OAN Staff Avril Elfie
6:01 PM – Tuesday, October 1, 2024
RentCafe, a website that allows renters to pay money to their landlords for apartments and houses, appears to have crashed due to a power outage, leaving thousands of people unable to pay their rent.
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On Tuesday, thousands of people in the United States were unable to pay their rent on the first day of October.
Online users in California, New York, Texas, and Colorado have all reported issues, along with other states across the country.
The exact number of people affected is unknown at this time, but Rent Cafe previously reported that it receives more than 80 million visitors annually.
Meanwhile, online users of Reddit, the social news aggregation, content rating, and forum social network, claimed to have spoken with their landlord, who insisted that the rent payment website “should be fixed by tomorrow.”
Additionally, other renters were reportedly told by their landlords that their payments would be considered current until October 5th.thSo even if the platform is down, you still have time to make payments.
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