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Get rid of landlords...
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this post was submitted on 22 Apr 2024
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I collect rent from a roommate. The unemployment office doesn’t consider it income so it doesn’t impact my unemployment payout.
The government doesn’t even consider landlord income to be employment income.
Because I let someone who was going to otherwise be homeless rent a room for well below market? Damn
The only thing they're really doing wrong is gaslighting people by calling them a "roommate."
Otherwise it's just people surviving under capitalism. OP didn't capture the rental market, that was done by much, much bigger fish.
He's beating the game
Not really... They're just being nicer to a friend than another landlord would be. It's not like the friend is buying equity in their house.
This makes OP a better landlord than most. It also demonstrates how the system is rigged to benefit property owners over others.