[quote=FlyerInHi]I don’t know, Econ prof. Poor people don’t have to lie, cheat, not pay rent and be drug addicts.
I might give you that liberal politicians “protect” people too much. Liberals have passed laws that are abused such as laws concerning emotional support animals. People now abuse the law to bring unauthorized pets without disclosing them first. But people who do that have no integrity. It is the law or the people of abuse it? I think that in America, we have a trashy, low-life culture among a large percentage of the population. Blame whichever party you wish.
I think the structure of our society causes people a lot of stress. Then they become whackjobs who don’t pay rent.[/quote]
FlyerInHi: You are missing my point. Of course there are lowlifes among the applicants landlords get for advertised vacancies. But long ago, before politicians passed all the pro-tenant, anti-evil landlord laws, we could take a chance on a questionable applicant, because evicting them was easier and cheaper. Now landlords must raise deposits and rents and be more picky thanks to the new laws and tenant “protections”. Not all poor people are lowlifes, and some can get their life together if given a chance. But CA politicians and their anti-landlord laws have managed to hurt their chances, plus, incidentally, raised rents and deposits for all tenants, good and bad.
