'Renters Are Struggling': Economists Back Tenant-Led Push for Federal Rent Control
'Renters Are Struggling': Economists Back Tenant-Led Push for Federal Rent Control
"We have seen corporate landlords—who own a larger share of the rental market than ever before—use inflation as an excuse to hike rents and reap excess profits beyond what should be considered fair and reasonable."
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Either they fix the rents or we start eating the landlords. Either fucking way we are gonna eat.
Word. What's the saying, "a revolution is only 3 missed meals away"?
I love that phrase because it's so true.
I heard landlord tastes like pork. Long pig...
It's not landlords faults that governments have insane restrictions on building houses. Why the hate towards them?
Why's my rent gotta go up every year, in spite of no actual improvements to my home or the facilities? Why is there a convenience fee for paying my rent online?
They continue to take advantage of demand beyond what's considered fair, whether the demand is due to govt policy or not. That's why landlords get so much hate.
Why’s my rent gotta go up every year, in spite of no actual improvements to my home or the facilities?
Interest rates increasing, property taxes increasing, market rate going up, materials to provide improvements and maintenance increasing, inflation.
Property taxes went down where I live thanks to federal covid money.
How did federal covid money cause property taxes to go down?
We got a bunch of money and decided to spend it that way. A small reduction on taxes for a while
Not itemized, made clear to tenants, or asked for. Lack of transparency hurts all those valid points, and we've all, all, had bad landlords at some point.
Only quality legislation has protected me the few times I've had to tangle, anecdotally.
Not itemized, made clear to tenants, or asked for. Lack of transparency hurts all those valid points,
Why does that matter? Is your local grocery store transparent about the cost of chicken? No, because nobody is forcing you to pay for it. You pay for a service at an agreed upon price, if you don't want it don't buy it.
all, had bad landlords at some point.
I personally haven't, the worse landlords I've had were at an upscale apartment complex that got mad because I hung an American flag. Once again, it's up to you if you want to pay for the service provided by said landlord. Just like if you pay a plumber and they're mean to you, you probably won't go to them next time.
The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread
I agree zoning sucks but so does my landlord. He inherited 17 houses and has never worked, every time I ask for something to be fixed he hires someone else out to do it, at one point he was saving up all my checks so I had to switch to money orders, he tried hitting on my wife, and he talks to me like I am not his fucking customer who pays for his mother fucking stable.
So fuck him and everyone like him. Inherited everything while the rest of us have to work.
He inherited 17 houses and has never worked
Why is that relevant?
every time I ask for something to be fixed he hires someone else out to do it
So he sucks because he gets a professional to help fix problems you have? That's what a landlord is supposed to do....
at one point he was saving up all my checks so I had to switch to money orders
You still paid rent with checks?
everyone like him
I agree, he sounds sleezy, but just because you have a bad landlord doesn't make all landlords bad.
Inherited everything while the rest of us have to work.
See, this is somewhere you and I differ completely. You hate someone because they have something you don't, I put 0 weight on it. Why should I hate someone for getting a gift from a relative or friend? Why should I hate someone because they're blessed differently than I?
If you don't see any issue with someone being a sleezy piece of shit who inherited more wealth than the average person makes in a lifetime I am not sure what to tell you. Except to remind you that: The corporate overloads are going to sell you down the river the moment you are no longer useful to them.
If you don’t see any issue with someone being a sleezy piece of shit who inherited more wealth than the average person makes in a lifetime I am not sure what to tell you.
Well you've already shown your bias against anyone who has inherited anything.
The corporate overloads are going to sell you down the river the moment you are no longer useful to them.
Okay? How am i useful to them at all? What's that have to do with not hating an individual because he got a gift from a relative?
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