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porkchameleon t1_jeb0fai wrote

A pretty awful situation pending additional details.

Although, I can't get it into my head how one expects to live on someone else's property without paying rent (in some cases for years). Forced evictions is some next level shit, so it really must be some serious delinquency (and tenants in question essentially held the owner hostage, according to the article).

Pay your bills.

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FDE3030 t1_jeb8dr9 wrote

> I can't get it into my head how one expects to live on someone else's property without paying rent

Because they can.

A law that helps keep a hard working single mom in her home also helps keep a scummy tenant in the home that just doesn’t want to pay.

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ScottEATF t1_jef2hw0 wrote

The owner who doesn't have proper licensing and hasn't kept their properties up to code.

So the owner hasn't been paying their bills here either, but you didn't seem to want to touch on that?

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porkchameleon t1_jef77vd wrote

> The owner who doesn't have proper licensing and hasn't kept their properties up to code. > > So the owner hasn't been paying their bills here either, but you didn't seem to want to touch on that?

What are you assuming again?

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Zeeinsoundfromwayout t1_jeb4ivj wrote

Next level shit?

Join us Iin The real World for all this next level shit.

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porkchameleon t1_jebd7h5 wrote

I'ma level with you, fam: in the past I've been unemployed for long stretches of time (months at a time, I think max was about 5 or 6 in a row without any income or unemployment). It was pretty dire: months behind on bills, credit cards maxed out (still fucked over a decade later), going to bed hungry and all that, so rent wasn't the top priority. A couple of times it's gotten to a point where my landlord had to take me to court, but all it took is talking to them about the situation, and even while they sent me associated paperwork (while giving me heads up that our agreement was unaffected) - it's never gone past that point, so eviction was never ever on the cards (I was close, though).

Eventually I paid it all off and when times got better - I paid ahead of schedule (and sometimes even for an extra month, just because).

Shit happens, but you can almost always work it out with the other side, clear and timely communication helps. Back back rent to lead to evection and what happened today - yeah, that's next level right there.

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