• orca@orcas.enjoying.yachtsEnglish
    2·
    5 months ago

    Had an old landlord keep my deposit when I moved out just because they could. We left the apartment absolutely spotless and never damaged anything. In fact, we added value by fixing a couple small things. Didn’t matter.

    Fuck landlords.

    • burble@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      0·
      5 months ago

      Yup, I’m at the point where I gave up on cleaning at all because I get screwed every single time.

      • orca@orcas.enjoying.yachtsEnglish
        1·
        5 months ago

        We wet-vacuumed the carpets and everything. We were pissed. Never had any issues with the landlord and were always good tenants. They just decided they liked money over everything else.

  • Rivalarrival@lemmy.todayEnglish
    2·
    5 months ago

    Double property taxes on owners, but give back a property tax credit on owner-occupants, so that the effective tax rate on owner occupants falls, and the only people paying the doubled tax rate are investors.

    Statutorily increase the tax rate and credit when owner occupancy is below 80%, and reduce the tax rate and credit when owner occupancy rises above 90%.

  • TassieTosser@aussie.zoneEnglish
    11·
    5 months ago

    Being a landlord is supposed to be a job though. They’re supposed to maintain the property and handle property related disputes between the tenant and the community. The problem is landlords aren’t held to their obligations and are allowed to treat it as a passive investment. Liability for landlords and their property managers needs to be increased. Require a licence for landlording that can be revoked.

  • Subverb@lemmy.worldEnglish
    01·
    5 months ago

    So owning a fleet of rental cars is being a social parasite and not a job?

    • Kichae@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      5 months ago

      “Owning things” is not a job, correct. Making a living owning property is not a service to society.

      Doing the labour to repair property is a service. Doing the filing to keep records of usage and repair is a service. Taking a cut because your name is on a deed? That’s just stealing from the people who did the work.