Government suing major landlords over alleged illegal collaboration to raise rents

[@traphousegamer1906]

Why are they so high?....greed

[@steelelogan8751]

Because insurance costs rise… expenses increase..

[@ListenUpDemocracy]

Good. I want to see the rents come down especially in states with high homelessness. We need to understand that many homeless people work full time and are not addicted to drugs or mentally ill.

[@marcelrodriguez2067]

Problem is the property tax increases. The landlord haa to cover that expense by increasing the rent.

[@TheBostricano]

Deny, defend, depose

[@Fat12219]

Defend 😮

[@daut8131977]

This is what happens when there are no regulations to keep greedy capitalist from screwing over the working class. If the Government made it so Real Estate developers had guidelines they had to follow, their wouldn't be these insane rents like there are in NYC.

[@barbbrinkerhoff1097]

It’s getting so no one can afford to live!!!!? Seriously!!!!!!!!

[@ChosenOne6666]

We own a small eight unit apartment unit in Los Angeles. There is limit how much you can charge in rent. There are less wealthy people to charge $2800 a month. Los Angeles has rent control and we have units with $1025 rents. Those prices for $2700 a month are not the norm.

[@ThomasFromTN]

Perhaps you don't also rent besides owning rental property... Because $2,700 is not the outlier. The outlier is the limited number of rental spaces in Los Angeles protected under rent control. By a wide margin more people in LA come closer to $2700 than $1050 for a standard two bedroom apartment. More than a few much higher. MUCH higher.

[@ChosenOne6666]

@ThomasFromTN You don't know what you are talking about. It's a physical thing in L A.

[@conscientiousobjector5988]

Wouldn't it be more effective to address the question of why anyone is charging us to exist in space? Free people don't pay rents. Guarantee every third generation or longer U.S. citizen ownership of living space and the problem is solved. I don't get how owning people through land buys is still a convention. Needs to stop.

[@rondas7772]

I've rented from 2 of the companies listed, it was years ago, but they're still alive and well in many cities - Atlanta, Chicago, NC, STL, Florida, DMV,etc

[@marcelrodriguez2067]

As someone that owns a 3 family home in which i rent 2 of the floors i say stop increasing property taxes and and then i can stop increasing the rent to cover for it.

[@ThomasFromTN]

As someone who suspects a false flag operator... Make a quantified case that your property tax increase is not triggering a force multiplied rent increase (which by the way, that rental space income represents a tax shield to mitigate the increase in property taxes.)

[@marcelrodriguez2067]

​@@ThomasFromTNi only increase my rent $50 - $100 a year depending on how high my property tax goes. Im not greedy and understand thw situation but that increase needs to be covered.

[@rondas7772]

You still don't have to charge as much as you do

[@Rod-p9e]

Now they want too do something finally

[@wullagray]

Leased under Camden in KY.... Wow!

[@rondas7772]

I did in Arizona, they're super popular in the Midwest and West Coast

[@RebeccaPerry-Piper-u8x]

Colorado! Jump in! Does this have something to do with RentCafe?

[@firstlast8258]

If people care about the homeless so much they can open their home to them period

[@TheBostricano]

Translation: I don't care about anyone but me. Oh you are a gem!!😂

[@rondas7772]

You sound crazy, what are you talking about

[@seahorse-h1w]

HOw do the greedy folk sleep at night... knowing others are in dire straits????

[@firstlast8258]

If people care about the homeless so much they can open their home to them period

[@MoneyMan28]

One child policy