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Even when there's no such thing as AirBNB, tenants who rent have absolutely, positively ZERO recourse against bad neighbors. Zilch. Nada. Absolutely nothing. T
by Canada 11y ago
Even when there's no such thing as AirBNB, tenants who rent have absolutely, positively ZERO recourse against bad neighbors.
Zilch. Nada. Absolutely nothing. They can accept it, or find somewhere else.
It's great that a landlord is saying, fine, you can sublease the place short term. But we have to regulate that, you have to pay us to do so, and if you can't hold up your end we have the right to put an end to it.
This is the only reasonable way I can see to solve the problem of short term rentals.
- tptacek 11y agoYou seem very certain about this, but I don't think you've done much research on it. Not only do boilerplate leases include "quiet enjoyment" clauses that contractually bind landlords into ensuring that tenants aren't disruptive, but state laws also include implied covenants of quiet enjoyment, meaning that there are large areas where it doesn't even matter if you edit that out of your lease. A landlord that fails to ensure quiet enjoyment can be sued by their tenants.
- otterley 11y agoYes, those laws exist. Do they protect the tenant's interest more effectively than penalties against short-term renters? Difficult to say; the verdict isn't in yet and data is scarce. Your mere beliefs are not sufficient. Even with the laws and implied covenants, it takes a significant amount of time to go through eviction proceedings in many states. In California it can take months (unless you stop paying rent altogether, in which case there's a fast-track procedure). Yes, a tenant can sue their landlord as well. Again, however, that can take months and significant expense. When considering these things, we must take into account the actual reality of how rights are exercised, not merely what rights exist in law.
- JVMsOfGor 11y agoCompletely agree here. At least in California, there are strong laws that protect a tenant from their landlord. The only way to be evicted quickly is if you commit a serious violent felony, a sex crime ( I guess that IS a serious felony ), or you stop paying rent ( Ask me how I know !) In just about every other situation, there is a list of 16 reasons you can evict someone, and all of them can lead to a lengthy expensive trial, in which at the end the landlord has spent a significant amount of money and probably regrets every doing anything with their life. https://www.sftu.org/justcauses/ https://www.sftu.org/justcauses/