“I’ve done this out of the kindness of my heart,” landlord Travis Johnson tells PEOPLE
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- Landlord Travis Johnson told his tenants in Portsmouth, Va., that they don’t have to pay their rent for November and December
- “I know what it’s like to have a housing crisis and instability when it comes to rent, because I myself have struggled in the past,” Johnson told WTKR about why he did it
- He plans to give a rent reprieve to six more homes
Christmas came early for some tenants in Virginia thanks to the kindness of their landlord.
Travis Johnson, who rents out 12 homes in Portsmouth, surprised his tenants by forgoing their rent in November and December.
“I know what it’s like to have a housing crisis and instability when it comes to rent, because I myself have struggled in the past,” Johnson told CBS affiliate WTKR…