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Going off Google translate, Japan doesn't seem to be any more strict than San Francisco. To evict a "no-fault" tenant in San Francisco, it must be done in a cou
by nemothekid 6y ago
Going off Google translate, Japan doesn't seem to be any more strict than San Francisco. To evict a "no-fault" tenant in San Francisco, it must be done in a court and the tenant gets financial recompense (and like Japan, wanting to sell the unit is not a valid reason to evict). I'd argue that San Francisco tenant protection laws are stronger than Japan's. Likewise, going off [2], in Google translate, a Japanese landlord can increase your rent as long as they are increasing it to "market rate."
- tkgally 6y agoInteresting. I didn’t know about the laws in San Francisco. Then maybe better explanations for people feeling “less stressed about getting kicked out of their homes” in Japan than in San Francisco are the more flexible housing supply, made possible in part by looser zoning regulations; more stable long-term housing prices, resulting from a combination of demographic and macroeconomic factors; and different cultural assumptions about proper interpersonal relations, including between landlord and tenant.
- presentation 6y agoAnother big part is the phenomenal public transit. There are a lot of places you can live and still have a reasonable commute.
- ridaj 6y agoSan Francisco proper, perhaps. But the giant sprawl around it, not so much Source: https://www.urbandisplacement.org/policy-tools/bay-area https://www.urbandisplacement.org/policy-tools/bay-area