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    3 days ago

    the owner has to hire someone to clean it off and that comes from my rent.

    Rent has little to do with maintenance. If it did, it would mean that higher rent lead to more maintenance. This is not the case. Landlords are incentivised to maximise margins (rent minus expenses). If they don’t have to pay for maintenance while getting a certain rent level, then they will opt for not maintaining.

    Rent level is the maximum level that landlords will set to drain from their tenants. It has little to do with the maintenance or condition of the residence. There are plenty of examples that show poor housing standards being expensive.

    The solution: Land Value Tax