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Free air-con and free water. In HK, some subdividing landlords charge tenants for electricity for ~10x the price of the power company, which really should be ma
by k_sze 8y ago
Free air-con and free water. In HK, some subdividing landlords charge tenants for electricity for ~10x the price of the power company, which really should be made an illegal practice.
- robjan 8y agoIt is illegal, the government is just not very good at enforcing laws which protect the poor.
- extralego 8y agoSame in the US, of course. We just have a privatized legal system whereby hotshot attorneys may consider certain pursuits if determined lucrative, and a privatized criminal justice system that favors locking people in concrete cubes for large chunks of their lives. There’s nothing more humane about it. The effect is merely that “poor people” become “bad people”, “rich people” becomes “heroes”, and suddenly everybody got what they deserved.
- emmanuel_1234 8y agoAdding to that... You have illegal structure on many, many rooftops in the city (i.e.: slums). Those are very easy to spot, as there is always a higher tower being built from which to look down on those. They are rented, and despite being super illegal, they are contracted with leases and stamp duty and everything. This is next level of slumlords.
- Bromskloss 8y agoHuh, price control?