• Rivalarrival@lemmy.today
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    3 days ago

    You will be able to retain housing for over six months without paying a dime before getting evicted in my state.

    And it’s a year in mine.

    Imagine trying to put off paying a mortgage for six months.

    When I try to find someone to rent my property, complete failure means I lose an investment property.

    When I try to find somewhere to live, complete failure means homelessness.

    The parties are not on the same footing. They aren’t even on comparable footing.

    • tyler@programming.dev
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      3 days ago

      When I try to find somewhere to live, complete failure means homelessness.

      Only if there are zero other rentals on the market, which is never the case.

      When I try to find someone to rent my property, complete failure means I lose an investment property

      Only if you are not a small time landlord. Big landlords can afford to lose income. Someone with 2 -5 properties cannot. That’s up to 50% of their income for the year. And not only that, a complete job loss if they lose the property, risking homelessness. It’s still a job for small landlords.

      This is once again a battle against billionaires, not your local neighbors. Stop acting like specific jobs are evil. It’s the amount of money a human sucks up that is evil, not the job they do (well to an extent of course).