I understand your perspective. As a landlord myself, why can't I choose to charge whatever I want for something I own? It makes sense but you must be empathic a

I understand your perspective. As a landlord myself, why can't I choose to charge whatever I want for something I own? It makes sense but you must be empathic and understand things from the tenants perspective as well. The tenant lives on your property not because he wants to, but because he has no choice. The tenant cannot afford property, and if things remained lawless the balance of power would unfavorably shift to the landlord. Without law you literally have the power to make the tenants life a living hell. You can raise rent without notice. You can kick him out the second there is a higher bidder, you can kick him out simply because you don't like his shoes. Imagine that! a person left with no place to live because someone didn't like his shoes. This is obviously not moral, and thus that is why laws exist to protect tenants.