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It's dumb as fuck. The original argument is if a landlord doesn't take on the financial burden and give their property to someone for free then they are somehow evil. It's so stupid. And I don't know what the law is where you are but in the UK a landlord can't evict without a court order and that takes time.
No, you are misunderstanding. The point isnt that they are evil for not providing free housing, but that them pushing people onto the streets in order to protect their income is indicative a fundamental failure of our economic system. No one should be homeless.
You make a good point. The system does incentivise ruthlessness
The landlords don't deserve that property anyways but what financial burden? Upkeep of the property that is anyways put upon the tenant? Taxes for the property that is anyways paid by the tenants rent? Repairs that are anyways paid by the tenants (even if you pay for repairs you would be using the rent money one way or another)
Or the financial burden of paying a mortgage for the property that well the tenants themselves could have gotten themselves (obviously if you are renting you probably don't have enough up front money to get a mortgage but they sure as hell could pay the monthly sum)
The fact that you can even evict someone is awful enough doesn't matter that there are barriers to it
You can't really judge what a person does or doesn't deserve without at least knowing the individual.
The one I clearly described in the comment you just replied to.