Speaker 1: Well, this was inevitable. Now comes the coronavirus legal blowback.
Speaker 1: In Massachusetts. Property owners are fed up. They are suing
Speaker 1: the state and the Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing an
Speaker 1: Economic Development. The issue is the eviction moratorium that was
Speaker 1: put in place during the lockdown to permit tenants to
Speaker 1: stay in their rental properties even if they hadn't paid rent.
Speaker 1: Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker just extended the eviction moratorium until
Speaker 1: the middle of October. A lawyer for the landlord's explains
Speaker 1: that one of his clients, a nurse, is owed twenty
Speaker 1: dollars in back rent. The nurse is now experiencing serious
Speaker 1: financial difficulties because the government did not give her a
Speaker 1: moratorium on paying her financial obligations. The lawsuit was filed
Speaker 1: in federal court. It accuses the state of violating the
Speaker 1: landlord's right to just compensation for what amounts to the
Speaker 1: unlawful taking of their property, violating their right to the
Speaker 1: legal process, and unconstitutionally im hering their lease agreements. You
Speaker 1: can bet there could be a slew of lawsuits like
Speaker 1: this across the nation, not just from landlords, but from
Speaker 1: thousands of business owners going bust. Because power hungry governors
Speaker 1: of liberal states want to keep everything shut down to
Speaker 1: damage President Trump. These blue state autocrats believe they are
Speaker 1: invincible and unaccountable, and we're about to find out whether
Speaker 1: or not they are right as usual, trial lawyers right
Speaker 1: in the middle of the mess.