A New York City landlord is being accused of lighting his own townhouse on fire after the upstairs tenants stopped paying rent and refused to move out.
Brooklyn landlord Rafiqul Islam faces arson and attempted murder charges
Just also fuck your “get used to theft with no recourse” attitude. We need places to rent - not everyone wants to own a house. You can argue the price of rent, but don’t pretend it isn’t a real job. They are providing a valuable service, and have expenses to do so. I’m in a city with a huge housing shortage - people are lined up trying to rent places. People are auction-like bidding against other potential tenants (technically illegal) to pay more rent in order to get a place to sleep. We need more rentals. If it’s not worth it, they’ll sell. Which means one less house for rent, making the problem worse.
Arson & murder aside, there’s a housing crisis.
You can own property, and be homeless and broke.
Examples:
https://7news.com.au/business/housing/us-landlord-living-in-a-van-unable-to-evict-seattle-tenant-who-refuses-to-pay-rent-and-is-advertising-house-on-airbnb-c-12355491
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/eviction-ban-landlord-homelessness-tenants-rent/
But to be clear: fuck this guy.
Just also fuck your “get used to theft with no recourse” attitude. We need places to rent - not everyone wants to own a house. You can argue the price of rent, but don’t pretend it isn’t a real job. They are providing a valuable service, and have expenses to do so. I’m in a city with a huge housing shortage - people are lined up trying to rent places. People are auction-like bidding against other potential tenants (technically illegal) to pay more rent in order to get a place to sleep. We need more rentals. If it’s not worth it, they’ll sell. Which means one less house for rent, making the problem worse.
And again: fuck this arsonist murderous ahole.