For one, in many jurisdictions it can take two, three, even four months to evict a non-paying tenant.
Many cities will give free attorneys to tenants being evicted. So now the landlord has a bunch of factually dubious and difficult to dispute allegations made against them.
> For one, in many jurisdictions it can take two, three, even four months to evict a non-paying tenant.
Eviction is a legal proceeding for a lot of good reasons for both tenant and rentier. You could say the process could be faster, but it is fair.
> Many cities will give free attorneys to tenants being evicted. So now the landlord has a bunch of factually dubious to difficult to dispute allegations made against them.
Do you think that pro-tenant necessarily means unfair? I'm just saying that there are extensive tenant protections that make this a difficult space to operate in, especially if you serve low-income tenants who are more likely to become delinquent on rent or have behavioral issues.
And when you have a free attorney and have no good case because you're just not paying your rent, your best bet is to throw spaghetti at the wall and see what sticks. Have you ever worked with lawyers. That's how every single lawsuit works. The initial complaint and counter-complaint has a bunch of claims, almost all of them legally or factually dubious, and they get whittled down over the course of motion practice. The whole point is that it's expensive and time-consuming and intimidating for the other side.
Many cities will give free attorneys to tenants being evicted. So now the landlord has a bunch of factually dubious and difficult to dispute allegations made against them.