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I don't have excess money at the end of the month, but i still give it whenever I can. How is that relevant to landlords evicting people to save money? There shouldn't be homeless people in the first place, let alone homeless families. But when a tenant misses rent, the landlord wont bat an eye and kicking the tenants onto the streets - that is a bad thing that shouldn't have to happen. This has nothing to do with the landlords personal choices, or how "good" of a landlord they are, our system puts them in a position where making someone homeless is the rational decision.
Now, can you tell me what was so dumb about the original argument? Do you want to explain to me how this isn't a systemic problem?
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