Landlord appears to back off predatory harassment when tenants go to the city and media

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@DukeTrout

It’s incredibly obvious that renters cannot possibly sustain 10% rent increases year after year after year. Yet that is what landlords expect and belief in that expectation regardless of its human impact is psychotic.

I’m starting to believe that profit from tenants is not the goal anymore, at least not for the type of investor focused more on loans and tax write-offs than maintenance or amenities:

Late Stage GOP Fascists Events (Part 3)

The number of stories I’ve been seeing lately about the housing crisis fueled by private equity firms buying houses, apartment complexes, and mobile home parks led me to wonder how the decision to make housing unaffordable benefits those real estate investors. It seemed even more odd that the GOP keeps fighting to make sure wages won’t keep pace with the cost of living. Some commenters pointed out the threat of homelessness is used to motivate people to work for less. They are following throu…