In a move that critics are calling “one of the most tasteless events I’ve ever heard of,” Berkeley landlords are celebrating the end of eviction protections in the East Bay city with a cocktail party.
The Berkeley Property Owners Association, a trade group for rental property owners in Berkeley, apparently believes regaining the right to throw people out of their homes is cause for celebration — or at least a networking event. The “Fall Social Mixer: Celebrating the End of the Eviction Moratorium” is set for the evening of Sept. 12; the event was first spotted by Berkeleyside.
Berkeley, like many other Bay Area municipalities, began a moratorium on most evictions at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. The moratorium lasted over three years but expired on Sept. 1, 2023.
I like this quote from a related article:
The group insists on not being referred to as landlords, however, which they consider “slander.” According to the website, “We politely decline the label “landlord” with its pejorative connotations.”…Instead, they prefer to be called “housing providers.”
Don’t hurt their feelings now!!
That made me nauseous