The tenant called me yesterday evening to let me know that she is having trouble paying the rent. She told me she lost her job, but is looking for another one. She is on unemployment and says she only gets $1400 a month. She has asked if we could reduce her rent to $1000 until she gets another job. I am a bit skeptical about her situation. We have helped her on several occasions now, first by allowing her to pay on the 11th of the month without a late charge, then she has been late several times even after allowing her an extension. In December she didn't pay until very late in the month and when I called her and told her we were going to start eviction if she didn't pay the rent she was surprised that we would start eviction when she wasn't even 30 days late. I'm not sure how you want to handle it. I have been trying to think of a way we could verify that what she is saying is true, but I'm not sure how we would do that. I thought about asking her for bank statements every month, but that wouldn't necessarily show all of her income. Any ideas.
Any ideas please?