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Aristoph posted...

Umm....I'm not sure how kicking people out makes the landlords "greedy." I mean, if nobody's living there then they're not going to be making any money on those apartments. There's not greedy about making less money.

I'd say that a lot of those apartments that got flooded probably don't meet the legal standards for safe living spaces. So if the landlords were to let someone stay there, they'd be liable for all kinds of dangerous shit. Telling people they have to leave isn't motivated by greed so much as simple self-preservation. Let 1 or 2 floors go so that they can repair them and maintain the rest of the building, or let people stay and face possible legal repercussions that might cost them their entire business. Seems like a pretty easy choice to me.

EDIT: Does it suck for those tenants that have to leave? Absolutely. Of course it does. But it sucks for the landlords too. It's not like there's a winner in this situation.

Basically this.

There does seem to be a few landlords that seem to be jackasses and aren't giving people their security deposits back and/or similar things, and yeah they are jackasses.

But it seems like the vast majority are telling the tenants to leave because, well, they pretty much have to. They have to repair the property and likely will have to fight with insurance companies to get money for the damages, and keep in mind they aren't making money while this happens. It's likely that most of those apartments are in dangerous condition and/or unlivable due to the flood. That's no one's fault. No one is winning here.
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