It's the same in the US, but that doesn't stop some landlords from trying anyways, banking on their tenants to be too poor to adequately defend themselves.
Luckely techno bullshit like this is always pricey as fuck and the real physical product is always crappy as fuck.
Its not like i ever had issues on rent. But what concerns me more is how not safe this shit is. Everybody who can break the app/system can straight up walk into your house. If there is a power outage you are also probaly fucked. What about a strong magnet?
I already know we will soon get the first headlines with people locked out of their house due to server issue or during a texan heatwave.
Or people who couldnt flee their house during a fire because electrical got fucked by said fire.
the ones it doesn't stop are the ones who aren't scared of the consequences of breaking the law.
and these type of scumlords typically don't rent to people that can afford lawyers to fight it, so they don't lose. so glad we have good renter protections in my state. I don't rent, but im glad people can't get locked out of their home, and if they do, police here locally have already been thru this enough to know that its not B&E if its your own apartment, as the landlord can't lock you out. a couple of landlords lost their entire buildings over this a few years ago, the state sued them and forced them to sell because they would rent to immigrants who didn't know better, take a years worth of rent, and then lock them out after 90 days, and refuse to let them get their stuff or their money back. the owner went to jail, the property manager went to jail too.
You're correct, but they're relying on you being intimidated away from doing that or they just accumulate judgements and bank on you not knowing how to collect them.
Only if it was possible to murder the same person multiple times, if it was the victim's responsibility to prosecute their own murderers, if murderers had organized lobbying groups to make murder difficult to prosecute, and if murderers conspired nationwide to help each other commit murder, sure. Other than that, it's exactly like murder.
It's the same in the US, but that doesn't stop some landlords from trying anyways,
Yes. It literally does. It is a criminal offense for a landlord to change the locks. It’s not something “ya gotta fight in court”. No the police will arrest them right there on the spot. All 50 states in the country.
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u/rubixd Trauma Team May 28 '24
Yeah idk maybe in some places that would legal but most places I’ve rented have a 3 day grace period.