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Landlords are known to renovate '''too much''' and also '''not enough''' (both are true): | Landlords are known to renovate '''too much''' and also '''not enough''' (both are true): | ||
# On one hand, they often neglect important repairs. | |||
# On the other hand, they often spend good money on renovations that tenants don't want or need. | |||
#* Tenants pay indirectly through higher rents. | |||
==Examples of the problem== | ==Examples of the problem== | ||
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<tabs><tab name="A wasteful vicious cycle"> | <tabs><tab name="A wasteful vicious cycle"> | ||
Tenants move in. They use the kitchen. The kitchen gets dirty and stained from normal use. A few years later, the tenants move out. The landlord sees the stains and thinks "ewwwww! I'll never be able to find high-paying | Tenants move in. They use the kitchen. The kitchen gets dirty and stained from normal use. A few years later, the tenants move out. The landlord sees the stains and thinks "ewwwww! I'll never be able to find a high-paying tenant when the kitchen looks like ''that''!". So the landlord spends money to replace the kitchen interior. The landlord might even bill the old tenants for the "damages" (or otherwise, raise the rent for the next tenant). Then the next tenant moves in, and the cycle continues. | ||
Meanwhile, there are plenty of potential | Meanwhile, there are plenty of potential residents who would have been perfectly fine with the old kitchen interior. Cooking is way easier when you don't have to constantly worry about staining brand new stuff anyway. | ||
''P.S. More than just the kitchen, this same story happens for stains & scratches on the floors, bathtub, etc.'' | ''P.S. More than just the kitchen, this same story happens for stains & scratches on the floors, bathtub, etc.'' | ||
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==''Solution:'' '''Democratize''' the decision-making process== | ==''Solution:'' '''Democratize''' the decision-making process== | ||
''This section is still being planned. Join the {{tp2}}'' | {{light|''This section is still being planned. Join the {{tp2}}''}} | ||
===The idea=== | ===The idea=== | ||
For larger buildings / cases where the landlord owns multiple units: | For larger buildings / cases where the landlord owns multiple units: | ||
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** What work the building needs | ** What work the building needs | ||
** What work the building ''doesn't'' need | ** What work the building ''doesn't'' need | ||
** 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 | ** Simple math: How much money any of those things would realistically cost - {{p2|per month|For one-time repairs, divide by the number of months you'd expect the repair to last.}}, if split between all the tenants {{talk|Maybe 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 | * Tenants pick apart the landlord's existing budget | ||
* Tenants vote and/or reach some consensus. | ** See where the rent money is really going | ||
** See what could be added or cut | |||
* Tenants can organize a vote and/or reach some consensus. | |||
===How it could be implemented=== | ===How it could be implemented=== | ||
* Policy: | * Policy: | ||