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Puppyjive

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7. I get it

Reply to The Jungle 1 (Reply #6)

Wed Jan 25, 2023, 10:23 AM

Jan 2023

There are bad apples out there and I genuinely feel bad you. My parents owned apartments and it was a lot of work for them. They maintained their property very well and occasionally had bad renters. What they didn't do is make their apartments unaffordable. I think when people are forced to spend most of their earnings on rent and have literally no money left for essentials, a problem begins to brew. Doubling one's rent because you can is awful and should be considered price gouging. People start to lose respect for the landlord who threatens their very survival.

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White House unveils new tenant protections amid soaring rental costs [View all] BumRushDaShow Jan 2023 OP

Gathering information and creating Luciferous Jan 2023 #1

It already is a state and local government issue Major Nikon Jan 2023 #2

Precisely, so the title of the article is kind Luciferous Jan 2023 #3

Remember that the Executive Branch cannot "make law" BumRushDaShow Jan 2023 #4

Housing is the biggest threat Puppyjive Jan 2023 #5

I think we need to tread lightly here. The Jungle 1 Jan 2023 #6

I get it Puppyjive Jan 2023 #7

This is not really focused on "evictions" BumRushDaShow Jan 2023 #8

Well just so I do not come off as a money hungry republican The Jungle 1 Jan 2023 #18

I don't think the issues are so much with the individual single-family landlords BumRushDaShow Jan 2023 #19

Make it illegal to buy and/or hoard residential properties. Magoo48 Jan 2023 #9

Make it illegal to buy and/or hoard residential properties. Magoo48 Jan 2023 #10

Yes, a lot of this Abigail_Adams Jan 2023 #11

Yes! Puppyjive Jan 2023 #12

Tax sellers 30% when they sell to these types of buyers MichMan Jan 2023 #16

It's happening in a lot of -- if not nearly every -- place. Definitely happening here in Oregon KPN Jan 2023 #17

Only individual states could do this Sgent Jan 2023 #23

I read the article (twice) and see no new tenant protections. I see studies and kelly1mm Jan 2023 #13

This was because "demands" were made of the administration BumRushDaShow Jan 2023 #14

The states could help by waiving all property taxes on residential rental properties MichMan Jan 2023 #15

K&R LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2023 #20

Of course "average rental prices" have continued to increase. Igel Jan 2023 #21

"It takes a while for the pig to pass through the python." BumRushDaShow Jan 2023 #22