@@WhiskyMystery Please. They've been price fixing through companies, for one Realpage. Damn bootlickers have so many one-line thoughts to regurgitate... So gross.
Government is subsidized by companies, and individuals. In turn individuals and companies are subsidized by government. Sure it doesn't make sense, but just letting poors have everything would lead to Idiocracy.
Yeah, sure. 90% of the people complaining have poor financial skills and take out loans and credit to buy cars and things they don't need and can't afford getting themselves trapped into endless payments they will never get out of. Live within your means and invest your dollar and you can do better than ok.
I've been a residential landlord in the past. There occasional months where I was not able to keep the rent paid to me because of having to get things fixed in order to keep the place habitable. That's just the way it is. It's an obligation. I have no sympathy for landlords who refuse to maintain their rental units. BEST OF LUCK TO THESE PEOPLE!!
Owned a few units and never raised the very fair rent. I would rather have great tenants that take care of the apartments and stay, which were all completely brand newly remodeled….only that didn't happen. Nor did paying their rent as they agreed to do. Several years back I sold them all and they are now condos, no more rentals. Dealing with those type of demands nobody but companies will deal in rentals. They are going to become very hard to find. Be careful what you ask for, might just get something.
My slumlord makes $250,000 a month. Has been violated three different times, serious violations. Just got violated for a fourth time, rats and mice, holes in roof, falling down chimney. Worst? He let siding rip off and exposed to sheathing for four years. Now we got black mold. Been looking for two years for another place. Got three housing agencies helping. Went to look in my hometown. Rich came in, destroyed it. Big box stores, hotels, doctors offices, banks, resturaunts. Wiped out most of housing areas to do this. 1,400 people in some form of homelessness. Got him in court Wednesday. Hope the judge slams him. His name is Michael Roy, owner of 14 Dunkin franchises, 823 Donuts. Slumlord lives in a mansion three times the size of the house I am renting the apt in.
story of america right there, at least for people like me and you. the day i found out that when conservatives say “economic freedom”, they were never talking about us, was the day the world made a lot more sense. economic freedom for the boot on our necks
I’m 36, and this video is the first time it’s occurred to me that I could/should get basic problems fixed by the person I pay rent to, who actually owns the building.
Absolutely. Be sure to check some of your local laws to determine what they are obligated to fix. Naturally, they won't want to do anything that they can get away with, so they hope you have zero concerns and just keep paying rent.
@@shaudemarie8844 Yes they do. And by the way this car I'm selling was owned by a little old widow lady that only drove it to church on Sunday and the grocery store twice a month. I promise. 😁
I worked for national banks in the mortgage industry, got sick of it after the mortgage meltdown. I thought to myself, if everyone just said "screw it" and stopped paying their mortgage, taxes, credit cards, what could the banks do? Answer, Nothing... they'd be screwed and this whole system would collapse. What stops us? FEAR False Expectations Appearing Real. Solidarity!!
People don't realize how much power we, the people, actually have. If we could stop buying into the manufactured outrage and media induced division, we could work together and create an infinitely better alternative.
Ah yes, the rent vs buy decision I’ve been trying to figure out for years. The rental income vs mortgage payment calculation never made sense to me. But this is much more logical and makes far more sense. Thank you for simplifying this!
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Just because you live in a subsidized building does not mean you should be forced to live in a building full bugs, rodents, vermin, mold, filth. I am so fed up with this property management companies thinking they have all the power.
You get what you pay for. You traded a lower rent for a lower quality of building. This has happened every time government has gotten involved in the market - whether in the US with rent and tenement housing or overseas with communist countries with price controls. Quality costs money and unless you think the landlord is your slave, you better pay for it!
If you pay a lesser amount than what is necessary to upkeep the building then yes you should live in suboptimal living conditions. No matter how you put it, the fact is upkeep costs money and if the building isn't making money the upkeep wont happen.
Actially just stop owning things. Ownership precludes belonging. Ownership of housing, ownership of land creates these problems. The problems will always return even if you win some of these victories, otherwise
Yes! This is the dawn of a tenant reckoning! Tenants across the country are fed up, and organizing with their neighbors to form unions! These unions are prepping to go on strike with us! We will be in strike until our demands are met! NOT ONE CENT! I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN!
My sister moved into a roach infested apartment right after she graduated college. They wouldn’t fix it and wouldn’t let her out of her lease. So researched the laws as much as I could- typed up a demand letter- and served it to them. 24 hours later my sister was moving out with no penalty on the lease ending. I don’t know what scared them but I sounded very lawyer like 😂. Just upholding my sisterly duties 😊
If they are in "breach of contract" one can call a pest control company, for example, and deduct that from the rent... if it isn't taken care of, within a reasonable amount of time? However, you can also simply give notice, then vacate, the premises... IF they don't FIX any number of issues that are ILLEGAL to ignore. (Like pests, mold, faulty wiring, etc., etc.) And it's NOT like you were "evicted," or would LOOSE in small claims, court... so what are they going to DO if you LEAVE?! (i.e. Loose, in court???) I'd also do an "owner of record" search online... then provide that contact info to every tenant, in any building. (And often the people "hiding behind" on/ off site property managers, LLCs, corporations, Living Trusts, etc. are almost always VISIBLE to attorneys, and on the Secretary of State websites. The SMARTER ones with offshore business and other Trust entities, are not... ;-)
In my state they say roaches are not a reason to breach a lease if they’re not overrunning the apartment. I hate it here. I’ve seen 12 roach nymphs in about a month a week after I moved in. I decided to not buy a couch or anything since if I leave I don’t want to risk bringing pests with me
@@Grace-jb7me That's ridiculous, since the pest control chemicals are ALL "toxic, to human health..." (So that is reason enough, to BYPASS... "getting sprayed!") But what are they going to DO... if you LEAVE? (Not provide a "reference? And keep your deposit??) If you CAN afford to, then just MOVE ON! You could also film them scurrying around, and send it to a tenants rights group, and your attorney. Odds are: They are also nesting, next door... so also get the neighbors in on, the complaint(s).
I had a similar thing with my current landlord. When I moved in I noticed my front door looked like it was kicked in at some point. It wouldn’t close properly unless I used the deadbolt. I sent multiple maintenance requests for it to be replaced as it was a safety issue with no responses. As soon as I put in that this was a violation of sections of my lease and potential breach of contract they replied almost immediately I got it replaced within a couple days. They knew what they were doing but just didn’t care
To say nothing changes with the greedy rich is an understatement. It only gets worse, particularly when replacing old well built apartment buildings with flimsy new ones built with substandard materials.
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no, they shouldn't exist. the fact they need to exist means something else is fundamentally broken. this should not even be possible to happen. the landlords should be fined every day for every apartment that is in poor condition. and no landlord should be a corporation.
the rental rate is set by the Federal Government, called the FMR through the HUD dept. Landlords follow this guideline which is set by the Feds. So blame the Government.
@@TuistoHaving gone to school for finance and having worked within the MBS sector for a period of years, that's a gross oversimplification. Rent is not actively determined by the HUD, but is rather a combination of pre-determined "fair market" percentage rates of the local median rent. The HUD, as well as local housing authorities have some leeway in setting the percentage of the median that affordable housing rates are determined by, but have no active influence in the actual "free market rate" itself. That is determined entirely, and often arbitrarily, by landlords.
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More tenants across the country are inspired and organizing to join us on rent strike!! This si the dawn of the tenant reckoning. It's time for a revolution. We will strike until our demands are met! I believe that we will win! Much love from Quality Hill Towers
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Tenants across the country are getting organized with their neighbors and forming tenant unions to join us on rent strike! This is the dawn of a tenant reckoning. We will continue to escalate and strike until our demands are met. NOT ONE CENT FOR THE SLUMLORD Much love from Quality Hill Towers I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN!
There are places that build large buildings and then refuse to reasonably price them, so they waste resources and land for junk no one will live in. It's appalling
This is like my apartment!! Roach infested in the walls, rats in the walls, mold, was left without electricity for 4 days. My floor floods every time it rains. My windows are falling out the pane. The unit is not sealed properly. I pay $1425 for a 425sq ft closet in the hood. It’s disgusting. We have to collectively do something!!
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The issue is that either the renter or the owner must in some way pay insurance and property taxes if they want a "permanent roof" with utilities like electricity, gas and water. Because of this, many people-at least in California, where I currently reside-are living in tents. No taxes, rent, mortgages, or insurance. The number of people who tell me they live in their car that I meet amazes me. Its crazy out here!
It’s getting wild by the day. The prices of homes are quite ridiculous and Mortgage prices has been skyrocketing on a roll(currently over 7%). Sometimes i wonder if to just invest my spare cash into the stock market and wait for a housing crash or just go ahead to buy a home anyways.
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The only way to change this system is to say no more and work together to make our situation better. 99% of us are slaves to the 1% and we shouldn’t think the American dream is anything other than keeping everyone else down.
@@Bill-im6nt honestly the votes aren’t even real. The two parties are in cahoots and we need to unite over that fact instead of finger pointing. At the very least the enemy of my enemy is my friend, and it’s rich vs poor rn
This is the dawn of a tenant reckoning! Tenants across the country are fed up and organizing with their neighbors to form unions and join us on strike. I believe that we will win! Much love from KC, Quality Hill Towers!
If it's anything like my city, they don't actually do inspections. It's more on a mass of complaint basis, but that also means it is probably selectively enforced, which is terrible. Some drastic change is needed to make public officials accountable.
Depends what codes. Landlords trudge through apartments with the fire department here every couple years to scream about anything put in front of windows, if a storage closet is blocked off, or any other meaningless "it's for safety" reason. Evidently we have to live like there will be a fire any second, so the fire department may need to go through a window and search every closet for scared kids. Really, it's a legal loophole for landlords to gain access to spy on tenants without needing to invent an "emergency."
NO TAX MONEY should go to corporate landlords! All corporate landlords with over say50 or 100 units should be required to respond to all complaints within 24hrs for emergency situations or 2 business days for non-emergencies. Failure to respond should result in the tenant's automatic appeal to a powerful renters' board.
Tax money shouldn't be going to any business.... Having Exceptions is bad enough, when you look at many of them, but getting money back?! The fact there are companies out there with *negative* tax rates, as in each year the government pays them, insane!
Good for them 👏🏼👏🏼 A home is one of the most sacred places. Everyone deserves somewhere to lay their head that’s safe and healthy. I’ve dealt with similar issues while renting over the years.
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It is incredibly ironic and sad because Quality Hill is a historic neighborhood of KCMO and its so sad to see a historic working class neighborhood transform into a corporate slum. This housing should be affordable but in the modern era there's no reason to have housing conditions worse than it was 100 years ago for prices higher than local wages
Collective bargaining for renters. Interesting idea. I am proud that when our apartment complex was invested in (original owner kept stake) and they raised our rents by 15% that five tenants in same garden apartment entryway all left. We asked for reasonable increase, then threatened to leave, but owners didn’t care. They’re having to spend $15-20K to renovate and getting less in rent than what they demanded from us.
One of my slumlords let us sit for days with sewage backing into our tub and the neighbor's tub and let black mold grow through the entire building. Abolish landlords.
It's crazy. That sounds exactly like the situation in my rural landlord owned trailer park. He had as many as 9 suits against him at once, but is still collecting our rents and fixing nothing. They're only a few of us though and this is not a state that backs renters or individuals in general.
I used to live, and eventually worked for Quality Hill Towers in the 90s. They were basic, durable apartments. The rent was cheap, and there was much less crime downtown than living in midtown. I started out as a leasing agent, but after awhile, all I could see were issues. I began working on the maintenance staff when my manager refused to accept my two week notice as the leasing agent. I started by doing very simple work orders the guys couldn't be bothered with. I learned how to do many aspects of apartment maintenance over the years. I even took care of the pool. Some of the old timers we had to do certain plumbing and electrical work gave me dire warnings about the conditions developing in these buildings. The electrical was the worst. I would sometimes get a mild shock on my legs from the metal cabinets while having my hands under running water in the sink. Constant floods, getting mild shocks again while using a wet vac. I told the new manager I would haunt this place if I died on the job. I finally moved on to a property thirty years newer, doing maintenance. Its really sad to see how bad its gotten there. The views were wonderful. I imagine they'll all be torn down, and in it's place pricey skyscrapers that few can afford. I wish KC Tennants all the best. It's a nationwide tragedy that you can work full time, yet can't afford anything more than a dump to live your life.
This is where complacency in civics at the state and local level let in the wolves. It used to be landlords (in my state) could not raise rent more than 5% annually along with the increase of cost of living. It was aligned for equity and parity. Also, ignored complaints on maintenance, you legally put your rent into an escrow account until repairs are done without threat of eviction. While NO ONE WAS PAYING ATTENTION, these laws vanished. it actually costs less to buy now (in the long run) than to rent.
"it actually costs less to buy now (in the long run) than to rent" - it always has. Just logical, someone is paying for the place you live in. And if it's not you, they are making money on it, or they wouldn't bother!
@@yooootoooober Way ahead of you. Already voted for Jill Stein. If you think Harris is anything but a center-right empty husk of a corporate shill... a vapid rubber stamp who stands for nothing except for getting elected. I won't deny that Trump is worse than her in the near term, but honestly I think she is worse for the long term. I say that unhyperbolically. Trump getting elected will cause a whipsaw effect and in 4 years we might actually get a candidate willing to change the status quo. If we vote Harris, it'll embolden Dems that the "lesser evil" strategy will continue to work as we are dragged deeper in to global conflict and expand corporate greed. Harris will do 4 years, and then likely another 4 years, at which point people will be so entirely sick of her that it'll be 4 years of GOP, so if we elect Harris, it'll literally be 12 years before we have the possibility of seeing any improvement to society, as opposed to 4 years of Trump making things worse, and then the possibility of 8 years of genuinely improving things.
Yes. To begin with, voting method reform, because that's the real problem that prevents competition and accountability in our elections, by way of vote splitting (the spoiler effect). On this issue specifically, it's complicated. The fundamental issue is the nature of land itself - it is necessary for all economic activity to occur, yet fixed and limited in supply. Which means you can extract all of the surplus productivity of a community just by acting as a gatekeeper to that physical space. Rent prices rise until it's cheaper to go somewhere else and lose the benefit of being close to other people, businesses, geography, natural resources, etc. This shrinks the economy and creates sprawl, destroying urban structure and creating an obligation for governments to spend perpetually more and more on infrastructure just to spur new development and control costs. And in the process, the productive members of society are made into a class of effective serfs, who work for subsistence and the benefit of their landlords, in a kind of neo-feudalism. It becomes impossible to accumulate wealth and participate in your own community, or often even to afford escaping, as prices for property balloon infinitely upward on the basis of their ability to collect future rents. The best way to solve this problem is to absorb this private tax with a public one - which is land value taxation. Because rents already rise to the maximum the community can support, this kind of tax can't be passed on the way others are (in fact, all other taxes end up taking out of rent capacity, but that's a whole other thing). This kind of tax is so efficient and successful that it replaces all other taxes with tons left over - which you can then return to the community via a citizen's dividend or wealth fund (lowering the tax just pays landlords again in exchange for doing nothing). There are of course other solutions, but all of them tend to be short term band aids that warp the market and create unintended consequences. Rent caps are an example.
Much love from Quality Hill Towers! Tenants across the country are getting organized with their neighbors and forming tenant unions to go on strike with us! This is the dawn of a tenant reckoning! We will strike until our demands are met. I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN!
No. Why should the government buy it??? No government involvement needed. The people should move. Supply and demand. If no one will rent the locations, owners will go out of business. Then a new owner can decide to invest in a new building or invest in repairs, then set a new rent higher or lower based on market demand.
If you think these landlord are not keeping up with the property maintenance, just wait until you see what the government would do with it. Additionally our government doesn't have any money, we are 36 trillion in debt and every dollar we print/borrow makes your money worth A LOT less.
@@hkgoalie91 💯👍. We need less government. Less "programs". Less spending. No more handouts to illegal immigrants, but that is the topic of a separate video.
Thank you for your continued journalism work. Please keep making content and spreading knowledge-- so many, myself included, didn't know this was even a thing. thankyouthankyouthankyou.
@@CucumberflavoredmustardDon’t need the profit margin though. Which is the problem. How most landlords charge rent to include the entirety of cost of living and then a profit margin.
Yes! Tenants across the country are organizing unions and joining us on strike. This is the dawn of a tenant reckoning, and I believe that we will win!
It's called constructive eviction. You can legally break the lease and move out of the landlord does not address a habitability issue after 30 days. Document it, and the landlord cannot come after you for unpaid rent. Well, they can try, but the judge will laugh them out of court.
I don't think they wanna move is the thing. I'm a little confused as to why they'd wanna stay personally. Maybe it's already the cheapest place around? The federal government usually has to inspect/sign off on section 8 zoned buildings to make sure they're inhabitable and that things like this don't happen... This leads me to believe it's not section 8, and they're just choosing to stay there anyway? I'm even more confused by the guy that moved to a different unit in the same complex... I'd have just left. Let them try to fill the caved in/flooded apartment with somebody else
For the first time ever in my apartment dwelling years (20 years total). I am paying 50% of income in rent & have been dealing with hot water issues at my complex for years. Recently had another 4 days without hot water. Best of luck to these people!
I really hope to see more of these rent strikes. I've moved out of my parent's home twice and had to come back both times due to not being able to afford anything. It makes me scared that I won't ever move out or that I will but struggle paycheck to paycheck like before.
MY landlord won't fix the roof that is leaking and my ceilings inside my rental home I live in are falling down and drooping sagging as they are full of water damage and there is black mold in my home. I called an attorney for personal injury and he told me there is nothing I can do, but my duty is to vacate and move. I HAVE LIVED IN MY HOME FOR 10 YEARS!!!! the guy bought our house from our previous landlord who moved away and had NEVER EVER Fixed anything. He only gets inspections done and once he shipped me fire and smoke detectors for me to install inside my house. AND ON TOP OF THIS...HE RAISED MY RENT FROM $700 A MONTH TO $1,050.00 A MONTH!!!!!!!
If they raised the rent that much, its because they want out of the lease. They probably wanted out the moment they heard tenant is calling attorneys. This is another reason why nobody will be able to find an apartment if they enact rent controls. New roofs can cost $20,000 or more. If any tenant can force you to pay 20 grand for a new roof that passes inspection and they also refuse to move out, and you can't raise the rent either..... Nobody in the middle class will want to risk renting out their property and offer apartments. They will be a complete bankruptcy trap. Only giant corporations will be able to lease. And so people say, "Great, then we'll all own our own houses then." OK well who is going to pay for all those houses, and pay for all the upkeep and taxes and roofs? People don't just build them to hand them out to people for free. Banks won't mortgage loan houses out either if they lose money doing it. I would just find another apartment with a good roof. I've you've rented 10 years a lot of people will be wanting to rent to you. Unless you tell them you're suing your old landlord. Then they definitely won't, lol. Believe me you are in a lot better situation here than if you owned the house. I'd rather move to a better place in a weekend then have to come up with $20K
Rent caps would be nice but we also need caps on taxes and insurance cost as well. Those things do nothing but go up every single year after year after year.
Taxes are % based. They don't particularly go up but your income does even though it buys less. So does your property. The assessment process is what's broken. My car went from being valued at 8k one year to 15k 3 years later. I go to dealership to get new car....they offer me 5k yet I'm still paying tax on 15k assessment value. That's what we call corruption.
@@smokelord2002 Either way, investment property doesn’t get any exemptions so every year it increases 3%, maybe 5% and now Houston is pushing for an 8% increase this year. Also insurance rates don’t go off any percentages, they come in and say that the homes replacement costs are 3x what I paid, sometimes higher and the new rate is X amount higher than my older policy. All these factors increase rents. Some of us are not using real page to determine our rents but it sucks to have to raise rents on a family over $100 a month just to cover the increases from taxes and insurance. I understand the idea of a rent cap. As a landlord, I want a cap on my taxes and insurance. It would help tremendously in lowering rents.
Proud of these ppl renters from all over the nation need to stepup support these ppl nothing will ever change unless we join in "I've had enough I WON'T TAKE IT ANYMORE" WHEN WORKING CLASS STRIKE GOVTS & CORPORATES CHANGE
I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN! This is the dawn of a tenant reckoning! Much much love from 817 Jefferson St, KCMO! Neighbors across the country are forming tenant unions; these unions have joined to create the Tenant Union Federation (TUF). More unions are prepping to join us on strike until the feds meet our demands. Nothing definitive from the FHFA yet. QHTTU and ITTU are escalating this November! Excited to see how many more unions will join us. NOT ONE CENT FOR THE SLUMLORD!
I support this movement. Who originated the "idea" of charging a human to live on a planet that GOD gave us for "free" .GOD didn't charge us when we were created the land is a gift. Animals don't pay rent.We are no different from other species living on the earth.
Tenant unions across the country are prepping to join us in our rent strikes at Quality Hill Towers and Independce Towers! We will stike until our demands are met. This is the beginning of a tenant reckoning! QHTTU is planning to escalate this November. I'm excited to see how many more unions across the country will be ready to join us then. And how many more unions are created thru the spread of our news! We are stronger together! I believe that we will win! NOT ONE CENT FOR THE SLUMLORDS
They are going to get kicked out.. then I can guarantee once the original tenants are gone everything will be fixed up nice and neat and then they will re-rent the apartments back out for that $1,000 price tag if not close to $3,000 price tag.. that is what landlords are doing to people
Deregulation protects profits, regulations protect people! It is a shame that a country's corporations are healthier and better protected than it's citizens.
You did it backwards, kiddo. Regulations protrct profits. Deregulations protect people! Ruin the country to prove that these corporations are ruining the planet by fueling our extinction.
As a Community Health Worker the issues highlighted here are happening throughout these United States. If folks complain, they run the risk of losing the only housing available (which is scarce anyway). In my area alone, we have 69k active applications waiting for affordable housing (but not enough "affordable" housing.) The culprit? I think organizations have a lot of Misappropriation of funds that should be looked into. These powerful organizations align their personal purses and get rich off the backs of those in poverty. Something has got to give. If I owned them, I would lower rent and fix the issues. Moreover, I would also create a "Community Led Board of Advisors that reside there" to engage with, so that these issues can be prevented in the future.
@@SgtJoeSmith Then why is rent still increasing in states that have seen little to no wage increases. There are companies like Realpage openly price fixing and you're still too dense to see anything that wasn't regurgitated to you.
@@qwejy maybe if tenants wouldnt trash the place and cost owners so much in repairs. you know, 2 months rent a year goes to taxes and another 2 months to insurance. another month to maintenance. landlords typically break even till house is paid off unless they can pay cash up front. they finally make money when they sell it and retire. if you think rent is expensive you should try owning. when you own anything you need fixed is $150 to $200 an hour per person
@@SgtJoeSmithno rent, power and insurance prices have outstripped wages for a long, long time. They’re inflation leaders. The problem is not wages. The problem is corporate greed.
This is the beginning of a tenant reckoning! Tenant unions across the country came together to create the Tenant Union Federation (TUF). More tenants are getting organized nation wide to join us in our rent strikes at QHTTU and ITTU in KC and Independence, MO if the FHFA doesn't meet our demands. We are preparing to escalate this coming November. I'm stoked to see which other tenant unions will be ready to join us this month! I believe that we will win! It's time for a revolution.
Now nation wide!!! Make investors sell properties like because they will make them go bankrupt if they dont.. no one should live their entire life renting.. the american dream is gone, take it back.
Tenants across the nation are organizing unions with their neighbors! These unions have joined together to form the Tenant Union Federation (TUF) These unions across the country are growing and prepping to join us on strike to escalate on the FHFA to win nationwide rent control! THE RENT IS TOO DAMN HIGH! WE SAY NO TO RENT HIKES! We will strike until our demands are met! NOT ONE CENT FOR THE SLUMLORD! Much love from 817 Jefferson St! I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN! 🐂
I live in KC. When i was looking for a place a few years ago, i considered Quality Hill, until I read the reviews... all of which said the landlords were just horrible. This has been going on for YEARS
So what did Sentinel do with the rent money they were receiving from tenants? These corporations need to be investigated and there needs to be charges brought, or a lawsuit, massive fines, or something. These government agencies need to do better regulating these landlords. People shouldn't have to live like that.
Their finances are public record. We found out they spent most of the money on advertising and payroll. They just hired someone to paint a mural in our common areas... new flowers outside... while we are upstairs living in horrific condtions. They money they spend "fixing our homes" are cosmetic. Lipstick on a pig. NOT ONE CENT FOR THE SLUMLORD! Much love from 817 Jefferson St! I BELIEVE IN US, I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN
I live on the Kansas side. They are raising my rent another 10% (they've already raised it 50% since I've moved in). I pointed out that two other apartments that had the same bedrooms/bathrooms but were bigger and within 1 mile of my apartment were charging $30 less a month than the apartment I'd been living in for 6 years. I tried to negotiate but they said no. They pretty much told me they use something similar to Realpage which is being sued. They also said it would be to their advantage if I moved out because they could remodel and rent it at their new prices which is $400 more than I'm paying now.
@@WhiskyMystery I decided to stay because it would be cheaper in the short run. If I moved I would have to put down a new deposit, hiring movers, and a new pet deposit. I'm looking to buy a house in the summer of '26.
"They also said it would be to their advantage if I moved out because they could remodel and rent it at their new prices which is $400 more than I'm paying now." Sounds like bullshit to me, just leave if they really want it.
I KNOW THATS RIGHT!!! I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN!!!! This is the beginning of the tenant reckoning. We've got the power when we organize. It's time for a revolution!
The fact that for profit businesses can be subsidized by the government and not be subject to rent caps is crazy
Because there is no cap on inflation which increases all expenses.
@@WhiskyMystery Please. They've been price fixing through companies, for one Realpage. Damn bootlickers have so many one-line thoughts to regurgitate... So gross.
I say $500 for most of the country and $800 in big cities most people make $1,200 and $1,500 a month
@@WhiskyMysteryand you could build that into caps
Government is subsidized by companies, and individuals. In turn individuals and companies are subsidized by government. Sure it doesn't make sense, but just letting poors have everything would lead to Idiocracy.
Get a job, work endlessly, not enough money, work even more, then become too old and tired to continue…The American dream!
Just because you live in subsidized housing doesn't mean you don't work two or 3 jobs already.
@@willettacartermolina3375did you write this under the wrong comment?
and then tell people fighting for better wages they don't deserve it.......(how the general public treats Union members)
They call it the dream because you have to be asleep to believe it.
Yeah, sure. 90% of the people complaining have poor financial skills and take out loans and credit to buy cars and things they don't need and can't afford getting themselves trapped into endless payments they will never get out of. Live within your means and invest your dollar and you can do better than ok.
I've been a residential landlord in the past. There occasional months where I was not able to keep the rent paid to me because of having to get things fixed in order to keep the place habitable. That's just the way it is. It's an obligation. I have no sympathy for landlords who refuse to maintain their rental units.
BEST OF LUCK TO THESE PEOPLE!!
Owned a few units and never raised the very fair rent. I would rather have great tenants that take care of the apartments and stay, which were all completely brand newly remodeled….only that didn't happen. Nor did paying their rent as they agreed to do. Several years back I sold them all and they are now condos, no more rentals.
Dealing with those type of demands nobody but companies will deal in rentals. They are going to become very hard to find. Be careful what you ask for, might just get something.
@@ChromeLuxx💯
Very few landlords do that kind of stuff.
My slumlord makes $250,000 a month. Has been violated three different times, serious violations. Just got violated for a fourth time, rats and mice, holes in roof, falling down chimney.
Worst? He let siding rip off and exposed to sheathing for four years. Now we got black mold.
Been looking for two years for another place. Got three housing agencies helping.
Went to look in my hometown. Rich came in, destroyed it. Big box stores, hotels, doctors offices, banks, resturaunts. Wiped out most of housing areas to do this. 1,400 people in some form of homelessness.
Got him in court Wednesday. Hope the judge slams him. His name is Michael Roy, owner of 14 Dunkin franchises, 823 Donuts. Slumlord lives in a mansion three times the size of the house I am renting the apt in.
story of america right there, at least for people like me and you.
the day i found out that when conservatives say “economic freedom”, they were never talking about us, was the day the world made a lot more sense.
economic freedom for the boot on our necks
❤ wow my heart goes out to you. Fight !! Housing is a human right !
With all those issues, I would be out there in the next day …
@@rickyramirez4850 Try finding an apartment. Housing and I have been looking for another apt for 2 years.
@@baddestjoanna-michellesmit5578 I am hoping he is charged with false swearing and perjury.
I’m 36, and this video is the first time it’s occurred to me that I could/should get basic problems fixed by the person I pay rent to, who actually owns the building.
Absolutely. Be sure to check some of your local laws to determine what they are obligated to fix. Naturally, they won't want to do anything that they can get away with, so they hope you have zero concerns and just keep paying rent.
How? Most landlords/rental offices state that they’re responsible for repairs in the lease…
@@shaudemarie8844 Yes they do. And by the way this car I'm selling was owned by a little old widow lady that only drove it to church on Sunday and the grocery store twice a month. I promise. 😁
Read your lease to see up to what dollar amount you may be responsible for before the landlord gets involved with repairs and cost for repairs
Just ask.
Wonder how chaotic this would get and what would happen if this was millions of people instead of 2 apartment buildings?
Yes!! Need more people every where to join in. By the millions!!
@amandabaker3880 If Trump wins, he'll shut this down. He'll get rid of Fannie Mae -- that's in Project 2025 -- and make rent strikes illegal.
@@amandabaker3880We should. But if Trump wins, he'll shut it down. He will do everything possible to make landlords untouchable.
Wimp@@sarahm.5356
@@sarahm.5356you know you can go live in a tent. People don't owe you a house
I worked for national banks in the mortgage industry, got sick of it after the mortgage meltdown. I thought to myself, if everyone just said "screw it" and stopped paying their mortgage, taxes, credit cards, what could the banks do? Answer, Nothing... they'd be screwed and this whole system would collapse. What stops us? FEAR False Expectations Appearing Real. Solidarity!!
Issue is people don't have the money outside of those credit cards
They have all the power
People don't realize how much power we, the people, actually have.
If we could stop buying into the manufactured outrage and media induced division, we could work together and create an infinitely better alternative.
would be interesting. sadly that amount of cooperation from humans could never happen.
@@T.R.75with that conviction it never will
Ah yes, the rent vs buy decision I’ve been trying to figure out for years. The rental income vs mortgage payment calculation never made sense to me. But this is much more logical and makes far more sense. Thank you for simplifying this!
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Just because you live in a subsidized building does not mean you should be forced to live in a building full bugs, rodents, vermin, mold, filth. I am so fed up with this property management companies thinking they have all the power.
You get what you pay for. You traded a lower rent for a lower quality of building. This has happened every time government has gotten involved in the market - whether in the US with rent and tenement housing or overseas with communist countries with price controls. Quality costs money and unless you think the landlord is your slave, you better pay for it!
If you pay a lesser amount than what is necessary to upkeep the building then yes you should live in suboptimal living conditions. No matter how you put it, the fact is upkeep costs money and if the building isn't making money the upkeep wont happen.
They do.
Explain who does the subsidising please.
@@commentinglife6175 idiot
Ban corporations from owning residential property
Yes this.
This
Actially just stop owning things. Ownership precludes belonging. Ownership of housing, ownership of land creates these problems. The problems will always return even if you win some of these victories, otherwise
Hell no
I will own things.
This is inspiring, every town should have a tenants union
Does it need to be regional? Every corporate landlord should have a nationwide tenants union.
Yes!
This is the dawn of a tenant reckoning!
Tenants across the country are fed up, and organizing with their neighbors to form unions!
These unions are prepping to go on strike with us!
We will be in strike until our demands are met!
NOT ONE CENT!
I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN!
My sister moved into a roach infested apartment right after she graduated college. They wouldn’t fix it and wouldn’t let her out of her lease. So researched the laws as much as I could- typed up a demand letter- and served it to them. 24 hours later my sister was moving out with no penalty on the lease ending. I don’t know what scared them but I sounded very lawyer like 😂. Just upholding my sisterly duties 😊
If they are in "breach of contract" one can call a pest control company, for example, and deduct that from the rent... if it isn't taken care of, within a reasonable amount of time? However, you can also simply give notice, then vacate, the premises... IF they don't FIX any number of issues that are ILLEGAL to ignore. (Like pests, mold, faulty wiring, etc., etc.) And it's NOT like you were "evicted," or would LOOSE in small claims, court... so what are they going to DO if you LEAVE?! (i.e. Loose, in court???) I'd also do an "owner of record" search online... then provide that contact info to every tenant, in any building. (And often the people "hiding behind" on/ off site property managers, LLCs, corporations, Living Trusts, etc. are almost always VISIBLE to attorneys, and on the Secretary of State websites. The SMARTER ones with offshore business and other Trust entities, are not... ;-)
In my state they say roaches are not a reason to breach a lease if they’re not overrunning the apartment. I hate it here. I’ve seen 12 roach nymphs in about a month a week after I moved in. I decided to not buy a couch or anything since if I leave I don’t want to risk bringing pests with me
@@Grace-jb7me That's ridiculous, since the pest control chemicals are ALL "toxic, to human health..." (So that is reason enough, to BYPASS... "getting sprayed!") But what are they going to DO... if you LEAVE? (Not provide a "reference? And keep your deposit??) If you CAN afford to, then just MOVE ON! You could also film them scurrying around, and send it to a tenants rights group, and your attorney. Odds are: They are also nesting, next door... so also get the neighbors in on, the complaint(s).
I had a similar thing with my current landlord. When I moved in I noticed my front door looked like it was kicked in at some point. It wouldn’t close properly unless I used the deadbolt. I sent multiple maintenance requests for it to be replaced as it was a safety issue with no responses. As soon as I put in that this was a violation of sections of my lease and potential breach of contract they replied almost immediately I got it replaced within a couple days. They knew what they were doing but just didn’t care
@@williamlyons3947 incorrect and ignorant comment
To say nothing changes with the greedy rich is an understatement. It only gets worse, particularly when replacing old well built apartment buildings with flimsy new ones built with substandard materials.
Corporate greed just knows no bounds. The government subsidies for those corporations is criminal
I agree - government should NOT subsidize corporations - but I guess YOU are fine with the subsidies government provides to YOU - right?
Rooting for these people, I hope they win all their demands!! Tenant unions are such a powerful force 💖
Stronger together!
Much much love from Quality Hill Towers
I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN!
There is a systemic problem -- greed. We have allowed many of our economic sectors, to take advantage of the American people. It's disgusting and frightening for the future of our country. I plan to retire at 62 in another country outside the US that is free, safe and very cheap with a high quality of life. I could fully just rely on only my SS if I wanted to when that times arrives but I'll also have at least one pension, a 403 (b) and a very prolific lnvestment account with my Abby Joseph Cohen my FA. Retiring comfortably in the US these days is almost impossible.
How can i reach this Abby Joseph Cohen, if you don't mind me asking? I've known her by her reputation at Goldman Sachs
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I wish the strikers the best and hope they succeed in changing this country for the better!
Much love from Quality Hill Towers❤❤
Tentant Unions should exist because almost all landlords collaborate through software that sets market values instead of competition.
no, they shouldn't exist. the fact they need to exist means something else is fundamentally broken. this should not even be possible to happen. the landlords should be fined every day for every apartment that is in poor condition. and no landlord should be a corporation.
the rental rate is set by the Federal Government, called the FMR through the HUD dept. Landlords follow this guideline which is set by the Feds. So blame the Government.
@@Tuisto RealPage is being sued by the DOJ now for antitrust practices of collusion and price fixing.
This is price fixing
... it's insane.
@@TuistoHaving gone to school for finance and having worked within the MBS sector for a period of years, that's a gross oversimplification.
Rent is not actively determined by the HUD, but is rather a combination of pre-determined "fair market" percentage rates of the local median rent. The HUD, as well as local housing authorities have some leeway in setting the percentage of the median that affordable housing rates are determined by, but have no active influence in the actual "free market rate" itself.
That is determined entirely, and often arbitrarily, by landlords.
United, we bargain. Divided, we beg.
That's right! I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN!
Much love from Quality Hill Towers
From $7K to $45K that's the minimum range of profit return every week I thinks it's not a bad one for me, now I have enough to pay bills and take care of my family.
Wow that's awesome
But I still love my mentor Sophia
I Hit 210k today thanks you for all the knowledge and nuggets you had thrown my way over the last months. Started last months 2024. Financial education is indeed required for more than 70%of the society in the country as very few literate on the subject. Thanks to Mrs Sophia for helping me achieve this
Wow. I'm a bit perplexed seeing her been mentioned here also Didn't know she has been good to so many people too this is wonderful, I'm in my fifth trade with her and it has been
It is really refreshing to see a comment about Sophia I have worked with her also. her approach consistently keeps you ahead of the trend, She's the best i'll say..
Yes! Everyone should do this In AMERICA THIS HAS TO STOP
More tenants across the country are inspired and organizing to join us on rent strike!! This si the dawn of the tenant reckoning. It's time for a revolution. We will strike until our demands are met!
I believe that we will win!
Much love from Quality Hill Towers
NO MORE RIGHT TO RENT STATES! The hammer is not them it is US! Corporations have been sliming their way into every aspect of our lives! Now its time to choose which corporations deserve to be apart of What we consume! Stop buying their crap, their lies! Support human Co. not those who only want us to consume, CONSUME! Consume… it disgusting
Finally! The people standing up for fairness!! The whole country should do this.
Tenants across the country are getting organized with their neighbors and forming tenant unions to join us on rent strike!
This is the dawn of a tenant reckoning. We will continue to escalate and strike until our demands are met.
NOT ONE CENT FOR THE SLUMLORD
Much love from Quality Hill Towers
I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN!
Can’t believe nothing is being done about the repairs while millions are spent on marketing?..
Oh, I can believe it. Look at this country.
They are still being paid. They only change when rent is withheld. Money is the only thing that gets their attention.
Spending millions to save a dime.
There are places that build large buildings and then refuse to reasonably price them, so they waste resources and land for junk no one will live in. It's appalling
@@PossessiveK It's not a waste of land. It uses the land, without actually adding any housing availability. It's genius!
One of the most hopeful stories I've heard lately. ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉
Much love from Quality Hill Towers,
I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN ❤❤❤❤
What a brave and fantastic group of people! Thank you for standing up and pushing for real change! 👍
I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ MUCH LOVE
This is like my apartment!! Roach infested in the walls, rats in the walls, mold, was left without electricity for 4 days. My floor floods every time it rains. My windows are falling out the pane. The unit is not sealed properly. I pay $1425 for a 425sq ft closet in the hood. It’s disgusting. We have to collectively do something!!
I’m not saying you should do a strike or anything……
Something to think about however
WOAH that aint right
Much love from Quality Hill Towers!
Tenants across the country are fed up and organizing with their neighbors to form unions to join us on strike.
This is the dawn of a tenant reckoning, and I believe that we will win!
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Google tenant union in your city, maybe there's already organizing going on:)
NOT ONE CENT FOR THE SLUMLORD
The issue is that either the renter or the owner must in some way pay insurance and property taxes if they want a "permanent roof" with utilities like electricity, gas and water. Because of this, many people-at least in California, where I currently reside-are living in tents. No taxes, rent, mortgages, or insurance. The number of people who tell me they live in their car that I meet amazes me. Its crazy out here!
It’s getting wild by the day. The prices of homes are quite ridiculous and Mortgage prices has been skyrocketing on a roll(currently over 7%). Sometimes i wonder if to just invest my spare cash into the stock market and wait for a housing crash or just go ahead to buy a home anyways.
I get such worries too. I'm 50 and retiring early. Already worried of the future and where its headed, especially in terms of financies and how to get by. I'm also considering making my first investment in the stock market, but how can I do so given that the market has been in a mess for the majority of the year?
Personally, I can connect to that. When I began working with "'Sophia Maurine Lanting," a fiduciary financial counsellor, my advantages were certain. In these circumstances, I would always advise getting professional help so they can steer you through choppy markets and just give you indicators and strategies for knowing when to enter and exit the market.
Please how do I connect to her? My funds are being murdered by inflation, and I'm looking for a more profitable investing strategy to put them to work.
My CFA ’Sophia Maurine Lanting’ , a renowned figure in her line of work. I recommend researching her credentials further. She has many years of experience and is a valuable resource for anyone looking to navigate the financial market.
The only way to change this system is to say no more and work together to make our situation better. 99% of us are slaves to the 1% and we shouldn’t think the American dream is anything other than keeping everyone else down.
And far too many vote for someone to lower taxes on that 1%.
@@Bill-im6nt honestly the votes aren’t even real. The two parties are in cahoots and we need to unite over that fact instead of finger pointing. At the very least the enemy of my enemy is my friend, and it’s rich vs poor rn
This is the dawn of a tenant reckoning!
Tenants across the country are fed up and organizing with their neighbors to form unions and join us on strike.
I believe that we will win!
Much love from KC, Quality Hill Towers!
As Martin Luther King, Jr, noted, we have socialism for the rich and rugged individualism for the poor.
Local code enforcement is also failing to protect citizens
If it's anything like my city, they don't actually do inspections. It's more on a mass of complaint basis, but that also means it is probably selectively enforced, which is terrible. Some drastic change is needed to make public officials accountable.
Depends what codes. Landlords trudge through apartments with the fire department here every couple years to scream about anything put in front of windows, if a storage closet is blocked off, or any other meaningless "it's for safety" reason. Evidently we have to live like there will be a fire any second, so the fire department may need to go through a window and search every closet for scared kids. Really, it's a legal loophole for landlords to gain access to spy on tenants without needing to invent an "emergency."
@@monkey_man70-1 A change is coming! The 2nd amendment will be abolished, and AI automatons will enforce loyalty amongst the rabble!
HERES THE REAL ISSUE
@@kcsunnyone Most government inspectors of any kind are up for sale. Don't be naive.
NO TAX MONEY should go to corporate landlords! All corporate landlords with over say50 or 100 units should be required to respond to all complaints within 24hrs for emergency situations or 2 business days for non-emergencies. Failure to respond should result in the tenant's automatic appeal to a powerful renters' board.
Naho, then they'll just split their company up on paper, into sub-entities that each own 50 - 100 units and go on as before.
Tax money shouldn't be going to any business....
Having Exceptions is bad enough, when you look at many of them, but getting money back?!
The fact there are companies out there with *negative* tax rates, as in each year the government pays them, insane!
Thank you for covering this story.
Good for them 👏🏼👏🏼 A home is one of the most sacred places. Everyone deserves somewhere to lay their head that’s safe and healthy. I’ve dealt with similar issues while renting over the years.
That's right!
Much love from Quality Hill Towers
We are stronger together! I believe with all of my heart that we will wi!
No form of housing should be a commodity. We need to support social housing/housing co-ops instead.
Rent caps is the battle, housing as a human right is the war!
Much love from QHT!
I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN!
The entire nation of America should do this. It’s possible. Gov’t would shut down social media if the people coordinated together in such a way. 🙏🏾
This is the dawn of a tenant reckoning! I believe that we will win! 🙏
greed has ruined everything
You for you guys !!! I'm so proud of all of you !!! And you WILL win. Bc you all are the truth. The truth always wins. And now, these truths will be addressed and then changed when it is addressed in a peaceful and organized fashion. Good for you ❤❤
Much love from Quality Hill Towers!
I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN! 🐂
The irony of the building being called QUALITY hill towers 😂
That's the trick! As a word "quality" applies to bad as well as good. 😅
@@johnchandler1687 oof good point 😂
Kwality
It is incredibly ironic and sad because Quality Hill is a historic neighborhood of KCMO and its so sad to see a historic working class neighborhood transform into a corporate slum. This housing should be affordable but in the modern era there's no reason to have housing conditions worse than it was 100 years ago for prices higher than local wages
The Hill is pretty nice. But the towers are lacking
Collective bargaining for renters. Interesting idea. I am proud that when our apartment complex was invested in (original owner kept stake) and they raised our rents by 15% that five tenants in same garden apartment entryway all left. We asked for reasonable increase, then threatened to leave, but owners didn’t care. They’re having to spend $15-20K to renovate and getting less in rent than what they demanded from us.
You know they probably gave an absurd rent increase offer to motivate you to move so they could go in a renovate
One of my slumlords let us sit for days with sewage backing into our tub and the neighbor's tub and let black mold grow through the entire building. Abolish landlords.
That aint right!!
It's crazy. That sounds exactly like the situation in my rural landlord owned trailer park. He had as many as 9 suits against him at once, but is still collecting our rents and fixing nothing. They're only a few of us though and this is not a state that backs renters or individuals in general.
I used to live, and eventually worked for Quality Hill Towers in the 90s. They were basic, durable apartments. The rent was cheap, and there was much less crime downtown than living in midtown. I started out as a leasing agent, but after awhile, all I could see were issues. I began working on the maintenance staff when my manager refused to accept my two week notice as the leasing agent. I started by doing very simple work orders the guys couldn't be bothered with. I learned how to do many aspects of apartment maintenance over the years. I even took care of the pool. Some of the old timers we had to do certain plumbing and electrical work gave me dire warnings about the conditions developing in these buildings. The electrical was the worst. I would sometimes get a mild shock on my legs from the metal cabinets while having my hands under running water in the sink. Constant floods, getting mild shocks again while using a wet vac. I told the new manager I would haunt this place if I died on the job. I finally moved on to a property thirty years newer, doing maintenance. Its really sad to see how bad its gotten there. The views were wonderful. I imagine they'll all be torn down, and in it's place pricey skyscrapers that few can afford. I wish KC Tennants all the best. It's a nationwide tragedy that you can work full time, yet can't afford anything more than a dump to live your life.
Much much love from your old home.
We are connected and strong:)
I believe that we will win!
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Basic human needs-healthy food, clean water, safe housing, medication, should not be commodities.
First strike I can be 100% on board with
This is where complacency in civics at the state and local level let in the wolves. It used to be landlords (in my state) could not raise rent more than 5% annually along with the increase of cost of living. It was aligned for equity and parity. Also, ignored complaints on maintenance, you legally put your rent into an escrow account until repairs are done without threat of eviction. While NO ONE WAS PAYING ATTENTION, these laws vanished. it actually costs less to buy now (in the long run) than to rent.
"it actually costs less to buy now (in the long run) than to rent" - it always has. Just logical, someone is paying for the place you live in. And if it's not you, they are making money on it, or they wouldn't bother!
Sick of rich folk taking advantage of the working folk.
It has to change!!
I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN! 🐂
We need top to bottom political reform.
November 5th. Make a plan.
@@yooootoooober Way ahead of you. Already voted for Jill Stein. If you think Harris is anything but a center-right empty husk of a corporate shill... a vapid rubber stamp who stands for nothing except for getting elected. I won't deny that Trump is worse than her in the near term, but honestly I think she is worse for the long term. I say that unhyperbolically. Trump getting elected will cause a whipsaw effect and in 4 years we might actually get a candidate willing to change the status quo. If we vote Harris, it'll embolden Dems that the "lesser evil" strategy will continue to work as we are dragged deeper in to global conflict and expand corporate greed. Harris will do 4 years, and then likely another 4 years, at which point people will be so entirely sick of her that it'll be 4 years of GOP, so if we elect Harris, it'll literally be 12 years before we have the possibility of seeing any improvement to society, as opposed to 4 years of Trump making things worse, and then the possibility of 8 years of genuinely improving things.
Yes. To begin with, voting method reform, because that's the real problem that prevents competition and accountability in our elections, by way of vote splitting (the spoiler effect).
On this issue specifically, it's complicated. The fundamental issue is the nature of land itself - it is necessary for all economic activity to occur, yet fixed and limited in supply. Which means you can extract all of the surplus productivity of a community just by acting as a gatekeeper to that physical space. Rent prices rise until it's cheaper to go somewhere else and lose the benefit of being close to other people, businesses, geography, natural resources, etc. This shrinks the economy and creates sprawl, destroying urban structure and creating an obligation for governments to spend perpetually more and more on infrastructure just to spur new development and control costs.
And in the process, the productive members of society are made into a class of effective serfs, who work for subsistence and the benefit of their landlords, in a kind of neo-feudalism. It becomes impossible to accumulate wealth and participate in your own community, or often even to afford escaping, as prices for property balloon infinitely upward on the basis of their ability to collect future rents.
The best way to solve this problem is to absorb this private tax with a public one - which is land value taxation. Because rents already rise to the maximum the community can support, this kind of tax can't be passed on the way others are (in fact, all other taxes end up taking out of rent capacity, but that's a whole other thing). This kind of tax is so efficient and successful that it replaces all other taxes with tons left over - which you can then return to the community via a citizen's dividend or wealth fund (lowering the tax just pays landlords again in exchange for doing nothing).
There are of course other solutions, but all of them tend to be short term band aids that warp the market and create unintended consequences. Rent caps are an example.
Wishing these guys the best of luck! Wasn’t too long ago that I was a renter.
Videos like this are stones flung at the wall that is our system. Keep it up guys. Good stuff.
Much love from Quality Hill Towers!
Tenants across the country are getting organized with their neighbors and forming tenant unions to go on strike with us! This is the dawn of a tenant reckoning! We will strike until our demands are met.
I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN!
Power to the people
This is LONG OVERDUE.
The dawn of the tenant reckoning is here! I believe that we will win!
they can't repair it themselves because the landlord will probably fine them, so it's an ongoing cycle of BS
Good for you guys - stick together no matter what!!
I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN!🐂
Fight that good fight. Don't stand down. Set the example for everyone else!!
I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN! 🐂
Thank you for covering such incredibly important stories that the news refuses to cover!
As someone about to get an apartment in kansas city for school, its really really greate to see that some people are already organizing.
Excited to have you in KC!
Off the top of my head, I know that Waldo Hieghts is organizing.
Landlords that can't keep up the maintenance should be forced to sell to the government to maintain the building. Housing should be a human right.
No. Why should the government buy it??? No government involvement needed. The people should move. Supply and demand. If no one will rent the locations, owners will go out of business. Then a new owner can decide to invest in a new building or invest in repairs, then set a new rent higher or lower based on market demand.
@@DrAJ_LatinAmerica some people cant move, they have jobs or kids in school or just can't afford anywhere else
You have never lived in government housing and your comment shows 😂
If you think these landlord are not keeping up with the property maintenance, just wait until you see what the government would do with it. Additionally our government doesn't have any money, we are 36 trillion in debt and every dollar we print/borrow makes your money worth A LOT less.
@@hkgoalie91 💯👍. We need less government. Less "programs". Less spending. No more handouts to illegal immigrants, but that is the topic of a separate video.
Thank you for your continued journalism work. Please keep making content and spreading knowledge-- so many, myself included, didn't know this was even a thing. thankyouthankyouthankyou.
So glad this is getting coverage, irresponsible greedy landlords need to be held accountable!
I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN
More power to them, stop the landlord greed
Insurance rates and property taxes are out of control. Stop government greed
Landlords have costs, too. The government is in a position to do things about taxes and insurance right now, yet they choose not to.
Stop *corporate greed
@@CucumberflavoredmustardDon’t need the profit margin though. Which is the problem. How most landlords charge rent to include the entirety of cost of living and then a profit margin.
How about a national habitability guarantee?
We all need to be doing this! Not just for rental property...
Damn straight! I believe that we will win!
I support these folks all the way 🙌honestly considering it in my building (which is owned by Caldwell Banker Real Estate)
Yes! Tenants across the country are organizing unions and joining us on strike. This is the dawn of a tenant reckoning, and I believe that we will win!
More power to you guys. 💪😎👍
I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN🐂🐂🐂🐂🐂
It's called constructive eviction. You can legally break the lease and move out of the landlord does not address a habitability issue after 30 days. Document it, and the landlord cannot come after you for unpaid rent. Well, they can try, but the judge will laugh them out of court.
Think you'll find a judge rule in favor of the landlords on that
I don't think they wanna move is the thing. I'm a little confused as to why they'd wanna stay personally. Maybe it's already the cheapest place around? The federal government usually has to inspect/sign off on section 8 zoned buildings to make sure they're inhabitable and that things like this don't happen... This leads me to believe it's not section 8, and they're just choosing to stay there anyway? I'm even more confused by the guy that moved to a different unit in the same complex... I'd have just left. Let them try to fill the caved in/flooded apartment with somebody else
Move out and go where? This is a far reaching problem
@@InvisibleHotdog To another apartment that is better maintained.
@@thomasfisher1829 Moving is a pain no matter what. No one likes the hassle of moving, but sometimes you have to.
For the first time ever in my apartment dwelling years (20 years total). I am paying 50% of income in rent & have been dealing with hot water issues at my complex for years. Recently had another 4 days without hot water. Best of luck to these people!
I really hope to see more of these rent strikes. I've moved out of my parent's home twice and had to come back both times due to not being able to afford anything. It makes me scared that I won't ever move out or that I will but struggle paycheck to paycheck like before.
MY landlord won't fix the roof that is leaking and my ceilings inside my rental home I live in are falling down and drooping sagging as they are full of water damage and there is black mold in my home. I called an attorney for personal injury and he told me there is nothing I can do, but my duty is to vacate and move. I HAVE LIVED IN MY HOME FOR 10 YEARS!!!! the guy bought our house from our previous landlord who moved away and had NEVER EVER Fixed anything. He only gets inspections done and once he shipped me fire and smoke detectors for me to install inside my house. AND ON TOP OF THIS...HE RAISED MY RENT FROM $700 A MONTH TO $1,050.00 A MONTH!!!!!!!
If they raised the rent that much, its because they want out of the lease. They probably wanted out the moment they heard tenant is calling attorneys.
This is another reason why nobody will be able to find an apartment if they enact rent controls. New roofs can cost $20,000 or more. If any tenant can force you to pay 20 grand for a new roof that passes inspection and they also refuse to move out, and you can't raise the rent either..... Nobody in the middle class will want to risk renting out their property and offer apartments. They will be a complete bankruptcy trap. Only giant corporations will be able to lease.
And so people say, "Great, then we'll all own our own houses then." OK well who is going to pay for all those houses, and pay for all the upkeep and taxes and roofs? People don't just build them to hand them out to people for free. Banks won't mortgage loan houses out either if they lose money doing it.
I would just find another apartment with a good roof. I've you've rented 10 years a lot of people will be wanting to rent to you. Unless you tell them you're suing your old landlord. Then they definitely won't, lol.
Believe me you are in a lot better situation here than if you owned the house. I'd rather move to a better place in a weekend then have to come up with $20K
rent should be tax deductible
....and affect credit rating.
@@Livefreeordie-182 if you pay with credit card it does.
All the power to them. Hope they get everything they want.
I believe that we will win!
Much love from QHT KCMO!
Solidarity! Landlords have too much power, people need to fight back
NOT ONE CENT FOR THE SLUMLORD🎉
rent strikes need to become the norm. we cannot continue to comply and still be ethically non-culpable
Rent caps would be nice but we also need caps on taxes and insurance cost as well. Those things do nothing but go up every single year after year after year.
Taxes are % based. They don't particularly go up but your income does even though it buys less. So does your property. The assessment process is what's broken. My car went from being valued at 8k one year to 15k 3 years later. I go to dealership to get new car....they offer me 5k yet I'm still paying tax on 15k assessment value. That's what we call corruption.
@@smokelord2002
Either way, investment property doesn’t get any exemptions so every year it increases 3%, maybe 5% and now Houston is pushing for an 8% increase this year. Also insurance rates don’t go off any percentages, they come in and say that the homes replacement costs are 3x what I paid, sometimes higher and the new rate is X amount higher than my older policy. All these factors increase rents. Some of us are not using real page to determine our rents but it sucks to have to raise rents on a family over $100 a month just to cover the increases from taxes and insurance. I understand the idea of a rent cap. As a landlord, I want a cap on my taxes and insurance. It would help tremendously in lowering rents.
Proud of these ppl renters from all over the nation need to stepup support these ppl nothing will ever change unless we join in "I've had enough I WON'T TAKE IT ANYMORE"
WHEN WORKING CLASS STRIKE GOVTS & CORPORATES CHANGE
I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN!
This is the dawn of a tenant reckoning!
Much much love from 817 Jefferson St, KCMO!
Neighbors across the country are forming tenant unions; these unions have joined to create the Tenant Union Federation (TUF). More unions are prepping to join us on strike until the feds meet our demands.
Nothing definitive from the FHFA yet. QHTTU and ITTU are escalating this November! Excited to see how many more unions will join us.
NOT ONE CENT FOR THE SLUMLORD!
I support this movement. Who originated the "idea" of charging a human to live on a planet that GOD gave us for "free" .GOD didn't charge us when we were created the land is a gift. Animals don't pay rent.We are no different from other species living on the earth.
These videos need to be shared everywhere so we can implement this nationwide.
Tenant unions across the country are prepping to join us in our rent strikes at Quality Hill Towers and Independce Towers! We will stike until our demands are met. This is the beginning of a tenant reckoning! QHTTU is planning to escalate this November. I'm excited to see how many more unions across the country will be ready to join us then. And how many more unions are created thru the spread of our news!
We are stronger together!
I believe that we will win!
NOT ONE CENT FOR THE SLUMLORDS
Let’s do this across the country
I'm glad they're striking and burning their rent bills, but more people need to do this cause I forget rent unions exist.
They are going to get kicked out.. then I can guarantee once the original tenants are gone everything will be fixed up nice and neat and then they will re-rent the apartments back out for that $1,000 price tag if not close to $3,000 price tag.. that is what landlords are doing to people
Deregulation protects profits, regulations protect people!
It is a shame that a country's corporations are healthier and better protected than it's citizens.
You did it backwards, kiddo.
Regulations protrct profits.
Deregulations protect people!
Ruin the country to prove that these corporations are ruining the planet by fueling our extinction.
As a Community Health Worker the issues highlighted here are happening throughout these United States. If folks complain, they run the risk of losing the only housing available (which is scarce anyway). In my area alone, we have 69k active applications waiting for affordable housing (but not enough "affordable" housing.) The culprit? I think organizations have a lot of Misappropriation of funds that should be looked into. These powerful organizations align their personal purses and get rich off the backs of those in poverty. Something has got to give. If I owned them, I would lower rent and fix the issues. Moreover, I would also create a "Community Led Board of Advisors that reside there" to engage with, so that these issues can be prevented in the future.
Good for them. The rent prices are so out of control.
Cause wages are out of control
@@SgtJoeSmith Then why is rent still increasing in states that have seen little to no wage increases. There are companies like Realpage openly price fixing and you're still too dense to see anything that wasn't regurgitated to you.
@@qwejy oh is realpage a union? they just want to pay their employees fairly, im sure.
@@qwejy maybe if tenants wouldnt trash the place and cost owners so much in repairs. you know, 2 months rent a year goes to taxes and another 2 months to insurance. another month to maintenance. landlords typically break even till house is paid off unless they can pay cash up front. they finally make money when they sell it and retire. if you think rent is expensive you should try owning. when you own anything you need fixed is $150 to $200 an hour per person
@@SgtJoeSmithno rent, power and insurance prices have outstripped wages for a long, long time. They’re inflation leaders. The problem is not wages. The problem is corporate greed.
3% annual rent raise! People barely get a raise every year right now
Good for the People.
When the People Gather in Strength. They Win.
This needs to be a national renters movement
This is the beginning of a tenant reckoning!
Tenant unions across the country came together to create the Tenant Union Federation (TUF). More tenants are getting organized nation wide to join us in our rent strikes at QHTTU and ITTU in KC and Independence, MO if the FHFA doesn't meet our demands. We are preparing to escalate this coming November. I'm stoked to see which other tenant unions will be ready to join us this month!
I believe that we will win! It's time for a revolution.
Now nation wide!!! Make investors sell properties like because they will make them go bankrupt if they dont.. no one should live their entire life renting.. the american dream is gone, take it back.
Tenants across the nation are organizing unions with their neighbors!
These unions have joined together to form the Tenant Union Federation (TUF)
These unions across the country are growing and prepping to join us on strike to escalate on the FHFA to win nationwide rent control!
THE RENT IS TOO DAMN HIGH!
WE SAY NO TO RENT HIKES!
We will strike until our demands are met!
NOT ONE CENT FOR THE SLUMLORD!
Much love from 817 Jefferson St!
I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN! 🐂
I live in KC. When i was looking for a place a few years ago, i considered Quality Hill, until I read the reviews... all of which said the landlords were just horrible. This has been going on for YEARS
It has. Time is up. Tenant reckoning is here!
Much love from 817 Jefferson St, KCMO
I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN!
NOT ONE CENT FOR THE SLUMLORD!
End/limit corporate ownership of residential properties ✔️
The building will soon be condemned, they will be forced out overnight, it will be redeveloped, and rented for 4 times more. This country is horrible!
So what did Sentinel do with the rent money they were receiving from tenants? These corporations need to be investigated and there needs to be charges brought, or a lawsuit, massive fines, or something. These government agencies need to do better regulating these landlords. People shouldn't have to live like that.
Their finances are public record. We found out they spent most of the money on advertising and payroll.
They just hired someone to paint a mural in our common areas... new flowers outside... while we are upstairs living in horrific condtions.
They money they spend "fixing our homes" are cosmetic. Lipstick on a pig.
NOT ONE CENT FOR THE SLUMLORD!
Much love from 817 Jefferson St!
I BELIEVE IN US, I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN
I am a former realtor and am homeless. I have a story to tell that I think could truly help people.
I don’t think you were a good realtor 😂
The housing bubble run up by pure, out of control speculation has to crash. Anything else leads to unrest and hyperinflation.
And I think it will.
The people, organized, have more power than the moneyed class.
I live on the Kansas side. They are raising my rent another 10% (they've already raised it 50% since I've moved in). I pointed out that two other apartments that had the same bedrooms/bathrooms but were bigger and within 1 mile of my apartment were charging $30 less a month than the apartment I'd been living in for 6 years. I tried to negotiate but they said no. They pretty much told me they use something similar to Realpage which is being sued. They also said it would be to their advantage if I moved out because they could remodel and rent it at their new prices which is $400 more than I'm paying now.
Have you decided to leave or stay?
@@WhiskyMystery I decided to stay because it would be cheaper in the short run. If I moved I would have to put down a new deposit, hiring movers, and a new pet deposit. I'm looking to buy a house in the summer of '26.
"They also said it would be to their advantage if I moved out because they could remodel and rent it at their new prices which is $400 more than I'm paying now." Sounds like bullshit to me, just leave if they really want it.
They THINK they can rent it out for more. But often times they get screwed unless someone who licks out with a high paying job comes into mix
Go KC! This is how history is made!
I KNOW THATS RIGHT!!! I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN!!!!
This is the beginning of the tenant reckoning.
We've got the power when we organize. It's time for a revolution!
Amazing, keep the good work
More people need to know this is an option.
Stand your ground united we stand divided we fail.
strength in numbers. solidarity!
I know that's right! I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN!
Rock on! Solidarity!!!
I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN!