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This reminds me of the saying "If you owe the bank $100, that’s your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that’s the bank’s problem." There has to be an o

This reminds me of the saying "If you owe the bank $100, that’s your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that’s the bank’s problem." There has to be an opportunity for collective action here.

novok 6y ago
You sit there and do nothing. The sherrif eviction backlog alone would take forever I would imagine.
- onetimemanytime 6y ago
  or they may come to you first. That's not a solution...daily torture.
  - dredmorbius 6y ago
    Collective action is predicated both on a unified front in response and a strike fund to support pickets. In this case, housing assistance would mitigate any individually targeted evictees.
  - organsnyder 6y ago
    Imagine trying to raise kids like that. You enroll them for school (whatever that means right now), not knowing whether you'll be able to maintain a residence within the school district for the entire school year. This is already the reality for many families, and this year it's going to be the reality for countless more.
- Overtonwindow 6y ago
  In Georgia it only takes 30 days.
  - robjan 6y ago
    * Under usual circumstances
- koheripbal 6y ago
  ...while your credit rating drops 200 points for the next 10 years. The alternative is calling your landlord and speaking to him - almost as if he's a real human being. Tell him you'll have to move if he doesn't temporarily lower the rent.
  - dencodev 6y ago
    nevermind!
    - Schiendelman 6y ago
      As a landlord, this is not true in several ways. First, in every municipality I've leased in, a landlord is only entitled to the rent from a broken lease up to the point where they find a new tenant. Second, landlords can't typically collect rent after a date of eviction (same reasoning - you can't charge for a service you haven't rendered). Third, rents are dropping across the US. It's not a given that they'll find another tenant immediately. Fourth, the cost to recover rent is high, and usually not worth it.
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      - dencodev 6y ago
        You're right - I forgot that finding a new tenant stops the obligation for the previous tenant.
      - harambae 6y ago
        >rents are dropping across the US do you have a citation for this? my experience in Boston in that landlords have stopped jacking up rents. that's about it. I haven't seen any come down yet.
  - mrguyorama 6y ago
    I'm not in danger but my landlord is literally not a person. It's a company in another state
- jaybeeayyy 6y ago
  Really? I used the wrong account number to pay rent once and the fees were about $200. How on earth is the solution to rack up that number every month? People that are struggling probably live paycheck to paycheck and there's no way to pay back that backlog of missed payment fees with interest along with the total rent you missed.

novok 6y ago

You sit there and do nothing. The sherrif eviction backlog alone would take forever I would imagine.

onetimemanytime 6y ago
or they may come to you first. That's not a solution...daily torture.
- dredmorbius 6y ago
  Collective action is predicated both on a unified front in response and a strike fund to support pickets. In this case, housing assistance would mitigate any individually targeted evictees.
- organsnyder 6y ago
  Imagine trying to raise kids like that. You enroll them for school (whatever that means right now), not knowing whether you'll be able to maintain a residence within the school district for the entire school year. This is already the reality for many families, and this year it's going to be the reality for countless more.
Overtonwindow 6y ago
In Georgia it only takes 30 days.
- robjan 6y ago
  * Under usual circumstances
koheripbal 6y ago
...while your credit rating drops 200 points for the next 10 years. The alternative is calling your landlord and speaking to him - almost as if he's a real human being. Tell him you'll have to move if he doesn't temporarily lower the rent.
- dencodev 6y ago
  nevermind!
  - Schiendelman 6y ago
    As a landlord, this is not true in several ways. First, in every municipality I've leased in, a landlord is only entitled to the rent from a broken lease up to the point where they find a new tenant. Second, landlords can't typically collect rent after a date of eviction (same reasoning - you can't charge for a service you haven't rendered). Third, rents are dropping across the US. It's not a given that they'll find another tenant immediately. Fourth, the cost to recover rent is high, and usually not worth it.
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    - dencodev 6y ago
      You're right - I forgot that finding a new tenant stops the obligation for the previous tenant.
    - harambae 6y ago
      >rents are dropping across the US do you have a citation for this? my experience in Boston in that landlords have stopped jacking up rents. that's about it. I haven't seen any come down yet.
- mrguyorama 6y ago
  I'm not in danger but my landlord is literally not a person. It's a company in another state
jaybeeayyy 6y ago
Really? I used the wrong account number to pay rent once and the fees were about $200. How on earth is the solution to rack up that number every month? People that are struggling probably live paycheck to paycheck and there's no way to pay back that backlog of missed payment fees with interest along with the total rent you missed.