slobertgood t1_ism73t7 wrote on October 17, 2022 at 12:47 AM

Reply to comment by Bluehorsesho3 in What would happen if there was just a city-wide rent strike? Like eventually it would end up in court obviously but if everyone collectively stopped paying rent, the renters would get bargaining leverage back before all the evictions came. Seems like it could be a worthwhile experiment. by Bluehorsesho3

Yea and when you do eventually get evicted, what's your next course of action? Most people don't have some clutch back-up housing option that would allow them to take this kind of incredible risk. I totally understand and agree with the idea that the housing market in the city does not benefit a great deal of the people here, but this doesn't really do anything to solve the long term issue which in my opinion, is a lack of housing relative to the number of people here and their income levels.

If you don't want that apartment rest assured there are 1-3 post-grads with parents willing to assist the rent, and they aren't going to bemoan the evil landlords.

Bluehorsesho3 OP t1_ism8ghd wrote on October 17, 2022 at 12:57 AM

Next course of action is you have plenty of money now for all those months you saved money by not paying rent in the first place. Have a plan B setup with the money you save.