I don’t disagree, and I’ve had landlords that were decent people who took good care of the properties. Still, the fact that someone can neglect their property and make it mainly someone else’s (the tenant’s) problem is just another reason this system sucks.
Exactly. We shouldn’t have to rely on our landlord being a decent person. We should live in a housing market where landlords have to take proper care of their properties or else face vacancy. It should be an actual competitive market, where landlords have to compete to attract tenants, rather than tenants compete to attract a landlord. The negotiating power imbalance is completely wack in so many cities.
Yeah, there absolutely needs to be a board like the labor board that investigates those types of issues for the tenants at no cost to them. I know some places have them, but I think it needs to be a federal system instead of a state/municipality system.
We can mitigate it with responsive boards and authorities, but this disconnect between the owner and resident (the same disconnect that sometimes leads to tenants trashing the property) is inherent to the system. As long as renting a primary residence is a thing, the problem isn’t going away. Not fully.
I don’t disagree, and I’ve had landlords that were decent people who took good care of the properties. Still, the fact that someone can neglect their property and make it mainly someone else’s (the tenant’s) problem is just another reason this system sucks.
Exactly. We shouldn’t have to rely on our landlord being a decent person. We should live in a housing market where landlords have to take proper care of their properties or else face vacancy. It should be an actual competitive market, where landlords have to compete to attract tenants, rather than tenants compete to attract a landlord. The negotiating power imbalance is completely wack in so many cities.
Yeah, there absolutely needs to be a board like the labor board that investigates those types of issues for the tenants at no cost to them. I know some places have them, but I think it needs to be a federal system instead of a state/municipality system.
We can mitigate it with responsive boards and authorities, but this disconnect between the owner and resident (the same disconnect that sometimes leads to tenants trashing the property) is inherent to the system. As long as renting a primary residence is a thing, the problem isn’t going away. Not fully.