Patriot Act: Rent in the Time of Coronavirus

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Patriot Act returns to Netflix amid quarantine to talk about how coronavirus is causing a rental crisis in America amid its existing housing problems. For those who are concerned about their area's rental legal protections, the show has created the site Don't Get Kicked Out as a database for how renters can protect themselves from eviction.

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[unchoco]

My new kink has been reading articles about Airbnb hosts who are losing thousands. Who knew investments can go bad lol? They try so hard to play the victim and to get public support but no one cares about those parasites who are ruining communities.

[xtinkerbellax]

People don't seem to understand that if they can't afford to pay a couple of months rent on an investment property, it's a bad investment. I see people like, "I basically break even after repairs and shit" and it's like, then why are you still doing it? Not everyone is cut out to be their own boss or have their own business but I feel like that's still seen as the ideal.

[nomoneyfun]

The fact that real estate investment is the only investment people think no investor should ever take a loss on shows how much society is comfortable with people's need for shelter being exploited. It's disgusting.

[bellwetherr]

a friend of a friend has an airbnb listing and airbnb sent them a check for money lost during all of this

[thebloomroom]

Lol meanwhile arbnb is laying off their workers. Priorities

[bellwetherr]

i know! i was honestly super shocked and a little peeved lol

[nene718]

wow

[bellwetherr]

yeah i was fucking blown away, i didn't know what to say when they told me

[nene718]

there's truly welfare for everyone except the people who actually need it

[bellwetherr]

right?? like come on

[elizaschuyler]

Lolol, there are dozens of them in the GTA rental groups on FB. They can’t post anything without being ripped to shreds, it’s great.

[caitiecait]

I was apartment hunting this spring and truly living for all of the listings that were very obviously airbnbs. They were overpriced as fuck though and didn’t even try to hide that they had been Airbnbs