- The coming battle between Americans who want to go electric and their landlords | In rented homes and apartments, renters struggle to switch to cleaner energy https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2023/05/23/landlord-heat-pumps-chargers-incentives/ 2 comments climate
- Chicagoans readying for rent strike, calling on city and landlords to provide relief amid coronavirus pandemic: ‘The hammer is going to drop’ https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-re-coronavirus-rent-strike-20200326-20200328-ul36wyjsofaopmxig4obi4z4pa-story.html 78 comments politics
- Rent Going Up? One Company’s Algorithm Could Be Why - Texas-based RealPage’s YieldStar software helps landlords set prices for apartments across the U.S. With rents soaring, critics are concerned that the company’s proprietary algorithm is hurting competition. https://www.propublica.org/article/yieldstar-rent-increase-realpage-rent 582 comments futurology
- Nearly a thousand tenants in Madrid go on ‘rent strike’ — after corporate landlord exceeds rent increase allowed by law, raises monthly rent from €900 to €1,600 https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/06/07/nearly-a-thousand-tenants-in-spain-go-on-rent-strike-against-what-they-claim-are-abusive-clauses-from-their-vulture-fund-landlord/ 247 comments europe
- WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF A LANDLORD? No, but really. Amidst a national housing shortage and seeing reports that Build for Rent (BTR) is on the rise—pushed by real estate investors, of course. What could go wrong? What could go right???? https://www.axios.com/local/raleigh/2023/07/10/built-to-rent-housing-surge-north-carolina 86 comments economy
- Labour has vowed to "put bad landlords out of business" and bring in rent controls in England, if it wins power. Private rents would not be allowed to go up by more than inflation - and landlords would be fined for letting out sub-standard property. https://www.bbc.com/news/election-2019-50540436 37 comments worldnews
- rent help i have to go to month to month on my rent for the logistics of moving into a new place several states away. my landlord is raising my rent 42% from 1180 to 1650 is there anything i can do seems unfair to my wallet to just tack on an extra 500. https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/5xwfqp/rent_help_i_have_to_go_to_month_to_month_on_my/ 15 comments personalfinance