The Tenant

Tom Hickey, a socialist, attempted to organize the tenants against landlords, first with the Renter’s Union in 1911, followed by the more militant Land League in 1914. He wanted to break down class barriers between the landowners and the landless. The unions’ downfall came during the First Red Scare, when…

opinion, the rich tenants can afford to pay more on rent, while the poor cannot. Another suggestion New York City can do to correct this unfairness is by removing rent controls because rent control promotes housing discrimination. Rent controls forces housing providers to look to income and credit, choosing among competing consumers. Basically, being bias in the section process against individuals with lower incomes. In order to balance needs of current tenants, future tenants, and landlords is…

420). This article reveals that the majority of tenants lack legal representation in housing court cases while the landlords are the only ones mainly enjoying this privilege. Legal supporters for the poor have argued that it’s crucial and necessary for poor tenants to have legal counsel in order to guarantee due process of the law which is crucial to tenants, their families and to the community (Caroll, p. 420). In order to conduct the experiment, two…

properties that require a residential lease. In order to be considered valid, certain requirements must exist. It is also important to understand the basic rights for both the landlord and the tenant(s). Finally, this paper will explore what legislation and civil rights laws have done in regards to the landlord-tenant relationship. It is important to first understand the requirements that are needed in order to make a lease valid. These are capacity to contract, legal objective, offer and…

Rent control as discussed in most introductory economics textbooks causes a rent freeze, with perhaps occasional upward adjustments which somewhat compensates for inflation. In North America, rent control was first applied during World War II, because the housing markets in many cities were overwhelmed as soldiers and their families were relocated. The policy’s goal was to ensure affordable housing and to prevent profiteering by landlords who may take advantage of the extreme market pressures…

Readers are drug thru the hard and difficult times of tenants who revolted in New York during the 19th century. This journey begins with the angry tenants of the massive Rensselaer estate. These tenants were repulsed with the rent that was needed to be paid, why would these tenants pay rent when their landlord is extremely wealthily? A quote by one of the tenants stated this wrote about the Rensselaer man and his living, "swill his wine, loll on his cushions, fill his life with society, food,…

offset the reduced rental rate that is charged. My rent is approximately $100 less than the going rate for a three bedroom apartment in Zanesville. The application/qualification process is lengthy. The owners require all personal information of all tenants including income verification and school attendance information. In order to qualify to live here the applicant must not make over a certain amount (Wise, 2015). I chose this complex because I am a single mom with children that is only able to…

A landlord is responsible for making sure a tenant is living in safe and healthy environment. If they default in any way, all of their PHA funding may cease. This is the struggle that can sometimes come between the tenant and the landlord. For example, a tenant can make a complaint about their landlord to the PHA, yet there may be long delays in getting the issue heard or corrected. Many times a tenant may live in unacceptable conditions for long periods of time while in…

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who are renters in the city (Giwargis, 2017c). On April 18, 2017, the San José City Council voted 6-5 to narrowly approve a policy that would make it illegal to evict occupants for no-cause. Under the Tenant Protection Ordinance (Ordinance), landlords are prohibited from evicting current tenants unless the reasons fall under at least one of twelve criteria, which includes: failure to pay rent, habitual lease violation, property damage, refusal to sign a new lease, causing nuisance, refusing…