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jlw1000
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I have a couple general questions:
1) Why is it that when a tenant claims that a landlord removed their belongings without permission, they can file a theft claim with the police? Yet when a tenant does not pay rent & refuses to vacate the landlord has to go through the long and ridiculous process of an eviction? I believe that if the landlord is forced to go through housing court for every little thing (including physical threats made by the tenant), then the tenant should be subjected to the same obstacle course that is called the legal system and I am wondering why the tenant gets preferential treatment?
2) When you rent a car, furniture, etc. & refuse to pay for it or return it-a theft report can (and usually is) filed against the renter. A house (or rental property) has far more value then any of these items, yet the landlord is forced to support deadbeats with a rent free home, and have the added financial kick in the a** that the tenant usually ends up destroying the property (because they are angry that the landlord has the nerve to even ask for rent)! This is theft by the tenant plain and simple, and I just can't understand why criminal charges can not be filed (even when the tenant purposefully vandalizes the property or threatens the landlord with physical harm/death), can someone explain this?
1) Why is it that when a tenant claims that a landlord removed their belongings without permission, they can file a theft claim with the police? Yet when a tenant does not pay rent & refuses to vacate the landlord has to go through the long and ridiculous process of an eviction? I believe that if the landlord is forced to go through housing court for every little thing (including physical threats made by the tenant), then the tenant should be subjected to the same obstacle course that is called the legal system and I am wondering why the tenant gets preferential treatment?
2) When you rent a car, furniture, etc. & refuse to pay for it or return it-a theft report can (and usually is) filed against the renter. A house (or rental property) has far more value then any of these items, yet the landlord is forced to support deadbeats with a rent free home, and have the added financial kick in the a** that the tenant usually ends up destroying the property (because they are angry that the landlord has the nerve to even ask for rent)! This is theft by the tenant plain and simple, and I just can't understand why criminal charges can not be filed (even when the tenant purposefully vandalizes the property or threatens the landlord with physical harm/death), can someone explain this?
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