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Gig Economy Company Launches Uber, but for Evicting People
- renewiltord 6y agoReading Evicted and then looking around, I was surprised this didn't exist. The biggest downside for the landlords was that they had to evict. If you insert a middleman who is familiar with the process, you can lever your time way better. And the middleman gets the advantage of diffusion of responsibility that comes from just being part of a process: he can't negotiate, he's not empowered to; you can't beg for just a few more days, it's just his job; and he can be apologetic while still removing the tenant.
- dredmorbius 6y agoOn the Media's series "Scarlet E" is an exceptionally good and disturbing look at the (pre-Covid) eviction and housing phenomenon in the US. Podcast out of WNYC, New York. https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/scarlet-e-unmasking-americas-eviction-crisis https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/scarlet-e-unmasking...
- dredmorbius 6y agoThere's an app for that: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.civvl.agent&hl=en_US https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.civvl.agen...