Carolyn’s Opinions December 2013 Part 2

A West London public housing management company came under fire for sending to the tenants a newsletter. It essentially told the tenants they wanted them to pay their rent for December.

The tenants were insulted that such a notice went out around Christmas time. However, the management company stated that over 46% of the tenants of the property were behind in their rent. It wanted to make sure that they could not use Christmas as an excuse to get even further behind in the rent.

I believe this is a good preventive decision by this management company. People in general tend to overindulge with Christmas presents and other festivities during the holidays. They should be reminded with a reality check that tenants should consider paying their rent first for December. Rent is what keeps a property maintained. Rent is just as important as the holidays, and needs to be acknowledged.