The Patriot Post® · Landlord Threatens to Evict Visiting Soldier

A landlord in South Carolina has threatened to double rent and press charges against a new mother whose husband visited her for more than a week when he was on leave from the military. Sgt. William Bullock traveled from Missouri to visit his wife, who’s studying at Clemson University and cares for the couple’s two-week-old daughter. “Bullock said the landlord … told him he had overstayed, saying visitors are not allowed to stay in the apartments past seven days, per the agreement signed by Bullock’s wife, Lily,” TV station Fox Carolina reports. “‘I’m stationed in Missouri and we haven’t seen each other in six months. What’s the problem with me staying and visiting with my wife?’ Bullock said. The landlord, whose name is Chuck, told FOX Carolina he enforces that rule for all his tenants.” Since when are husbands considered “visitors”? And what meager gains the landlord makes by enforcing his rules he obliterates by making life difficult for a couple sacrificing much to serve our nation – in December, too, when the world remembers a time when another young couple couldn’t find a place in the inn. More…