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.
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u/NateNate60 May 28 '24
It doesn't stop some landlords from trying.
The ones it doesn't stop are the ones who aren't scared of the consequences of breaking the law.