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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

There are enough people who own rentals who will be running their hands together and grinning maniacally. They have been cranking up their tenants rent to cover their interest rates increases, and now that their tenants are government funded, they can increase rents even more!

Rent assistance claims to be welfare for people who can’t afford to buy their own home, it is actually just welfare for landlords.