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I'm surprised so many people are running defence for landlords in the comments
My initial reaction was the same, to call OP a baby, etc. The problem isn't rent. It's landlord leeches.
I have an apartment in one country but moved to a different country, where I'm renting myself. I had two choices - either rent my first apartment to someone, or sell it. If I sold it, it would go not to a family in need, but to a BnB company or an "investor" (that's the reality in my home country).
Instead I'm renting it to a family of Ukrainian refugees. They basically pay off my mortgage so that I'm not actively losing money on the whole thing.
They also pay rent to the housing association. This money goes to things like trash removal, hot/cold water, taking care of the green areas in the neighbourhood, cleaning the staircases, etc., etc.
Is this so bad and horrible?
Holy fuck, my sides. How can you be this BLIND to reality? You fucking said yourself that you have A FAMILY OF WAR REFUGEES PAYING OFF YOUR MORTGAGE. In 30 years time, you'll own a house and those refugees will own what exactly?
For reference, when the war broke out I was a tenant in Germany. You know what I did? I HOUSED a Ukrainian refugee in MY OWN DAMN HOME for NO COST, because I'm not a piece of shit
Hopefully a home in Ukraine, where they want to go back to?
Like, what do you expect them to do? Run away from their home and BUY a house in a foreign country? What exactly was your point?
Good for you! I did the same. 9 people in total lived in my apartment made for 3-4. I slept on 90cm cot with my wife, so that they could use the bedroom bed to sleep with their little children.
What was your point again?
And how exactly will they purchase a home in Ukraine if they're spending their income to pay your mortgage?
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