I'm sorry for your negative experiences, but please be mindful that not only your subjective world exists. I might have been extremely lucky, but all my previous rental places were maintained by nice folks.

[–] young_broccoli@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Its not that the person themselves cant be "good" but the act of hoarding and limiting access to a basic human need, like shelter, to use it as leverage in order to extort profit from others is wrong.
Landlord-ing is inherently bad it doesnt matter if the person doing it is the nicest person on earth.

[–] zovits@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I'd say it depends on the scale and the intentions.

[–] nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"Nice folks" doesn't mean shit if they are paying the absolute minimum to upkeep a building and never missing a chance to raise the rent. The overwhelming amount of landlords are the above.

[–] zovits@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

None of these points have applied to them. I get the feeling it might be a case of culture differences, maybe the toxic landlording mentioned in the meme is more prevalent in the US?

[–] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They made money off of your hard work.

[–] zovits@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Sure he did, but he provided me with a place to live at, which otherwise I couldn't have afforded. Just like any other service or goods provider.

[–] cubedsteaks 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Will you tell us a story about a good ethical landlord?

[–] aikixd@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Perhaps, if you could explain what "ethical" means in this context.

[–] cubedsteaks 0 points 2 years ago

You can click on the "Show context" button to see who I responded to in order to gauge the proper context of ethical landlord in this case.

[–] zovits@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My previous one hasn't raised rent for five years, and even then he asked if it would be okay with us. Which it was, for even the raised rent was significantly below the market rate and he always responded quickly to any issues we have raised. He was a blue-collar worker who inherited a flat he didn't want to sell, so rented it out to those who couldn't afford to buy a property on their own.

[–] cubedsteaks 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

why didn't he want to sell it?

[–] zovits@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

To use it later when his children would need it.