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How could this happen? (media.piefed.world)

submitted 15 hours ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works

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[–] flandish@lemmy.world 21 points 14 hours ago

have you seen how this works? i know this is a parody post but it’s real. Rent starts “ok” then the “market” (which is just this guy with 6 props) says rent can be higher. So it bumps. Then inflation. Then covid. Then “market” again.

While the owner know how his tenants salary is tracking, keeping sure to raise the rent by enough to keep him there but not so much he bails.

it’s not the renters fault they need a place, even if one says “yeah but they overspent.” Not initially, no. Maybe some. Tough nuts. But often it’s not initially overspending.

Then again capitalism itself relies on and markets for people thinking they “need” more than they do; the owner of the props is counting on it.

Landlords are scum and deserve nothing.