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New Washington law makes air conditioning a tenant’s right
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wait, you guys don't just become month to month after the original lease ends? that's fucked
It is fucked. And yes month to month does happen sometimes, and from my perspective it used to be the norm. But enshittification happens across the spectrum of commerce and since about 2013 most places I've lived in want a new lease signed every year. I've often been able to negotiate an addendum where I can move early without the usual penalty after the first year, but you'd be surprised how resistant and awkward some landlords can be about that. It's pretty fucked, as you said.
It's really area dependent. We have the option of going month-to-month or resigning for a year each time.
That's nice. I don't understand how it's been so accepted that so many places require a lease. I feel like until this thread I haven't really seen many people saying it's fucked. I even lived in a place where law requires that it's an option and yet like 3 landlords in that city pushed a lease on me.
Renting in general is fucked, I feel ya. And it's expensive and time-consuming to hold landlords accountable through the courts.
Yep. I've only ever had one landlord I would say good things about, and I've rented in like 20 different apartments. The guy I liked was super reasonable about everything, negotiated prices with me when I balked. Then when I moved out he paid me interest on the deposit, which was super shocking. I later found out was the law there. However in comparison to other landlords who blew me off when I even asked about it.