• DessertStorms@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    This is great that you managed to do that (genuinely), but most renters don’t have the time, energy, knowledge and/or confidence to fight against this kind of crap, nor should we have to (not saying you even implied we do, just saying).

    Fuck landlords.

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      1 year ago

      Lived in a home for just under 4 years. Moved out of state. Several months later I get a vicious call demanding 2700 dollars usd for damaged carpet and a “smell”. I was young and dumb at the time and didn’t think I had any recourse. Being thousands of miles away and the threat of legal crap at a young age is daughting. Fuck landlords. We are very clean people.

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      1 year ago

      In a funny twist of fate, I’m actually renting from the same company again. It will be interesting to see if they try to pull the same bullshit again. If they do, I’ll probably take the morning to deliver some flyers about tenants rights, the applicable state law, and the pattern of exploitative behavior they are exhibiting.

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          Same company, different management. Best thing I can do for my community right now is catch the serial dog shit ditchers who keep leaving “gifts” in my side yard.

          Just gotta get the damn camera sensitivity set correctly.

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            Ew, good luck with that lol

            Do the other thing too though (or something similar, if you’re able and safe to, of course), strengthening community, and the individuals in it with knowledge is so beneficial.