• @BustlingChungus@lemmy.world
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    871 year ago

    Was the apartment bought with the intention to make profit? I understand what you’re saying, and maybe you inherited that apartment and it’s more effort than it’s worth. My overall concern is that as a whole, housing shouldn’t be seen through the lens of making someone else money - it should be a basic human right.

    So surely you always have the option of just… not renting out a property?

      • @BustlingChungus@lemmy.world
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        131 year ago

        Yeah, you’re right in that governments aren’t exactly helping with the problem either - there’s a lot of wanting to have their cake and eat it too. I hope you don’t think I’m attacking you for owning a property btw - I’m frustrated at the system, especially in my country, where the laws aren’t changing to help people own homes or protect renters, because the ones making the laws usually have a strong investment in housing themselves

      • @zoe@jlai.luOP
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        -21 year ago

        to be honest like the way the french government is trying to violate other’s peoeple privacy, also sharing info about bad tenants- and bad landlors too- is of big importance for both sides, and in some regards certain countries are already ahead in this context by using metrics among them a social score. Using an app like Airbnb to find a (well reviewed) tenant and then charge him/her regular rent could have helped prevent this but i am no landlord, so …