Seizing the Wealth of Landlords, One District at a Time

Absolutely amazing...however, NOT surprising!

Tenants soon started taking advantage of the Court's largesse by withholding rent, even when only minor violations, or none at all, existed. And tenants also learned that when faced with bills they could not pay, they could simply stop paying rent, charge their landlords with failing to meet their obligations under the local housing code, and squeeze out a rent abatement, thus allowing them to make ends meet. All too often, tenants even manufactured their own code violations and called city housing inspectors to issue citations to their landlords. Despite the fact that these homemade code violations were obviously self-inflicted, housing inspectors were happy to go along with the gamesmanship. In fact, it became their job to do so.