Security deposits should be held by the municipality. Should the landlord wish to claim it, they can prove their case in court.

Fuck the status quo forever. Unforgivable.

  • dev_null@lemmy.ml
    5·
    3 months ago

    Crazy that you have to go to court over it (I assume this is for the US). Here in the UK the deposit has to be secured by a third party independent organisation. So you follow everything you said, but step 10 becomes “submit your evidence on a website” and the landlord has no power over the verdict. I had to do it once and the landlord immediately conceded without even sending them their version of the story.

    • jkrtn@lemmy.ml
      2·
      3 months ago

      You can look at any financial interaction in the US and ask that same thing, “why is it idiotic and heavily in favor of the person with capital?”