I think they are in the US. It operates without the sort of protections that most of the world has.
It doesn’t matter if you buy or rent. At least here you always have an apartment union that all residents are a part of, it’s required. Like if you want a water filter installed to the general water intake or want a bike rack in front of the building you ask the union and they bring it up during a meeting so if the budget allows for it they’ll put it on a vote. Like how else would you get like a bike rack or a garden for your building?
FelipeFelop@discuss.online 9 months ago
phillaholic@lemm.ee 9 months ago
There is no such standard or organization in the US for people who rent. People are free to form their own groups, but they would hold no legal power.
mark3748@geddit.social 9 months ago
You ask the owner, and then accept it will never happen.
FluffyPotato@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Wow, that’s wild to me. Though why not just organize anyways? Like if everyone living in a building got together and for example collectively decided to set up a garbage collection area and everyone who lives there pays like a pittance to rent a punch of garbage cans. Having an organizational like that would be pretty useful even if it has no legal authority it can still do things.
poppy@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Because then if the landlord/management company didn’t like it they would refuse to renew your lease and then you’re out of home. It’s rare for tenants to have much of any rights in the US.
FluffyPotato@lemm.ee 9 months ago
If a whole building worth of people got organised there’s not much the owner can do, even cops are gonna have trouble evicting a whole building worth of people and I doubt it would come to that over some trash pickup issues.