Most of You Drive Better Cars Than Me, Kenyan Landlord Tells Tenants Who Requested 50% Rent Waiver

Bingo! and Below the Belt; Rwap!!!

Tenants can request delay in payment but not forgiveness of rent. Loans must be serviced. I would have responded similarly.

Live within your means

Tough times, tough decisions! I reduced rent may not help much; maybe the tenants should request the landlord to delayed rent payment for a few months until conditions improve!

If the tu-ploti are auctioned they will be the first to spread the gossips.

Straight and to the point!
Many tenants need to know what landlords go through to build these houses!

I am a tenant myself and I would advise the tenants to move to house they can afford for the time being I did that myself. Don't pile up debts so you can live stylish.

Adapt and get yourself out of that situation when you still have the means

I own a rental unit. Ive never owned a car. Though i drive a borrowed car. I have not been paid 2 month rent by my driving tenants . I'm living on handouts from siblings.

Pay your rent or mortgage. Stop buying so much tiolet paper and children toys. Cut back.

Your landlord has put everything in it it's right perspective.
Why do you want discount on rent.landlord not getting discount on interest on mortgage repayment.
Landlord has bills to pay and does not get discounts at supermarkets or petrol stations.
For heaven's sake,sell that car you are parking at rented premises,buy plot and move out.

Owning a home is often more expensive than renting a house

Its a high time Kenyans should priotize on building a home for their families...One should not marry someone's daughter and take them to a rented house and a big car,even if its a mabati house that's good enough..That's my take.
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Right on the nail's head!!! Those tenants need to understand Kagwe's statement "if we behave normally..".u know how it goes. If you feel stretched, please move to a more affordable house. Even if the landlord agrees to cut the rent by half, covid seems to be here to stay what will happen after the 2 months are over?? Swallow your pride nanii na umove to a smaller house. Thank me later 😊

Just before Covid-19 discovery in Kenya, the apartment I live in was auctioned. Now the new landlord came with new terms...like we've just rented. We paid new hiked rent + deposit as well as H²0/stima deposits.Don't joke!

Most. Property s. R owned by. Rich. People. They don't care. There greedy

Why do people request rent reductions from a landlard.it would be nice but should he take the loss

A very funny landlord. What if his tenants decide to move and because of the pandemic nobody get to live in his rental houses, how does he plan to pay his loans? Feeble in his thinking.

The other day we were against the guy with a British style school and his expensive education and nagging so rich parents looking for a discounted tuition. Many of us were against him though in this case I see many supporting wambugu and his tuplots probably because we own some too hence the solidarity. I personally don't see any difference between these two. They are both businessman with loans to service. You as a customer you need to scratch where you can reach shine or rain. As the owner, if you loose your loyal customers who do you think is going replace them. Your house may be vacant for several months and end up loosing more than giving a two month rent break. It a win win situation.

Uza gari ulipe nyumba... duniani hakuna baba mwenye gari bali kuna baba mwenye nyumba...

You agree to pay a rent and now because of caronavirus you feel you don't have too? How is this right? I have a house payment and car payment but not looking for a handout. I will do everything possible to make my payments, that is how my parents brought me up!

Trump 2020 to end all the communist/democrat corruption. Most are unaware of the war being waged at the moment.

Sadly it is a catch 22 for both tenants and landlords. If you were furloughed or have reduced hours because of covid19 you don't have funds to pay all the rent. It is simple math. If you are a landlord you also have bills to pay. The problem is tenants with no income and or reduced income means exactly that. Landlords not receiving rent payments from tenants means they are in the Same situation as their tenants which is ironic. Solution the tenant can try to move in with family or friends until things improve or try to reach a compromise with the landlord. Landlord can either work with the tenant as some money is better than none or risk the tenant moving out and hope someone moves in to make up for the tenant moving. Sadly there is no blame on either part as nobody expected a pandemic to happen. It sounds awesome to say have a back up plan but the reality is most people live paycheck to paycheck.

The tenants were just trying their best, but too bad.
Anyway the government has suspended CrB and banks from asking their loans until the covid is over. How i wish the landlord could just listen to his tenants and maybe harmonize the pay not even 50% but they come up with strategic ways of paying

Kenya is a Middle income (trapped) economy; the Middle income families, who form more than 90% of the tax payers, are perennially trapped $(1000-12000) annual take-home salary. Such African governments, with all due respect, can't afford corporate/ employee relief stimulus packages like UK/USA.
We need to wake up and smell this coffee. The landlord has a case.
The perennial quagmire can be discussed separately (causes?).

I agree with the landlord there are so many people taking advantage of this Covid-19 situation and not paying their rent. I have family members who are working and still don’t want to pay their rent because they feel like they don’t have too. Nonetheless, I am a renter living a beautiful 3 bedroom home. When I withhold my rent for various reasons. My landlord mortgage company place notices on the door because she is behind on the mortgage. If I was the landlord I would discount the rent from the tenants that can provide evidence that he or she have been laid off. The rest would have to pay the full rent.

Mumetuzoea,unaendesha rangerover sports unai park kwa rental na landlord anaendesha probox? Ukishindwa na rent ingia wewe family yako na vitu vyenu kwa rangerover niwalipishe za parking.Hizi nyumba tunajenga na loans hatuchukui loans za kwenda holidays.

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Its a shame that human beings don't give a fuckin damn about each other. A problem like a pandemic, war etc should have every sector reducing prices. Companies claim to have made loses and have sent people on unpaid leave or those who are lucky to quarter salary. Some businesses are closed. Human beings are the worst stupid greedy and selfish animals ever created.

A good reason never to be a landlord or a lender. The vast bulk of humans will rationalize their own self interest to the detriment of anyone who previously accepted their promises.

The correct response here? Perhaps extraordinary times call for some flexibility in lease terms. ie, "there is zero chance I can pay you". In such cases, the landlord might exercise his discretion and just allow the tenant to "move the hell out". But no tenant should expect a landlord to cut their rent or to forgive rents due. That's just theft.