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A New Jersey landlord joined “Fox & Friends First” Friday to discuss why he waived rent payments for his tenants for three months during the coronavirus outbreak.
“For us, it’s just good business practice,” said David Placek.
Placek went on to say, “We’re believers that if you invest in the community and you’re good community stewards, that is going to be good for you as a property owner and property investor.”
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Placek decided to waive rent for April, May and June as the global pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the health and the economic security of many Americans.
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The landlord, who owns 12 rental units in Montclair, will be forgoing more than $50,000 in rent for the three months, ABC7 reported.
His tenants haven’t been the only ones recognizing Placek for his generous offer. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy recently paid tribute to Placek on Twitter.
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Placek said that forgoing more than $50,000 in rent payments from tenants was an easy decision to make.
“It was more a question of why not do this for our tenants. We ask them to pay it forward so if they can go out and buy take out from the restaurants or gift cards from the other small businesses or pay it forward to the local food bank we had in Montclair, N.J. called Tony’s Kitchen.”
Placek said that it benefits all their “stakeholders.”
Fox News' Alexandra Deabler contributed to this report.
thealvarow on April 18th, 2020 at 18:26 UTC »
I lived for 4 years on the same apartment, then just after renewing my lease a house we liked came on the market in town. Landlord thanked me for the good years and said “welcome to town I hope you build a family here”. He waived the contract on the spot, and now we have a family in town and see him every so often.
Coffe3l0v3r9 on April 18th, 2020 at 15:53 UTC »
just imagine if some governments felt the same way about their citizens
OtherRocks on April 18th, 2020 at 14:43 UTC »
Mine said, you all got a stimulus check. We expect you to use that to pay.
Edit: Some of you - It was just a comment on the differences. Nothing against my landlord, they're a fine company and usually very polite and understanding which is why I thought their comment was so unusual. I don't think they're unreasonable and I'm not under any confusion as to the intended purpose of the stimulus was. I live in MN, we are a passive people, passive aggressive at our worst, never direct so please calm yourselves.