Cohabitants Against Predatory Impositions on Tenants by Abusive Landlords
(a CAPITAL idea for which time has come)
? ? ? ? ? We are not tenants' advocates, pro-tenant, nor anti-landlord.? Neither are we a tenants' rights organization.? In fact, we are not even an organization at all, just a group of people who have been victimized enough to want to try and put a stop to it.? We don't believe that landlords should get shafted simply because they are property owners.
? ? ? ? ? This is about justice and fair play for all.? We are for the rights of human beings, regardless of which side of the coin they happen to be on.? Just as there are good and bad tenants, the same also applies to landlords.? We do not wish to advocate for abuse of others just because the abusers are tenants.? There is no excuse for that.? That being said, stopping bad tenants is not our purpose, either.
? ? ? ? ? It's the Bad Unscrupulous Landlord Imposter (BULI) who has the huge advantage and can roll over tenants almost at will.? Way too little is being done to stop them, bring them to justice, or even to identify them and acknowledge the problem.
? ? ? ? ? This is NOT about ''tenants' rights''.? And it's NOT about landlord/tenant disputes.? The subject in question here is stopping crooks who assume the guise of landlords in order to use apartment buildings to victimize anyone who rents from them.
? ? ? ? ? Examples are: extorting fees and excess rents, unwarranted evictions, illegal raises, reductions of services, repairs intentionally neglected, invasions of privacy, deposits embezzled, laws broken for profits, and even real estate fraud.? It's a wide open opportunity for any kind of violations they can do to steal money from the very people who can least afford it.? Then they drive them out to make way for new victims, and do the same thing all over again.
? ? ? ? ? We are NOT talking about some minor misunderstanding between a landlord and a tenant.? These are premeditated criminal actions taking place against apartment dwellers at large.? There are only a handful of owners doing this, but they control a large number of buildings.? They are getting richer and are expanding their holdings at our expense.? They are also increasing in number.? They have to be stopped!