[jlokier]

It doesn't hurt mortgaged landlords much if they don't have to pay the mortgage while rent is stopped.

Non-mortgage landlords might hurt if they depend on the income. But that's not much different from other businesses whose income stream stopped, and the same rescue packages could be applied, e.g. furlough etc.

In the UK, rent was not stopped, but landlords were allowed to stop paying their mortgages. That seems unfair to me.