I dunno I haven’t really thought it through yet but maybe like…what if we had some sort of system that gave everyone a home?
Just spitballing.
I’m physically unable to keep up maintenance on a home and the land around it. Landlords do have a place in society, in my opinion
You might be physically unable, but you’re not monetarily unable. Most landlords just pay someone to do it with the money you gave them.
Whatever you are paying in rent is enough to cover the costs of that property and then pay for your landlord’s own lifestyle on top. You are being robbed.
Housing co-ops can very well be a thing and in rare cases they are. Rent would also be cheaper that way all considered.
Landlords by and large also dont keep up on maintenence. If and when maintence is done, its usually by someone else who isn’t them. They don’t personally provide anything, and yet take 1/3 to half if not more of working peoples income, which is the problem we have with them.
That’s cool if the people you’ve rented from are different. I’m not saying that in a person to person, individual basis they are all bad people or anything, but as a class it needs to end
Oh for sure, as a class I agree with you.
Idk like anything you just have to be diligent I guess. I’ve been able to have have a positive outcome in my situation. But that’s me, and obviously not every one can be that lucky.
I don’t want to deal with hiring anyone to do anything. I pay my landlord to do all of that. That’s worth it to me.
For example, when I moved in the fridge died about a year in. I told my landlord and he sent me the name and number of a repair place. I told him that’s nice, but it’s not my fridge and I’m not going to call anyone for it. That’s his job. That’s why I’m paying him. That’s why I’m calling him.
I’ve got other things to do. He owns it, he deals with it.
