A comment someone wrote at the New York Times. It's about people who have lost their jobs and can't pay the rent.

It is no surprise that someone who is director of the "Eviction Lab" knows nothing about eviction and rentals. To begin, the landlord has no responsibility to the tenant other than providing good condition housing in exchange for RENT PAYMENT. That is what the rental agreement is all about. If the tenant can not commit to that obligation, he/she should find new housing voluntarily. There are multiple levels of safety nets that include Section 8, food stamps, welfare, Medicaid, earned income tax credit, and now also renters assistance that the tenant can use to cover shortfalls in their income, but the tenant has to take responsibility for their problems and not pass their problem to the landlord. This author is also writing this editorial as if all landlords are trying to defraud a poor renter. If this person's landlord actually did try to defraud, it is a very rare example. The alternative is for the government to directly provide housing for the poor, but we all know how those turn out in the government housing projects. The focus should be on reality, not fluff and hot air.