(Wants high-mindedness:) Hi! My name’s Renee. What’s yours? I can stay in BC or travel to meet u. IDK about u, but I’m an experienced Renter w/little experience as a Roommate. Could we share housing 4 a time-period w/a known End-Date? More: A tomboy, I was the “Scapegoated Child” in a Dysfunctional, Science-Teacher Family. Do u use? Are u vaxxed? Were u spanked? What book are u reading?
I’d see licensed, bonded Landlords (“Owners”) who had deprivation, have a University Degree, follow “Best Practices,” “hire” based on merit, make their renters help out, have miked surveillance & offer Set Time-Periods (6mo-2yrs,) w/possible prolongings & a promised Move-Out Date, as “ahead of the curve.”
To Owners:
- Will I be well-treated by u?
- B/c u have more, do u agree u should carry more Burden of Proof?
- Do u vet your Applicants? Would u like govt funding (“$“) to buy updated Marketing, proven (Human Resources) Guidelines & Forensic Search-software (helps complete Background-Checks by obtaining data from Applicant-Profiles (re: DNA/character/creed/work/school/financial?))
- If your Applicants did the “Hare Psychopathy Checklist,” would that help u put new renters in 1 of 2 Bldg-Sections (“Black Hats,” “White Hats?”)
- Do u agree w/Separation of Church & State?
- I have agency: Agree? If we sign a Lease, behind my Door I own an experience/have free-rein? Outside, I mind my p’s & q’s?
- R u licensed/bonded?
- R u in compliance w/BC’s “Hotel Keepers Act,” “Occupiers Liability Act” or a Duty of Care?
- What’s the longest ppl can stay?
- Which certified rent payment-method do u prefer?
- If u requested $ so your property is upgraded & the Common-Areas are deemed (“Crime & Violence Free,”) are your renters likely to buy Content-Insurance 4 as long as possible? Could ICBC then give u Coverage to help pay 4 repairs 4 damage caused by unlawful activity? Have u got Soundproofing/miked surveillance to promote the idea?
- Do u have a CR? Can u do the HPC?
- Do u get many traffickers/RCMP-callouts?
- Would u like $ so your renters are helping u fulfill your fave causes in the surrounding community?
- Do u have conditions? A social context?
- What do u see as “unreasonable disturbance?” What sort of renter-disputes have u had?
- What are your LT-plans 4 the property?
(I had what now seems (tryouts, AYOR’s, hits-or-misses; AL 2 had BC’s RTB-Lease,) & observed ppl behave aberrantly & seem to get away w/it. “Religion-y bldgs” looked good on the outside & inside had 24-7 heckling & what seemed “Bldg-Scapegoating” leading to Purge-Evictions. Owners put good & bad ppl any old way in bldgs w/o surveillance to get footage of what goes on & to help RCMP w/investigations. The activity I’m thinking of would take place on the Floor I lived on. It seemed possible that an entire bldg would be “in on it.” I could be led to believe I might be at a rental indefinitely. There didn’t seem much monitoring to make ppl stay on track. Say u generally meant well & ran afoul. It seemed possible that defaming reached the ears of Owners, who evicted me w/o trying to go by facts or to find out what they were. I’ve no proof.)
Despite a housing-crisis, CA doesn’t seem to have (housing rental-laws) based on underlying, bedrock principles. Until we’ve got basic standards & enforced protections for Owners & renters to go on, I’m seeking Owners who’ll sign my rough “Rights-Agreement,” & a (DIY, Custom) Lease which has flex 4 the unexpected, c/w prolonging-options & which makes us comply w/the Charter/Criminal Code, a certified rent payment-method, productive activity (ie, home-upkeep/other timelines) & (A. House-Rules.)
I made mistakes (eg, I killed a cat/didn’t make sure my 20yr infidelity was legal & agreed to by his common-law wife) & incurred Evictions/Refs. I’d help a Church do humanitarianism. (I write to fix what I see as legislation-probs, may risk retaliation b/c of my activism & 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, work & aid RCMP.
If I got reprisals or was targeted (’89, ‘99, ‘17…,) I’ve no proof. Image-wise, I might be Kamloops’ “Town Scapegoat” or “Town Sex-Worker.” If I get Harassment, I’ll try an amateur “sting house.”
To renters:
- Will I be well-treated by u?
- Can u help run a productive home?
- Do u agree w/Separation of Church & State?
- Do u have a CR? Can u do the HPC?
- Do u have aims?
My BC PWD Pension is based on a Paranoid Schizophrenia-diagnosis arrived at w/o hard evidence. I thought I was being stalked (’89.) I had rentals bottom out (‘89, ‘99:) I’d go to Emerg wanting help from Drs & RCMP to jail some1. Describing hallucinations from (sensory overload,) I’d be put in Psych, over-medicated & told I had PS. (Can a Dr annul my diagnosis?)
(Recovery from PS isn’t certain/I don’t take psych meds (“meds”)/are meds used to weaken Patients?/a Dr told me Risperidone (“R”) would help me sleep better. I took R (‘99-‘14?) But when researching the side-effects of any medicine (do this,) I got scared. For example, it seems taking meds might lead to (brain-) damage. W/o a Dr’s approval, I tried tapering off meds safely. (Quitting meds cold-turkey entails risk of death, depending on how long the meds were taken & dosage taken!) A side-effect of R is dry-mouth, which may cause receding gums, which in turn can bring on periodontal-disease. I’ve got PD & IDK what caused it. It may be irreversible & lead to more health-probs. I take a PRN to get sleep & REC Vits/Supplements.
Don’t ignore signs that medicine (any) that you’ve been taking may have started to harm u. If u have a concern, don’t change how you’ve been taking it until u consult w/a Dr. Research a concern & come to Appointments prepared, w/a list of questions specific to the concern.
Odd: “Did I lose (psychic barriers) & their protection? Say I get unwanted thoughts: I may ‘broadcast’ to defend my psyche & plague u w/unwanted, shared ‘thought-transference.’ Or hallucinations (while we sleep? Thru Walls? W/ppl next door?) What are ‘normal head-sounds?’ Can ‘cognitive dissonance’=hearing a reverb-effect? If research has begun to prove ESP, is there data to see? I took R & still ‘hear voices.’”)
Is it true that: Discrimination can leave some CDN renters w/o reliable housing/basic safety/Contact Info/a job/paying taxes? Real-estate today=Owners have little (B. Oversight) or accountability? There’s no “Landlord School” or regulatory body that makes Owners achieve formal education, act honestly or fairly, report/disclose critical info about Health & Safety-probs at their Holdings, heed Consumer Law/the Golden Rule, or do what mercenary, shrewd Operators would do to avoid legal action/unwanted attn from govt/disrepute? Owners can exploit while enjoying balance of power-/burden of proof-/leverage-advantages & meting precarious safety/power-of-choice to renters? A growing # of ppl are unlikely to buy a home?
We need (more types of housing &) fact-based, tested laws that reflect what a law-abiding renter would do when seeking a (month-to-month) Lease: 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 imply “all are welcome” & goes in, thinking: “I’ll see if I can apply.” He provides info/$, doesn’t hear “no,” hears back, attends Viewings/Interviews, is offered a Lease, signs it, doesn’t hear about probs b4 Move-In Date, imagines activity (eg, checks 4 red flags) & is approved.
After Move-In, he may think: “My! They put their trust in me & I can’t fail them. On-cond I fulfill a renter’s duties, doesn’t the law say that: A person’s home=his safest location? Inside his Door he has respite & vents (on-cond the way he vents is restrained/unsuspicious?) Shelter is hard. Rentals are tight/pressurized/can sour. Not wearing out my welcome~not staying too long. After I move & live at other places, maybe they’ll let me come back?”
(Taylor sees this as real: “These might be hopes of a CDN renter who takes pains & finds that signed Leases don’t seem to stop Owners from ending Tenancies (& removing some1’s housing) anytime they want, w/wo solid evidence or reasoning. If a citizenry (ie, the ppl tasked w/curating laws) asks various levels of govt to give $ to ballsy Owners willing to: Publish shop-talk/canny info, do Sales/Marketing, say what clientele they want, use waitlists & pay Moving-Expenses 4, or help find rentals on behalf of, renters who had baseless Evictions, can credibility-issues be absorbed?”)
(Q’s: What if there’s $ to house the discriminated (IDK: Crime-victims, lone females & sex-workers, & their kids?) To meet “truth-in-advertising-”/“right to informed choice-” standards? What if we put housing rental-laws into a “human vital-needs-”/“preserve life-&-limb-” framework? Can we admit to fears? (“Gee: The bldg looks good! Will I make it look good? Will they like me?”) Are existing laws based on “subject-to-interpretation concepts, like tourism” (source?) I hope CDN Owners, shown to treat ppl humanely & run what could qualify as tradeable infrastructure, get $. If Owners go by status quo & produce religion-y bldgs, IDK.)
A. House-Rules:
- Signatures are binding;
- Every1 does Due Diligence at the outset: Speak up/ask questions;
- If a Contract’s signed & a prob arises, every1 gets Due Process;
- Presumption of Innocence=#1;
- (C. “Experts know best;”)
- MYOB unless u sense that sth might be illegal/harmful;
- “If u see sth, say sth” (A. Kay;)
- “CA Quiet Hours” apply.
B. CDN Non-Profits don’t have oversight.
C. “In Canada, it’s what your neighbors think.” (Did a man at Rosewood Court make this remark (‘22?)) The CA Mortgage & Housing Corp’s “Sample Letter #6” seems to refute it. There’s more but I’m at (10,000) characters.
W/o Prejudice/IMO.