There's a lot of privilege involved in being able to navigate these kinds of social overrides, so the idea that it's good that you can get around stupid rules l

There's a lot of privilege involved in being able to navigate these kinds of social overrides, so the idea that it's good that you can get around stupid rules like this by talking to a person is.. only really true for some people. What's wrong here isn't the idea that "the rules" could be applied evenly to everyone (that's actually a good thing). It's this kind of incredibly narrow requirement on housing where landlords get to dig deep into your financials to the point of knowing when/how you paid for things. That's gross, and should not be allowed. It's almost certainly a part of many people's vicious cycles into poverty. It's also, as far as I know, a really recent development and part of the general trend towards more and more invasive surveillance in daily life.