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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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While for now I'm not in fear of losing my job, my landlord told me in the beginning of April that if there was ever an issue w/ paying that we could work something out. I don't know much but I know I got incredibly lucky with my landlord. He gets things fixed when I tell him about it and has no problem if I'm a few days late on rent (and it's mostly because I forget if I'm busy).
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I mean, I live in Switzerland and even if there's still cases where people can be thrown in the streets in some case (often undocumented poor people which is a huge issue), the system make it that if people ends up pennyless for whatever reason, they can ask for social service to pay their rent (and they have to repay the social service with 0% of interest AND only if they end up finding a job that allow them to start repaying a small amount each month while still being able to pay all their other important bills)
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Thinking of abolishing renting all together is not only impossible but also counter-productive.
Just like healthcare, there should always be a quality government provided option for all but that doesn't mean there shouldn't be private practices.
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