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As Corporate Landlords Spread, a Mold Epidemic Takes Root

inthesetimes.com As Corporate Landlords Spread, a Mold Epidemic Takes Root

Chronic mold has become an epidemic as severe as lead paint, but neither cities nor landlords are taking responsibility.

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Housing, healthcare, education, and other universal necessities shouldn't be for-profit.
- They can be for profit.
  
  But limited, a landlord has 1-2 apartments, not 50, and corporations are right out, as are foreign owners.
  
  Housing needs to be about housing, healthcare needs to focus on healthcare.
  
  you can't both expect profit and good maintenance. pick one, or the other. in all things. that's why roads aren't privatized. or the fire brigade. etc.
  
  I care less about the number of units the landord has(within reason) than where they live. If a guy wants to rent a dozen units a few blocks from his own house, fine. But some asshole 5 states away renting a house he's never going to lay eyes on? Fuck off.
  
  Housing needs to be about housing, healthcare needs to focus on healthcare.
  
  That's why I think profit needs to be eliminated from the equation. With it, the priority will always be maximizing profit, with providing a quality product or service being secondary, or even incidental.
  
  Oh boy, wait until you find out about cartels.
  
  No they can't.
- Ultimately nothing should be for profit.
- Agreed, though I would also be down for more tightly regulated and graded housing similar to our restaurants in the short term.
More states should allow withholding rent.
- Not just withholding rent, punitive judgements on anything less than best effort on dealing with it as soon as it's known and inspection schedules that keep the longest duration it can be unknown for short enough to avoid most health issues.
isn't that headline tautological?

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