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Re: Rent collections are down in New York

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Post by tovej » Wed, Jun 24, 2026, 7:34 AM UTC

youre-wrong3 wrote: post #589

tovej wrote: post #586

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The criteria for social housing is that the government subsidized it. That's all.

Pushing the goalpost to justify your classification.

Not really. The goal posts have not moved since the beginning. I'm still claiming the same thing, and the definitions are the same.

How about you read the wikipedia article on public housong in Singapore: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_housing_in_Singapore

It says: "In 2025, close to 80% of Singapore's resident population was reported to be living in public housing,[1] down from a high of 88.0% in 2000."

Let's follow that reference, and take a look at what the Singaporean government says, at https://www.mnd.gov.sg/our-work/housing-a-nation/public-hous... , under the section title "Public Housing":

"Singapore has one of the highest home ownership rate in the world, due to the commitment of our founding fathers since the very beginning of nation building. Today, there are more than 1 million HDB flats across the island, home to close to 80% of Singapore's resident population. The schemes highlighted below help Singaporeans meet their housing needs at different life stages."

So the dictionary says that HBD housing is public housing, wikipedia says that HBD housing is public housing, and the Singaporean government says that HBD housing is public housing.

Re: Rent collections are down in New York

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Post by baby » Thu, Jun 25, 2026, 11:52 AM UTC

arwineap wrote: post #393

baby wrote: post #312

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Lefty tenant here. I def. stopped paying my rent a few times until my landlord fixed their shit or agreed to stop scamming me. Last time I did it I signed a lease for a year, with 2 months of advance notice if I decided to leave (in the UK). I told them 2 months before the end of my lease, and they told me I had to wait for the end of my lease, then wait 2 months, and then I could be out. I just stopped paying rent,…

> I def. stopped paying my rent a few times until my landlord fixed their shit In most municipalities, this is OK so long as the thing that needs to be fixed is a habitability issue. Heat, water, etc > One day he showed up at my place (with soup who was coming to fix something) and tried to enter. I told him to stay out. ??? You wouldn't let him solve the issue you stopped paying for? How do you justify that?

I let the soup in.

Re: Rent collections are down in New York

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Jun 27, 2026, 2:35 AM UTC

nikkwong wrote: post #94

jandrewrogers wrote: post #36

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I anecdotally know of a few cases in Seattle where tenants with high incomes that could easily pay just don't. There is a subculture that actively encourages this type of behavior and the laws are setup such that there are almost no consequences for it. I've also met people who bragged about doing it. While rare, it is still common enough that it has become a real problem and has become socially acceptable in some ci…

It's not rare. I repeat. It's not rare. I am a landlord in Seattle with ~55 active tenants/leases. Let's just say that I know of many landlords in the circles I run in that have absolutely stopped renting to leftie types because they've had so many issues over the last few years with many of them over litigating everything; and deciding not to pay rent over the smallest non-issues, or just not paying rent at all. I c…

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Re: Rent collections are down in New York

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jul 03, 2026, 10:59 AM UTC

youre-wrong3 wrote: post #584

bluebarbet wrote: post #575

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For the benefit of any others (miraculously) still reading, I will repeat the statement of fact that you continue stubbornly to deny against all evidence: "'social housing' is a general term that implies subsidization and affordability rather than any one specific ownership model". Others will make up their mind. Over and out.

For the benefit of any others. Bluebarbet has never been to Singapore and ultimately doesn’t know what he’s talking about. HDBs are not public housing. It’s land control because Singapore is so tiny.

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