“Supportive” housing — what are they supposed to be supporting exactly?
If it’s to enable folks who may or may not have a history of addiction with a supportive environment to kick their habit and live a healthier and more productive life, the law makes sense.
The pushback here only makes sense if supportive housing is to support drug activity. The concern being raised highlights just how messed up the NGO and activist sectors have gotten.
LazyImmigrant on
This seems like a bad idea at so many levels? Regardless of how you feel about drug use, asking landlords to police tenant’s drug use will only deter more owners from renting out their place.
chewwydraper on
If this goes through, expect homelessness to rise. I can’t blame landlords for not taking risks if they end up with the liability.
q8gj09 on
This would have some very bad consequences. Not only would it make it extremely difficult for certain classes of people to find housing, it would make life pretty uncomfortable for tenants. Do you really want your landlord regularly inspecting your apartment to make sure you aren’t doing drugs?
How would you even prevent this unless you do random inspections at any time of the day or night? The risk of getting fined will be priced into the rent.
alice2wonderland on
This is a ridiculous proposition. What are landlords supposed to do, install illegal surveillance equipment? It doesn’t make sense.
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“Supportive” housing — what are they supposed to be supporting exactly?
If it’s to enable folks who may or may not have a history of addiction with a supportive environment to kick their habit and live a healthier and more productive life, the law makes sense.
The pushback here only makes sense if supportive housing is to support drug activity. The concern being raised highlights just how messed up the NGO and activist sectors have gotten.
This seems like a bad idea at so many levels? Regardless of how you feel about drug use, asking landlords to police tenant’s drug use will only deter more owners from renting out their place.
If this goes through, expect homelessness to rise. I can’t blame landlords for not taking risks if they end up with the liability.
This would have some very bad consequences. Not only would it make it extremely difficult for certain classes of people to find housing, it would make life pretty uncomfortable for tenants. Do you really want your landlord regularly inspecting your apartment to make sure you aren’t doing drugs?
How would you even prevent this unless you do random inspections at any time of the day or night? The risk of getting fined will be priced into the rent.
This is a ridiculous proposition. What are landlords supposed to do, install illegal surveillance equipment? It doesn’t make sense.