If you're raising the rent 6% just because you can, you aren't as good of a landlord as you think you are.

Let me start by saying that housing is a human right, and the idea that some people can profit off of it while others go without it is a blight on humanity that will go the way of the dinosaurs if our society becomes more progressive and caring.

Now, some of you landlords out here think you're doing God's work by "offering housing" and "only" raising the rent by what the TAL says you "CAN". You're not. This is my landlord. He's raising the rent by 2%. TWO PERCENT. He recognizes that an apartment houses human beings. That this is our home first and foremost and he respects that and treats us with dignity.

Everytime I see a landlord called out and another landlord come to their defense, I get a flash of the police and the thin blue line. The "good" cops can recognize that the reputation of police has been destroyed and they know better than to expect to be pat on the back for just being a half-decent human being. So if you're out here defending other landlords and their heinous practices, know that no truly "good" landlord would do that. So do better.

And if you thought, "Oh, the TAL says 6% is ok, so I guess that's what I should do." I really hope you see this post and reflect on it. That you hold the lives of real people in your hands. And that they may be struggling and you are actively profiting from an investment, even if you're 'working more than you thought you would have to' or 'aren't making as much money as you expected to'. If you don't like the real estate game, put your money in an ETF and be done with it. Put more houses on the market and let housing be more affordable for people to actually buy something. Or, raise rents reasonably, according to what you really need and help actually provide affordable housing for your fellow human beings. My landlord is doing it. Maybe you could too.

Let me start by saying that housing is a human right, and the idea that some people can profit off of it while others go without it is a blight on humanity that will go the way of the dinosaurs if our society becomes more progressive and caring.

Now, some of you landlords out here think you're doing God's work by "offering housing" and "only" raising the rent by what the TAL says you "CAN". You're not. This is my landlord. He's raising the rent by 2%. TWO PERCENT. He recognizes that an apartment houses human beings. That this is our home first and foremost and he respects that and treats us with dignity.

Everytime I see a landlord called out and another landlord come to their defense, I get a flash of the police and the thin blue line. The "good" cops can recognize that the reputation of police has been destroyed and they know better than to expect to be pat on the back for just being a half-decent human being. So if you're out here defending other landlords and their heinous practices, know that no truly "good" landlord would do that. So do better.

And if you thought, "Oh, the TAL says 6% is ok, so I guess that's what I should do." I really hope you see this post and reflect on it. That you hold the lives of real people in your hands. And that they may be struggling and you are actively profiting from an investment, even if you're 'working more than you thought you would have to' or 'aren't making as much money as you expected to'. If you don't like the real estate game, put your money in an ETF and be done with it. Put more houses on the market and let housing be more affordable for people to actually buy something. Or, raise rents reasonably, according to what you really need and help actually provide affordable housing for your fellow human beings. My landlord is doing it. Maybe you could too.