An example would be what this slumlord is doing. Evicting people because they are suing him and getting the authorities involved. These even though unjust and illegal evictions are still on peoples records.

Yep. The Chicken Deluxe. Om nom nom.

Landlords are too dumb to understand depreciation.

Landlords don't provide housing. They horde it, and hold it hostage. They are parasites.

We need a slackers farmers market

He was my old landlord a year ago and oh the stuff I could tell you about, the biggest slumlord. Then turns around and takes me to eviction court when I was going through something and he told me he understood and then turn around and did that to me.

Legal weed stores all around.

Learned about source credibility in a public speaking course. Very important.

Many evictions are “no fault” evictions where the landlord just wanted their place back and gave tenant no choice.

The limit on medical resources is also a factor but I mentioned academia specifically because it was an example in a book I just finished. Privatization is an enemy of medicine and only makes EMT work harder due to budget cutting and costs of care.

We are literally in the exact same boat and I question the “changes” this is trying to put in place. It’s almost as if they’re specifically highlighting the changes that make people write this off.

I’m wondering if most of my concerns would be covered in the registry. I would gladly remove the application fee if it can be a one time upload I can see. For potential tenants. Like you said those checks aren’t free. This only helps big players because they probably pay a much lower rate to check with the volume they get.

For sealing eviction, I think it could be good to not have an eviction be a death sentence on ever renting a decent place for almost a decade. I know people go through some rough times. Maybe a 3-5 year “I paid rent correctly” removes the eviction from your record. It hurts us smaller guys cuz big time slumlords have lawyers that will just look up the court records to see if the potential tenant shows up in court. I can’t do that with every tenant.

That said a small landlord isn’t better or worse than the big ones it’s all dépendant on situation. I’m all for more laws that keep both parties in check.

Why seal eviction records? This doesn't make sense to me.

Well after 15 years on an ambulance I learned that limiting government resources where they’re needed has fatal consequences. That there a position for a limited government at the local level that includes healthcare and housing as a supported necessity. I doubt anarchy will help solve more human tragedy than create it.

Academia may have a problems, but thousands of people locally have serious problems. it’s not theory, it’s on every corner.

Links to Providence Journal stories about Pioneer Investments.

Pioneer tenants organized against their landlord. Now they say they're being pushed out: Renters have faced sewage stench, leaks and structural issues. Now they say they may lose their homes.

https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2023/02/06/pioneer-tenants-say-they-are-being-forced-out-after-organizing-against-landlord/69871075007/

Tenants band together against RI landlord as they face deplorable conditions

https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/09/30/pioneer-investments-anurag-sureka-tenants-say-apartments-deplorable-condition/8081442001/

A Central Falls couple's twins were struggling. Then a blood test showed high lead levels: Pioneer Investments left two young children at risk in a Central Falls property. Now, the parents may take action.

https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/12/15/childhood-lead-poisoning-central-falls-rhode-island-pioneer-properties/69683975007/

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The freaks in the Rhode Island General Assembly are very entertaining. It's reminiscent of the "freak shows" in late 19th and early 20th Century carnivals.

Also this is why lawmakers are discussing raising deductions from $125 to $500 or even the full rent.

This is my life. Did not make it today because I was so tired. Thankfully I have mushrooms and a few misc veggies leftover from a Wed night market.

In particular this is what happens with slumlords like Pioneer Investments LLC who disregard the laws.

that's not at all true. I'm not gonna go into a rant about the USSR and why they were very marginally different from the US but suffice it to say capitalism actually stifles research in the name of profitability. It's a matter of risk v reward where research that has limited or no short term potential for profit and commercialization is neglected almost completely. It's a huge problem in academia. I'm also not advocating a change in government types. I'm an anarchist. I advocate for self-direction, free association, and an end to the state.

>evictions

Then there's no net change to housing shortage. One party kicked out makes the unit available for an equivalent party to move in.

>homelessness

That's a reduction in demand if someone who would be living in a unit isn't.

Go ahead try it. Our lawyers tell us this just ends in non payment evictions every time.

It does not to be sent to a court registry, it just needs to be set aside in some other account.

They were made by individuals and teams that would otherwise not have had the environment to do what they did. Otherwise it would have happened previously. Comparing the USSR and and their healthcare with the general quality of life of the west is example enough. Barring phage therapy the Soviet’s just didn’t have the drive to push the R&D that capitalism provided for healthcare alone.

If you truly believe the US could switch government types as you say then explain a possibly socioeconomic avenue for that to happen without the two factors I described previously.

Because farmers have so much to do in their day! Modern retail situations have made us feel differently, and make out-of-season food creepily accessible, but it's helpful to consider harvest timing and capacity. Talk to you local farmer or farmers market manager about what's currently available 🤓

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