Landlords want to be paid for pandemic losses and hope to reach a deal with the Trump administration | Nation World

BOSTON (AP) — Just months into the pandemic, Matthew Haines, like landlords across the country, learned he was barred from evicting tenants who didn’t pay their rent under a federal eviction moratorium that lasted almost a year — costing him and his investors over $1 million.

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