• zarkanian@sh.itjust.works
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    16 hours ago

    There needs to be a distinction made between somebody renting out their downstairs to make ends meet vs. those people who buy up dozens of houses.

    • phx@lemmy.ca
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      16 hours ago

      Yeah that would be nice. I think the former are kind of a dying breed though (and those that still have them are holding on as tight as they can).

      Honestly I tend to refer to the latter as “slumlords” as that tends to better reflect the actual fucks they give about the tenants in their properties. Even the corpos are often better, as at least they tend to be better informed/regulated about their legal obligations.