I don’t get the “cancel rent” movement. The people pushing it seem like the ones who are able to pay. Why should I not pay rent if I’m able? My mgmt company has shown every indication they will work with you if you cannot. Shows a real lack of grasp about trickle down effects.
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I think it’s about solidarity with those who can not pay rent and do not have accommodating landlords.
So start a fund to help them. Do something useful. Seems juvenile.
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I’m not sure the cancel rent movement is the best means to an end, but raising funds strikes me as ineffective in the same way that gofundme’s for medical bills are-it addresses some individual’s needs, but not the underlying structural problems.
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I get there are plenty of good management companies and landlords and plenty of tenants who might hop on a movement like that to get out of paying rent, and I’m not saying it’s the answer.
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But there are also a lot of abusive landlords out there who will use this time to run up debt on tenants or move to evict vulnerable tenants.
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Yeah I think people like to do “solidarity” things only when doing so actually benefits them. I’ve seen people advocating rent cancellation as a moral imperative. But it’s only morally imperative for the renter. Not the landlord who gets screwed. Weird.
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