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rental costs will reflect a higher risk of doing business.
by abfan1127 5y ago
rental costs will reflect a higher risk of doing business.
- whatshisface 5y agoGreat, then the honest tenants have to subsidize everyone else...
- TeMPOraL 5y agoGiven this is a pandemic-induced issue, replace "honest" with "lucky" - but otherwise yeah, it seems so. The ways risk is being distributed in society is a fascinating topic.
- whatshisface 5y agoIt's really lucky+honest, because people lucky enough to afford it don't have to pay.
- gruez 5y agoOr that landlords use other indicators as proxy for likeliness to repay, such your race, age, or education level. It's kind of like how "ban the box" initiatives basically made job prospects for people who are stereotyped to be criminals (eg. young black men) worse. https://freakonomics.com/podcast/reemployment-part-1/ https://freakonomics.com/podcast/reemployment-part-1/ >DOLEAC: So we found that, on average, across the U.S., in places that ban the box, employment fell by 5 percent for young black men who didn’t have a college degree and by 3 percent for young Hispanic men who didn’t have a college degree. And so the next question is, who are they hiring instead? And we found, on average, the people who benefited were older men of color. So if you’re trying to avoid people who are actively involved in crime, older people are a pretty good bet. Criminal activity tends to decline with age.