三分之一的人不交房租?
About a third of renters did not pay on time this month as business closures put millions of people out of work.
由于企业倒闭导致数百万人失业,本月约有三分之一的租户没有按时支付租金。

The National Multifamily Housing Council says 31% of renters didn't make their payment in the first week of April.
全国多户住房委员会称,有31%的租户在4月的第一周没有付款。
Normally, about 20% of people don't pay their rent on time.
正常情况下,大约是20%的人不按时交房租。
The group tracks more than 13 million units through its survey.
该组织通过调查跟踪了1300多万套住房。

Next month could be even worse if renters don't get government assistance in time, says Doug Bibby, the group's president.
该组织总裁道格·毕比说,如果租房者不能及时获得政府援助,下个月的情况可能会更糟。
He's worried that could spell disaster for many rental property owners.
他担心这可能会给许多房东业主带来灾难。
"If the rent payments drop off significantly, they won't be able to pay their staffs, they won't be able to pay their mortgages, they won't be able to pay their utilities," Bibby says.
“如果租金大幅下降,他们将无法支付员工工资,也将无法支付抵押贷款,甚至将无法支付水电费,”毕比说。
"They won't be able to pay the managers who manage their properties for them.”
“他们将无法付钱给那些为他们管理房产的经理人。”

"I just see this cascading out throughout the whole system and just exacerbating the unemployment problem and the dislocation problem," he adds.
他补充称:“我看到这种情况正在整个体系中蔓延,这只会加剧失业问题和错位分布问题。”
Bibby says the biggest, strongest players in the rental apartment industry should be OK.
毕比表示,租赁公寓行业中规模最大、实力最强的公司应该没有问题。
They have cash reserves and various ways to access money if they need it during the crisis.
他们有现金储备,如果在危机期间需要资金,他们可以通过各种方式获得资金。

But he says rental housing is a very fragmented industry with large portion of the units owned by small businesses with 50 to 100 units.
但他表示,出租房是一个非常分散的行业,大部分出租房属于拥有50至100套出租房的小企业。
He says they could be in much bigger trouble.
他说,他们可能会遇到更大的麻烦。
There are also many mom-and-pop landlords who only own a few units.
也有很多只有几套房子的家庭经营的房东。
"If an apartment owner has to shut down a 50-unit building, those people have to find shelter somewhere else," Bibby says. “That's what "worries me the most," he says.
毕比说:“如果一个公寓的主人不得不关闭一座有50个单元的大楼,那么这些人就必须在其他地方找到住处。”“而这是最令我担心的,”他说。

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