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[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago

In the US just a little over 1/3rd of rental housing is owned by individuals. It's much more common for renters to be dealing with a corporation that you have no real way of bargaining with as an individual. And they definitely don't pay their handymen $50/hour.