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===The idea=== | ===The idea=== | ||
For larger buildings / cases where the landlord owns multiple units: | For larger buildings / cases where the landlord owns multiple units: | ||
* Tenants meet and discuss: | * Tenants can meet and discuss: | ||
** What work the building needs | ** What work the building needs | ||
** What work the building ''doesn't'' need | ** What work the building ''doesn't'' need | ||
** How much money any of those things would realistically cost - per month, if split between all the tenants | ** Simple math: How much money any of those things would realistically cost - per month, if split between all the tenants {{talk|I should phrase this better. I'm NOT saying that every repair should raise rents. Some of those repairs should be ALREADY covered by the current rent. The point is that we should be able to see where our rent money is going, and how the costs would change if the landlord changed its budget.}} | ||
* Tenants pick apart the landlord's existing budget, see what could be added or cut. | * Tenants pick apart the landlord's existing budget, see what could be added or cut. | ||
* Tenants vote and/or reach some consensus | * Tenants vote and/or reach some consensus. | ||
===How it could be implemented=== | ===How it could be implemented=== | ||
* Policy: | * Policy: | ||
** Large landlords should be '''forced to reveal their budgets''' to the public, for tenants to see. | ** Large landlords should be '''forced to reveal their budgets''' to the public, for tenants to see. | ||
*** <small>Tenants should be able to see, ahead of time, | *** <small>Tenants should be able to see, ahead of time, any '''work''' the landlord is planning.</small> | ||
** Tenants deserve the legal right to hold a meeting in some common part of the building, without the landlord saying "you're not allowed to be here". | ** Tenants deserve the legal right to hold a meeting in some common part of the building, without the landlord saying "you're not allowed to be here". | ||
** When tenant unions reach a well-formed consensus, it should be legally binding for landlords to follow {{talk|Of course this would require some sort of feasibility check, to filter out impossible demands. But such a filter has to be done fairly, so that it doesn't shut down good ideas from tenants. Need more discussion on how this could work - what should the rules of feasibility look like?}} | ** When tenant unions reach a well-formed consensus, it should be legally binding for landlords to follow {{talk|Of course this would require some sort of feasibility check, to filter out impossible demands. But such a filter has to be done fairly, so that it doesn't shut down good ideas from tenants. Need more discussion on how this could work - what should the rules of feasibility look like?}} | ||
* [[Tenant unions]] / collective bargaining | * [[Tenant unions]] / collective bargaining | ||
* Ideas can be re-used, so that people don't have to reinvent the wheel for every case | * Simple way to start, maybe: | ||
** Just get together with neighbors to talk. | |||
*** <small>No need to plan anything official. No need to wait for policy changes. We can start now in our communities, probably.</small> | |||
** This wiki could also serve as a discussion platform, maybe even on local level, maybe even individual buildings. | |||
*** <small>Ideas can be re-used, so that people don't have to reinvent the wheel for every case.</small> | |||
==Discussions still needed for this page== | ==Discussions still needed for this page== | ||