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Seattle Bans Rental Junk Fees

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  1. matchbok3 · · focus · HN ↗

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    1. gonzalohm · · focus · HN ↗
      Shouldn't there be a kid fee then? Kids are likely to cause damage and everyone is subsidizing it.

      It should just be common sense. You have a kid or you have a pet. They damaged the property, you pay it.

      1. loeg · · focus · HN ↗
        Kids do less damage and there's a stronger argument for subsidizing them than dogs.

        Pet rent isn't about directly covering damage; it's more like buying an insurance policy that occasionally covers large pet-necessitated repairs.

        1. edgyquant · · focus · HN ↗
          Nobody is subsidizing anything. If damage occurs the tenant pays for it
          1. rurp · · focus · HN ↗
            If only. A bad tenant with a dog can do an obscene amount of damage to a property. The people who leave a place with torn up walls and urine+feces throughout the carpet tend not to be the kind of people who will gladly pay extra fees for the damage they caused.

            The landlord can sue them, but that's a slow expensive process and there's a good chance they will never recover enough to pay for the damage.

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