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pmp412 t1_j5uhzu5 wrote

If you get desperate there is a room above Dormont pool. Has full kitchen, etc. parking and a ramp to get in. Also there is a coffee place, Carnegie coffee I think that has a space. Ain’t never been there they tell me it’s nice

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pghhotfire t1_j5uhjdq wrote

It’s not immoral. If you own a home, for instance, and go to sell it, wouldn’t you try to sell it for as much as you can? What about the landlord/property owner who has an obligation to their family to provide for them to the best they can.

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Jumpy-Natural4868 t1_j5uhg6c wrote

If there was no profit motive, there would be no landlords and no housing to rent.

I'm not an unfettered capitalist myself, but it was quite nice for the landlord to limit rent increases for you during your time there, because it seems that the market was sending signals that the landlord could have raised the rent much more (and added fees) for the times you were there and renewed.

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blondiebell OP t1_j5uh9tz wrote

Nothing you've said is inherently wrong, but that doesn't mean it should just be acceptable. Why is it even a joke that the responsibility falls to me if I dont like the way another person/renter is being treated.

We completely agree that changing the system as it exists would be very difficult, but it shouldn't be considered impossible just because its always been this way.

The point of this post was to call out the drastic increase that I'm seeing first hand and call attention to the need for solutions, not to argue over why it's a problem.

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blondiebell OP t1_j5ufxk7 wrote

I dont misunderstand business, but its awful to me that housing is being run as a business in the first place and that it's been left unchecked for so long. It's fine to make a profit on an asset, but this assest is someones home and should come with different rules that protect the tenant. Why is this situation okay, just because its "business as usual"?

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yabitchkay t1_j5udr35 wrote

I tip 20% across the board. Servers usually have to tip the kitchen out, and that includes carry out orders, so I will still tip 20% on that. Would I love a day that people are just paid correctly? Yes! Until then? 20% tip minimum unless you’re especially shitty with your service.

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