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I think your sentiment is in the right direction but I don’t think it’s as explicit as you’re proposing. Landlords don’t “prefer” homelessness to exist. Their
by nlh 6y ago
I think your sentiment is in the right direction but I don’t think it’s as explicit as you’re proposing.
Landlords don’t “prefer” homelessness to exist. Their position, as capitalists, ends with their interests.
Many (not all!) landlord are quite simple: “Pay rent or I will evict you and find someone else”. That’s it.
After an eviction, they don’t care whether the person moves elsewhere or is homeless. In fact I’d argue that most people are probably on the gooder side of good and would prefer their former tenant move elsewhere and live a nice comfortable life and someone else can deal with their poorness.
What they do absolutely want is the ability to enforce that eviction. That’s key. But I doubt they care so much about the looming threat of homelessness.
- scotty79 6y agoIf someone would end homelessness by providing homes to all of the homeless free of charge and then some more empty ones then landlords would mind very much because this oversupply would make their prices drop. They would accuse homelessness solver of dumping prices. Landlords "prefer" homelessness exist because that the surplus demand over the supply that they provide.
- tertius 6y agoThat already happens. Section 8 is profitable for the right landlords... Yes, rents going down is not what a landlord wants. Just like salary going down (all things being equal). But it's not as if all landlords are conspiring to keep people homeless to increase their rents. Yes they would accuse/blame the homelessness solver of decreasing their rents and they would be correct. I'm not a landlord and I would 'blame' or point out the same thing. That doesn't mean that I think it's wrong while at the same time correctly identifying it as the cause...