Sunday, July 21, 2013

Should Landlords Be Allowed To Make Major Life Decisions For Tenants?

One of the things that has hurt long term renters the most is no regulations for discrimination.  I'm not talking about race - that has been fought against in court years ago (although there is only so much you can control in the rent market which seems to be some sort of "gray" market, operating on a level BELOW that which is regulated).

How can you have an ad saying "apartment for rent for SINGLE person - No Pets".  Who in the HELL has no long term relationship in their lives for longer than a few months?  What if that person gets into a relationship - do they lose their place to live?  How can a landlord presume to try to control the person's intimate life?

How about "price applies to ONE person only - if another person moves in price jumps from $1,000 to $1200".  This is one that I actually saw last night while perusing Craigslist.  How can it be legal for your rent to jump $200 if you get into a relationship???

Almost every single rental states "No Pets" - that is pretty much a Given.  That is a HUGE life change! Give up having pets?  Is that normal for a human being not to have any pets?

So going by these ads, the perfect renter is someone who has no relationship but stays single long term, makes no noise, has no pets, no friends or relatives to come over and drops dead asleep by 10, works 9-5 and basically does NOTHING ELSE.

No.  Just.....NO.  How in the HELL is some stupid yokel Landlord empowered to make these crucial decisions for a human being's life???????  So there are supposed to be these "extra people" who don't have as many rights or are discouraged from developing normal relationships, in order to please the people who's mortgages they are paying off for them??????

This is evil, just very very evil, and I urge any and all renters to RESIST.  You have the right to relationships.  You have the right to pets.  Gatherings. Children.  Life.  And you should NOT have to suffer or find it hard to find a place to live due to HAVING A LIFE.  Renters, especially long term renter, should collectively RESIST this madness that makes it so that they are not able to develop as people.  Clearly, this is not what our higher powers intended for us.  Landlords are not God to make such decisions.

Obviously, if you own your own property you do not have anybody trying to force you to abide by rules that are better for THEM, stunting for you.  But failing that, you owe it to yourselves to stand up and say to these people who are renting apartments that you are NOT going to live "half a life" just because you are renting.

When you rent, in actuality, you are PAYING SOMEBODY'S MORTGAGE FOR THEM(instead of paying for property for yourself!), or making it possible for them to afford things they wouldn't have afforded otherwise like sending their kids to school and other important things.  And then to be treated like a second class citizen by them?  NO. Do NOT accept this kind of treatment.

In addition, does anybody see anything wrong with thousands and thousands of people being thrown off of their life's path- being expected not to do things that average people are supposed to be doing?  That this collectively stunts our society?

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