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minus-squarebdjukeemgood@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·23 days agoWhat does a strike look like? Everyone moves out? It’s not so easy to just stop renting.
minus-squareHejMedDig@feddit.dklinkfedilinkarrow-up0·23 days agoIf you stop paying, it’s your problem, if everyone stops paying, it’s the landlords problem
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·23 days agoIt depends. I don’t know how many rentals are mortgaged vs owned. I suspect they can evict you faster than they run out of cash.
minus-squareDarorad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·23 days agoMost states have eviction laws limiting their power, and often part of a tenant union is a lawyer to stall
minus-squarethefartographer@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·23 days agoHi, Texas checking in. What’s… “limited power”?
minus-squareBotzo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·23 days agoThey call it the lone star state because everyone is the star of their own movie about rugged individualism, or so I’ve heard.
minus-squareClassStruggle@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·23 days agoThe lone star is the rating
minus-squareClassStruggle@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·23 days agoTheir power in Texas is huge. Dont pay rent, the landlord can seize ANY non essential possessions of the tenant. Evictions take as little as 45 days.
What does a strike look like? Everyone moves out? It’s not so easy to just stop renting.
If you stop paying, it’s your problem, if everyone stops paying, it’s the landlords problem
It depends. I don’t know how many rentals are mortgaged vs owned. I suspect they can evict you faster than they run out of cash.
Most states have eviction laws limiting their power, and often part of a tenant union is a lawyer to stall
Hi, Texas checking in. What’s… “limited power”?
They call it the lone star state because everyone is the star of their own movie about rugged individualism, or so I’ve heard.
The lone star is the rating
Their power in Texas is huge. Dont pay rent, the landlord can seize ANY non essential possessions of the tenant. Evictions take as little as 45 days.