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Petty landlords are the vast majority, unfortunately. All they care about is extracting rent. They don't see tenants as human beings who can struggle, but rathe
by sidlls 3y ago
Petty landlords are the vast majority, unfortunately. All they care about is extracting rent. They don't see tenants as human beings who can struggle, but rather as a source of income to exploit and ignore as much as they can.
- smegger001 3y agoyeah i lived in one that got in trouble (after i had moved out) for not telling their tenants about the lead paint or asbestos. they also had the elevator out of order for nearly two years during which period they raised the rent three times. have fun moving out of a fifth floor apartment when you have to carry furniture down the narrow stairs with four right angle turns every floor.
- NortySpock 3y agoAre you sure that wasn't just the backdrop of the Big Bang Theory?
- smegger001 3y agoyes quiet. It sucked, especially because we had a baby at the time and trying to carry groceries and a child up those stairs to a unairconditioned apartment mid summer was not something deserving of a laugh track.
- NortySpock 3y agoI am sorry to have made a comedy reference at your expense. I hope you are dealing with less stress these days!
- kaczordon 3y agoThe reverse can also be true, tenants don’t care about landlords.
- jjj123 3y agoThat’s not equivalent in any reasonable way. Tenants can’t put a landlord on the street.
- kaczordon 3y agoTenants can definitely bankrupt a landlord.
- skinnymuch 3y agoThis isn’t how power, unjust hierarchies, surplus value, or capitalism in general works.
- sidlls 3y agoTenants don't have to be thinking about any of those things to maliciously destroy a property. None of them come into play when you have, for example, a tenant who hasn't paid rent in months, or who runs illegal businesses out of the property, etc.
- skinnymuch 3y agoNothing you said makes a difference. I’m unsure why it matters what the tenant is thinking? I don’t think it matters.