WIMBERLEY, Texas -- In the midst of this uncertainty surrounding COVID-19, homeowners and renters may find it difficult to make their mortgage payment or pay rent. For some tenants at a complex in Wimberley, their landlord surprised them with simple blessing of slashing their rent.

Wimberley landlord slashes rent rate for tenants

Many people facing financial uncertainty amid COVID-19 concerns

"He sent us a text message just telling us that we would only have to pay 25 percent of our rent for the next three months so that way we wouldn't have to worry if we were affected in any way by this virus, and to use that extra money just for food and taking care of our family," said tenant Margaret Falcon.

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Margaret and her husband Brian Reeves know all too well the financial constraints that come with being parents, having four kids of their own. While Reeves has been heavy on hours with his truck driving job, they may eventually get cut.

"I don't know how long I'm going to be able to keep working before they just tell me to stay at home, and obviously she's not working, so we're kind of tight on the budget. We go to the grocery store, we’re spending too much money as it is always," Reeves said. "Now especially, we want to be well stocked up."

Their landlord knows his tenants may be put in a bind and maybe can’t make their rent payments this month due to COVID-19 fears putting people out of work.

"We’ve been blessed where we still are financially okay, but there's a lot of people who aren’t. People in like the food industry and small businesses, they're not able to get those hours and they're not able to get that income anymore," Falcon said. "Our neighbor, she's a hairstylist and you know with everything that's going on and not being able to have a lot of contact with people, that's hard on her business. Kids being out of school, single moms having to find childcare, it gets really tough right now."

For Falcon and Reeves, this is a blessing they never expected.

"When I walked next door to my neighbor after I got the message, she was just completely blown away. She's like ‘I need to send him like a really long letter just thanking him,’” Falcon said. "So I just think if more people would follow suit and everybody just came together, we could get through it."

Reeves agreed and would like to see this type of kindness everywhere.

"I'm hoping that this does get the word out there and motivates other business owners and other realtors and other landlords to to follow suit and you know, do good things for other people who need it," Reeves said.

The couple says this is just the kind of community Wimberley is, one that bands together in times of need.

"Wimberley is such a small community and they want to help each other. You know when the floods and all that happened, like everybody came together, so I think that's what Wimberley is kind of notorious for," Falcon said. "Well, we actually just moved in here in November. So, it's just, I'm blown away by it honestly."

Margaret Falcon and Brian Reeves appear with family members in these undated images. (Courtesy: Margaret Falcon)