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Yeah it feels a lot like the feudal system still exists in some small way with our rental system. Revenge evictions are common enough to be a well known problem
by captainbland 8y ago
Yeah it feels a lot like the feudal system still exists in some small way with our rental system. Revenge evictions are common enough to be a well known problem. In public discourse the right of the landlord to do whatever they like with their tenancy agreements dominates and other viewpoints are still often marginalised, typically with whinges about difficult tenants and the apparent right of landlords to an early retirement while they leech off their tenants' work. A disproportionate number of MPs are landlords. Even Tony Blair made a killing from his own buy-to-let portfolio.
- 13of40 8y ago> Revenge evictions The last apartment I rented (15 years back) had an interesting mechanism for this: The rent was about $2000 but they applied something they called a "subsidy" of $400 off per month. Basically if you pissed them off they could immediately raise your rent by $400 per month to drive you out.