AstralWeekends@lemm.eetoHouseplants@mander.xyz•My landlord wants my potted plant gone :(English
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1 year agoOne time, the apartment complex I was living at said I was violating my lease for keeping a storage container on my balcony. It was a small, zip up greenhouse with plants in it, which they allowed. When I confronted them about it, they admitted that they only observed it from the ground (I was on the 3rd floor) and that it was fine after all. That “violation” still appears on my rental history today, as the next apartment I rented asked me to explain why there was a violation on my file. Fuck this system.
My fellow Lemmy-ite, let me introduce you to the concept of corporate collusion:
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/fight-is-control-realpage-antitrust-litigation-2023-01-10/
Here is a recent and ongoing example of how software services can be used (allegedly) by property management companies to avoid competition for the benefit of all (property management companies).