Hi! If Landlords (“Owners”) follow “Best Practices” & don’t need to discriminate, do they excel?
To Owners:
- What’s your ethos? What type of person do u want surrounding u?
- What education/experience do u have?
- B/c u have more, do u agree u should carry more Burden of Proof?
- Do u vet your Applicants? Could u reduce conflict by putting renters at either a “Good Guy-” or “Bad Guy-” Bldg-Section? If Applicants did the “Hare Psychopathy Checklist,” maybe the results could tell u which Section to put new renters in?
- Do u support the Separation of Church & State?
- I have agency: Agree? After we sign a Lease, I get free-rein inside my Unit? Outside, I’m discreet/upfront if probs arise?
- R u licensed/bonded?
- R u in compliance w/BC’s “Hotel Keepers Act,” “Occupiers Liability Act” or a Duty of Care?
- Would u like govt funding (“$“) to implement effective procedures/algorithms/templates & true, sleek images?
- How long can ppl stay?
- Which certified rent payment-method do u prefer?
- Suggestion: If u requested $ so your property is upgraded & deemed “Crime & Violence Free,” could it lead to your renters buying Content-Insurance LT? Your Insurance covering Loss caused by unlawful acts at the property? To promote the idea, could u install Bldg-Soundproofing/miked security-cameras?
- Sensitive: Do u have a CR? Can u do the HPC?
- Do u get many traffickers/RCMP-callouts?
- Do u make your renters do sth goal-oriented?
- Would u like to obtain $ so u can run FT-housing based on productivity?
- Do u have conditions?
- What do u see as “unreasonable disturbance?” What sort of renter-disputes have u had?
- What r your LT-plans 4 the property?
I’d like to do Fixed-Term Leases, each no longer than (2-5yrs,) where I clean/do small repairs. If you’re informed/basically decent, have a credential/advanced human relations-skills & tried facing your issues, can u contact me?
(At what seemed a few tryouts/“enter at your own risk-” rentals (AL two c/w BC’s RTB Lease-document,) I observed as ppl behaved aberrantly & seemed to get away w/it. “Religion-y bldgs” were murky places w/24-7 heckling & what seemed “Bldg-Scapegoating” leading to Purge-Evictions. Owners mixed good/bad ppl in bldgs w/o surveillance to get footage of what went on. I was led to believe I might be at a rental indefinitely. There didn’t seem to be much supervision making ppl stick to betterment. Say u generally meant well & ran afoul. It seemed possible there was defaming that reached the ears of Owners, who evicted me w/o regard 4 facts. I’ve no proof.)
Despite high housing-costs/a shortage of vacancies, CA doesn’t seem to have unified (housing rental-laws)/safety-netting based on underlying, bedrock principles. Until we’ve got enforced protections 4 both Owners/renters, I’m seeking Owners who’ll sign my rough “Rights-Agreement,” & an amended Lease that allows 4 the unexpected & 4 options to extend/renew/repeat, & that makes us live up to the Charter/Criminal Code, our Owner’s certified rent payment-method, productive activity (ie, we do household chores/engage in other constructive pathways) & (A. House-Rules.)
I made mistakes (eg, I killed a cat/didn’t make sure things were aboveboard b4 starting a throuple) & incurred Evictions/Refs. I don’t believe in God/organized religion (& risk retaliation b/c of my activism?) I write to fix what I see as faulty legislation & can be critical, vindictive & irritable.
Around ‘05, I went to RCMP to be charged 4 killing the cat. AFAIK, I’ve no CR. I hope to study (eg, English,) work & aid RCMP. In bed, I’ve 0 interest in relations.
To Co-renters:
- What r your skills/education/experience?
- Do u support the Separation of Church & State?
- Do u have a CR? Can u do the HPC?
- R u vaxxed/not using?
- Can u help run a productive home?
- What’s your 5yr-Plan?
My BC PWD Pension is based on a Paranoid Schizophrenia-diagnosis I’m not convinced is true, mostly b/c it has no science behind it. I had rentals bottom out (‘89, ‘99:) In the ensuing chaos, I’d go to Emerg wanting help (from Drs/RCMP) to jail the Owners. Instead, I’d be put in Psych/told I had PS. (Was PTSD mistaken 4 PS?)
(Recovery from PS isn’t certain/I don’t take psychiatric medication (“meds”)/r meds mostly to keep Patients subdued?/a Dr told me Risperidone (“R”) would help me sleep better. I took R (’99-’14?) But when I began to research the side-effects of any medicine I took (do this 4 yourself!) I got scared. It seems meds might eventually cause (brain-) damage. W/o Dr-Approval, I tried tapering off meds safely. (Quitting meds cold-turkey may cause death, related to how long the meds were taken & dosage taken!) A side-effect of R is dry-mouth, which may cause receding gums, which can cause periodontal-disease. IDK what caused my PD, but it may be irreversible & lead to more health-probs. I take a PRN to get sleep & REC Vits/Supplements.
Don’t ignore signs that a pill (4 any ailment) you’ve been taking may have started harming u. If u have a concern, don’t change how you’ve been taking sth until u consult w/a Dr. Research a concern & come to Appointments prepared, w/a list of questions specific to the concern.
What’s this: “Have I lost (barriers?) & how they protect us from ppl’s thoughts? Say I get unwanted thoughts: I may “broadcast?” to defend my psyche & unintentionally plague u w/unwanted, shared “thought-transference?” Or hallucinations (while we sleep? Thru Walls? W/ppl next door?) What r “normal head-sounds?” Does “cognitive dissonance” c/w hearing a reverb-effect? If research has begun to prove ESP, what’s the science? I took R & still ‘hear voices.’”)
If I got reprisals or was targeted by townbullying/gangstalking/“Landlord Brigading?” (’89, ‘99, ‘17…,) I’ve no proof. Perceptually, I might be Kamloops’ “Town Scapegoat” or “Town Sex-Worker.” Say I bring heckling, directed at me, by ppl outside/inside our bldg.
Is it true that discrimination can leave some CDN renters w/o reliable housing/basic safety/Contact Info/a job/paying taxes? That today’s real estate-industry entails Owners w/little (B. Oversight)/accountability & a growing # of ppl unlikely to buy a home? That “Landlording” isn’t a skill? That Owners can elect not to get an education, act honestly or fairly, report/disclose critical info about Health & Safety-probs at their Holdings, obey the Golden Rule/principles of Consumer Law, or do what mercenary, shrewd Operators would do to avoid legal action/unwanted attn from govt/disrepute? That Owners can exploit while enjoying balance of power-/burden of proof-/leverage-advantages & meting precarious safety/power-of-choice to renters?
We need fact-based, tested laws that reflect what a law-abiding renter would do when seeking (an open-ended Lease.) IDK, but let’s say: At home, he studies media & replies to ads that don’t seem to show no-can-do’s. In public, he sees Owners’ Offices that seem to say, “all r welcome,” & thinks: “I’ll go in & see if I can apply.” He submits info/pays, hears back from Owners, attends Viewings/Interviews, is offered a Lease, signs it, doesn’t hear about any probs b4 Move-In Date, imagines activity (do Owners take data (eg, DNA/character/creed/work/school/$) from Applicant-Profiles & put it thru rigorous programs that check 4 red flags?) & is approved.
Moved in, he thinks: “My! They put their trust in me & I can’t fail them. On condition I fulfill a renter’s obligations, doesn’t the law say a person’s home is his safest location, inside of which he has respite & lets off steam on condition he uses restraint? Shelter is hard; rentals r tight/pressurized/can rapidly go sour. Not wearing out my welcome means I don’t stay too long. After I live at other places, maybe I can come back?”
(Taylor sees this as real: “If these r hopes of a renter who takes pains & finds that Owners seem to abort a Tenancy anytime they want (even w/o supporting evidence or solid reasoning,) then citizens (ie, what curates laws) can help resolve credibility-probs by asking various levels of govt to give $ to ballsy Owners willing to publish shop-talk/smart info, do Sales/Marketing, say what clientele they want, use waitlists & pay Moving-Expenses 4, or help find rentals on behalf of, former renters who got No-Cause Evictions.”)
Shall we straighten out sth twisted so the 2 sides r kept safe from each other!
(Maybe: I’d run a FT-Lease/productive home, 4 (eg, crime-victims, lone females & sex-workers, & their kids) known to receive discrimination when it comes to ppl having reliable housing, which runs on the ideals of truth-in-advertising/right to informed decision, serves a human vital-need, preserves life-&-limb & ignores fears about “subject-to-interpretation concepts, like tourism” (source?) Or about how a bldg looks, or how ppl look or make others feel. I hope CDN Owners, shown to treat ppl humanely & run what might qualify as tradeable infrastructure, get $. Owners who operate by status quo (eg, religion-y bldgs:) IDK.)
A. House-Rules:
- Signatures r binding;
- All do Due Diligence at the outset: Speak up/ask questions;
- Once a Lease is signed, each time a prob comes up, every1 gets Due Process;
- Presumption of Innocence is #1;
- (C. “Experts know best;”)
- MYOB unless u sense an emergency;
- “If u see sth, say sth” (Allen Kay.)
B. CDN Non-Profits don’t have oversight.
C. “In Canada, it’s what your neighbors think.” (Q: Did a man at #427-Rosewood Court say this (KAM, ’22?)) In archived “Sample Letter #6,” the CA Mortgage & Housing Corp seems to say that if a Tenant believes another is behaving objectionably, the former is expected to approach the latter alone & try resolving the prob face-2-face. Only after the aggrieved has attempted a civil exchange, to no avail, should s/he alert a Landlord.
W/o Prejudice/Opinion: I hope CA gets sex-trade “decrim” & blanket “Reward 4 Good Behavior-” laws.