An organizer speaks about collective power in the world of real estate capital.

  • AutistoMephisto@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Okay, but are the cops going to rehab the units after they haul the evicted tenants out? Are they going to seize all the tenants property and have it all catalogued and picked up? Plus if every unit is now a crime scene, that’s longer those units will sit empty, generating no income while all the evidence is gathered and then the crime scene cleanup guys show up.

    • Wilco@lemm.ee
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      1 day ago

      Yes, but no. The Sherriff’s office sits everything out on the corner (not just the front of the house) when they evict in my state. They tell people not to touch stuff while they are there, but its a free for all the minute they pull off.

      • AutistoMephisto@lemmy.world
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        2 days ago

        Okay, property is seized and tenants are deported, but that all takes time. I mean, I guess the “free market will fix it” by some enterprising and shitty American starting a company that assists landlords in cleaning up after a rent strike.