gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · edit-22 months agoAfter recent state law change, the only way to appeal an eviction in Tennessee is pay an entire year's rent upfrontwww.newschannel5.comexternal-linkmessage-square77fedilinkarrow-up1458arrow-down16file-textcross-posted to: nashville@lemmy.world
arrow-up1452arrow-down1external-linkAfter recent state law change, the only way to appeal an eviction in Tennessee is pay an entire year's rent upfrontwww.newschannel5.comgAlienLifeform@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · edit-22 months agomessage-square77fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: nashville@lemmy.world
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minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoIt was never rent free. The system they got rid of said the court set a payment already. The idea that it was rent free is pure propaganda.
minus-squareXhieron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·2 months agoMy brother in Christ, I have worked in landlord-tenant on and off for decades, and I’ve been on both sides of many, many evictions. If you think courts always exercise their discretion fairly and equitably, I have a bridge to sell you.
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoBeing fair some of the time is still a lot better than, “fuck you, you’re too poor for justice.”
It was never rent free. The system they got rid of said the court set a payment already. The idea that it was rent free is pure propaganda.
My brother in Christ, I have worked in landlord-tenant on and off for decades, and I’ve been on both sides of many, many evictions. If you think courts always exercise their discretion fairly and equitably, I have a bridge to sell you.
Being fair some of the time is still a lot better than, “fuck you, you’re too poor for justice.”