Commercial property owner Bill Harrison has served as a landlord in downtown Royal Oak, Michigan, for a long time now. But as businesses struggle to stay afloat amid the worldwide closures due to the virus, Harrison will essentially be a landlord in name only; for the time being, he’s only accepting $1 in rent money from each of his three downtown tenants.
Harrison told WXYZ Local News staff that he charged the single dollar so he could cash the checks from each tenant for proof that the rent payment was legitimate, as he wanted to do what he could to ease the substantial burden that the pandemic has placed upon small businesses operating in his property.
