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I think assumptions in this case is a bad idea.
If the landlord has a realistic way to control the price then that’s one thing but I would want to see how they control that price. Or if they even have any say in it. If the landlord has no say then the landlord should charge exactly their cost.
I somewhat disagree, because landlords have a say by their sheer number and capital. If credit agencies or reporting services want to gouge landlords, that shouldn't be the tenant's problem and landlords should come together to negotiate lower prices. I much prefer the built-in tenant protection here of a $10 per month cap.
The reality is this will only affect the mom and pop landlords. The large corporations it won't have any affect on. Will ten dollars kill them? No. But if we keep adding things like this where the landlord can't recoup their costs then it will. The large corporations will negotiate a deal for the individual large corporations but the mom and pop operations won't have the bargaining power.
Again I'm not saying ten dollars would kill them. It's the idea of adding fees that a landlord can't recoup that I'm against, because of who it will affect.
Yes I know the landlord can just up the rental price to recover the loss, but a ton of landlords run on a shoe string budget. The corporations can weather that storm easier. One fee probably not a problem. Keep adding fees and limit the ability to raise rent beyond a certain percentage and watch what happens.
In order for the landlords as a whole to get that kind of bargaining power would require the mom and pop landlords to unionize. Does anyone think that kind of union is a good idea?
Take a look at certain areas and see which type of landlord is getting out of the business and which type of landlord is buying more and more land.
I'm not saying this is the only reason for that but it doesn't help.