Twoafros@sh.itjust.works to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 24 days agoThese NYC Tenants Fought Their Landlord—Now They Might Own Their Buildinghellgatenyc.comexternal-linkmessage-square11linkfedilinkarrow-up1264arrow-down12
arrow-up1262arrow-down1external-linkThese NYC Tenants Fought Their Landlord—Now They Might Own Their Buildinghellgatenyc.comTwoafros@sh.itjust.works to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 24 days agomessage-square11linkfedilink
minus-squareRandomocity@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·24 days agoAnother unrelated person here. I’d guess they were saying that rent control makes it less feasible to have a livable location. Or that the landlord was intentionally trying to drive them out so they could raise the rent on me tenants.
minus-squareradiohead37@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·24 days agoThat’s correct. In New York there is no incentive for the landlord to maintain the buildings when they can make more money when the tenant vacates.
Another unrelated person here. I’d guess they were saying that rent control makes it less feasible to have a livable location. Or that the landlord was intentionally trying to drive them out so they could raise the rent on me tenants.
That’s correct. In New York there is no incentive for the landlord to maintain the buildings when they can make more money when the tenant vacates.