Business Rent

Many businesses have been closed by government order for at least a month. However, rent and utilities are still due. But without the typical income, one can’t pay the typical expenses. While residential evictions have been stopped, business evictions are still moving forward.

Here are your options as a business:

• Call your landlord and discuss what you can do. The courts are moving business evictions slowly, and more practically, it will be difficult to find a new tenant in a depressed economy. It is in your landlord’s interest for you to stay.

• There are federal resources for small businesses, explored in our posts listed below. The money for the programs have been replenished and even if your application didn’t go through the first time, try again:

  • Business Loan Update

  • Paycheck Protection Program

• There are local programs available as well:

  • St. Petersburg's Fighting Chance Fund

  • Pinellas Coronavirus Grant Programs

If you have any questions or would like a lawyer on your side, give Comer Law a call at 727-729-2719. Thanks for reading. Stay safe and well.

Sincerely,

Comer Law