water bills?
Still due.
Heating systems?
Still due.
Repairs?
Still due.
Code violations?
Still due.
So imagine a small Black landlord in a struggling neighborhood with a duplex or triple they worked decades to buy.
Tenants stop paying for months… sometimes years.
Meanwhile inflation explodes.
Material costs explode.
Insurance spikes.
Taxes rise.
Savings disappear.
That owner drains retirement accounts and maxes out credit cards just trying to survive while politicians stand behind podiums pretending compassion costs nothing.
Then comes the final insult.
Buildings deteriorate because cash flow collapsed…
and now politicians like Zohran Mamdani point at the deterioration THEY helped create and say:
“Negligent landlord.”
“Take the building.”
“Transfer ownership.”
So government creates the financial hemorrhage…
then blames the wounded for bleeding.
The wealthy corporate developers survive.
Massive investment firms survive.
Politically connected nonprofits survive.
But the working class landlord?
The old Black couple trying to leave property to their children?
The immigrant family that scraped together enough for 6 units?
The retired tradesman depending on rental income?
CRUSHED.
And Americans better wake up to what this really means.
Because once government decides “neglect” justifies control…
the definition of neglect expands every year.
Today it is deferred maintenance.
Tomorrow it becomes “underutilized property.”
Then “community necessity.”
Then “housing equity.”
That road always ends with less private ownership and more centralized control.
You do not save neighborhoods by destroying the people who stayed invested in them.
You do not stabilize cities by terrifying small property owners.
And you absolutely do not rebuild Black wealth by making ownership itself politically dangerous.
Watch carefully.
The people who suffered under the moratoriums are now being portrayed as villains for surviving the policies imposed on them.
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Erin Derham@HistoryBoutique
Every single Republican. Every single Democrat. Every single person should have a problem with the government seizing someone’s land.
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