Guy gets insane rent deal on swanky pad

[fluttereagle]

What i find crazy is that someone who clearly does not need public assistance for his housing is receiving it anyway. The entire system makes no sense. If the government must provide housing assistance, then there should be strict eligibility requirements, so it goes to those in need, not some random executive who had already agreed to a market-rate price.

[SeventhFloor]

No remorse for the landlord, no kudos for the tenant.

[BugsyPal]

Originally Posted by fluttereagle

What i find crazy is that someone who clearly does not need public assistance for his housing is receiving it anyway. The entire system makes no sense. If the government must provide housing assistance, then there should be strict eligibility requirements, so it goes to those in need, not some random executive who had already agreed to a market-rate price.

I'll say this for the last time; what would you do if you found out you were being cheated? Because that is exactly what was happening, the LL lied or whatever and for about nine years the tenant was paying thousands more in rent per month than he should.


Now some of you *may* have an argument if the apartment had been advertised and rented at the legal rent of $832 or whatever, but that is not the case.


There is not a single renter participating in this thread that wouldn't have filed the same DCHR action if they found out their LL was over charging and the apartment was RS not market rate . And please spare me any of you saying you wouldn't; because I'll call you out right now as liars. Who in their right mind would pay >$3000 per month for an apartment when the legal rent should be around $800.


So what do you guys think the tenant should have done? Ignore the DCHR findings? Offer to move out of the apartment so someone else can get it at the new cheap rent? Epic Fail! If or when the current tenant leaves that apartment you can be sure the LL will not rent it again until he can figure out how to get the rent up. That and or the unit out of RS again but this time legally.

[beanniebaby7]

Originally Posted by BugsyPal

I'll say this for the last time; what would you do if you found out you were being cheated? Because that is exactly what was happening, the LL lied or whatever and for about nine years the tenant was paying thousands more in rent per month than he should.


Now some of you *may* have an argument if the apartment had been advertised and rented at the legal rent of $832 or whatever, but that is not the case.


There is not a single renter participating in this thread that wouldn't have filed the same DCHR action if they found out their LL was over charging and the apartment was RS not market rate . And please spare me any of you saying you wouldn't; because I'll call you out right now as liars. Who in their right mind would pay >$3000 per month for an apartment when the legal rent should be around $800.


So what do you guys think the tenant should have done? Ignore the DCHR findings? Offer to move out of the apartment so someone else can get it at the new cheap rent? Epic Fail! If or when the current tenant leaves that apartment you can be sure the LL will not rent it again until he can figure out how to get the rent up. That and or the unit out of RS again but this time legally.

I hear you loud and clear, that crook LL got what he deserves. Who knows there might be more victums, and if there is
he deserves jail time. I'm glad the man defended himself and won...😃.