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Lazy moochers (lemmy.ml)
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[–] 35 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

You know what's the fastest way to make landlords disappear? Ask about some broken shit around the house that they are required by law to fix. Radio silence for months guaranteed. Until the next rent increase of course.

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  • [–] [S] 16 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    For a lot of them, they don't even care if there's tenant turnover, especially if its a high-demand area. There's no incentive to fix a broken AC; the tenants already signed the year lease. They can get to it next year when its time to clean up the place for the re-listing.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    If it's a longer term tenant, the landlord is actually disincentivized from fixing the AC, because they can fix the AC and jack the rent way up as soon as the old, abuse tenant inevitably leaves.

    One of my friends suffered through this during the recent heat wave. They've been told there's no budget for AC despite a recent $50 rent hike.

    Their landlord is an independently wealthy multimillionaire — they don't even need the money!

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