Are the Davis Family and Tyler Keene “slumlords” an essay with defintions
First let us look at the defintion of a slumlord
A slumlord (or slum landlord) is a slang term for a landlord, generally an absentee landlord with more than one property, who attempts to maximize profit by minimizing spending on property maintenance, and to tenants that they can intimidate. Severe housing shortages allow slumlords to charge higher rents, and when they can get away with it, to break rental laws.[1][2]
And let’s compare some facts
Two years without maintainence, to the point of forcing tenants to remove and dispose of their own damaged carpet after their basement flooded
agreement from former property manager that the Davis family refused routine maintainence
insistence that all monies and records of deposists were stolen by a former property manager despite those deposits being collected prior to purchase and records and money being turned over required by law
new lease terms stating that all maintainence can only be performed by owner’s approved contractors and only when conveneint for owners
new lease stating that replacement of malfunctioning appliances included with apartment is at the owners discretion
despite zero maintainence rental rates have been raised roughly 30% to cover ‘costs’
so
Violation of the law check
decaying apartments check
profiteering check
intimidate tenants (see posts about Tyler threatening to evict for complaining or wanting to contact owners)
They do sure seem to fit the bill
And in a late breaking update I have been informed Tyler Keene has sent a text to some tenants insisting they either defraud Venmo, Cashapp and the like by misclassifying payments or cover the credit card processing fee, a fee that every business that accepts credit cards pays.
