Force rouge landlords to live in their properties, as a punishment

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   HADRIAN ION on October 18, 2021 at 10:02 pm

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   Idea: Force rouge landlords to live in their properties, as a punishment

   Link: https://eu.desmoinesregister.com/story/new...

   There was a case in the US where this rouge landlord was forced to live in one of his expensive hovels as a punishment. No doubt it didn’t work but it got the judge some publicity. Oh well.

   Des Moines landlord must pay $50,000 after being found guilty of housing discrimination

   Link: https://eu.desmoinesregister.com

   The Des Moines Civil and Human Rights Commission sued the landlord in 2018 after years of efforts to establish a pattern of housing discrimination.

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   8-BIT BOBBY on October 18, 2021 at 9:26 pm

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   Idea: Force rouge landlords to live in their properties, as a punishment

   Link: https://unherd.com/2017/12/roguelandlords/...

   Sounds a bit harsh, but it is a problem in today’s age as ever before.

   The horror of renting from one of London’s rogue landlords

   Link: https://unherd.com/2017/12/rogue

   By definition rogue landlords are dishonest, and so, as the property I visited shows, are unlikely to obtain the correct license. If every property ne

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  RudeJude on October 19, 2021 at 11:58 am

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  Idea: Force rouge landlords to live in their properties, as a punishment

  Link: https://ch1889.org/safer-renting-blog/qrmr...

  “Recounting this, one of the residents played us a sound recording of the visit, in which a particularly disgruntled police officer angrily chastises the tenants for obstructing the activities of the thugs, simply because they worked for the landlord and therefore should be left to do their job.”

  Case Study: Rogue Landlords in Action — Cambridge House

  Link: https://ch1889.org/safer-renting

  Our staff here at Safer Renting are used to visiting buildings with appalling living conditions, but were surprised recently when we were called to a prime property in central London with an exclusive address. Viewed from the outside, you might assume that it housed bankers or art dealers. Once ins

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   RudeJude on October 18, 2021 at 2:55 pm

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   Idea: Force rouge landlords to live in their properties, as a punishment

   Link: https://england.shelter.org.uk/media/press...

   The more property prices are pushed out of reach for normal working families, the more they are slaves to their masters. Read this. it’s getting worse.

   Over a third of private renters forced to live in dangerous conditions for fear of eviction - Shelter England

   Link: https://england.shelter.org.uk/m

   New figures by YouGov released today show 39% of private renters – equivalent to 3.2m people – say they have been forced to live in dangerous or unhealthy conditions because they fear complaining to their landlord will trigger a retaliatory eviction.

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