Depreciation for inactive rental house

[TaxStyle]

Hi everyone,

my client, a partnership, rents out residential houses. In 2021, one of the houses was rent to family relatives. Due to pandemic, my client decide not to charge rents for her relatives for near future (probably 3-5 years).

In this case, are the depreciation for this particular house still deductible for the partnership?  Also are the maintenance costs for this house still deductible?

Thanks in advance for help

[sjrcpa]

No the depreciation and maintenance expenses are not deductible, but maybe they are a deemed distribution to the  partner whose relatives live there rent free.

How many partners are in the partnership?

How does "my client" fit into the partnership?

[TaxStyle]

it is just mother and the son.

the partnership owns multiple rental houses, just one of the houses is not rent out for income

[sjrcpa]

I'd not claim depreciation and treat the other expenses for this house as nondeductible.