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Parody account paraphrasing all aspects of life. (Not actual quotes.)

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“Let’s defund these critical units.”

[Mayor Karen Bass @MayorOfLA]

In partnership with Councilmember Soto-Martinez, Councilmember Blumenfield and Councilmember Yaroslavsky, I signed the first major update to Los Angeles’ Rent Stabilization Ordinance in 40 years – strengthening protections for tenants and to keep Angelenos in their homes.

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@MayorOfLA “Let’s defund these critical unifs”

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“I blame the guy we made powerless to do anything about this.”

[jkgal #EvictionFreeNY 🧢 @_jkgal_]

@DecaturTenant @formerhomeles39 So:

I believe this is on the owner. The owner can contact casework staff and seek supportive housing for tenant.

I believe the owner's responsibility is to ensure other tenants can "quietly enjoy" their homes.

I do not want the owner to pass the buck!

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“YOU SHOULD ALL PAY MY BILLS FIRST LIFE BECAUSE I’M ENTITLED TO LIVE IN THE MOST EXPENSIVE HOUSING MARKET!!!!”

[Hmmm @jkitsallgood]

@makerofcents @fuelgrannie @bri_guy_ny WHERE THE FUCK WILL EVERYONE WHO MAKES $60K A YEAR GO WHEN YOU GET RID OF ALL THE $1500/MONTH APARTMENTS????

WE'RE SUPPOSED TO RUN TO OUR EMPLOYERS AND BEG THEM LIKE DOGS FOR MORE MONEY?

WHAT THE FUCK ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO?

TELL ME?

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“We should subsidize their housing so their employers can keep underpaying them.”

[jkgal #EvictionFreeNY 🧢 @_jkgal_]

@fuelgrannie Here are my thoughts:

Let's subsidize homes for those with incomes 10-50% of Area Median Income ("AMI"), or $11,340-$56,700 per year.

Let's not subsidize homes for those with incomes 100-130% of AMI, okay, @NYCMayor and @DMLeilaBozorg?

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@jkitsallgood @benryanwriter @RossBarkan “There is no navigating of a system. The only difference is for a rent stabilized apartment there won’t be a listing and you have to hire an agent before you can even see it then prove you make more than a doctor to get it whereas for a market rate you just sign the lease.”

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“Government doesn’t need the money so they should just lower taxes.”

[Hmmm @jkitsallgood]

@dcredtail @qsdnl @zeta_globin There is no use for the government spending money to improve services when all the people that already live here suddenly have to pay much more in rent than they used to.

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“Let’s take a problem and strongly consider making it worse.”

[Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis]

Private rents are part of the cost of living crisis. For some people, rent accounts for 50% of their income.

As long as we don’t have enough affordable housing, rent controls should be seriously considered as a solution.

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“Property owners should all act like charities.”

[Rob Mac @macron_robert]

@cbernaut @WestHarlm @fred_rinne @nypost Lol. No, greedy landlords are the root of our problems. We need to expand rent stabilization as much as possible and build more. I am so sick of hearing conservatives pretending the prices go down. You guys and the new york post were for 5 dollars minimum wage in the day. lol

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“We found homes for New Yorkers after the rent freeze!”

[Jonjonpoi2 @jonjonpoi2]

@RepRichardDodge @Flatbush_kloud @dontsippy If landlords can’t afford the price tag of their occupation then they can find other ways of employment.

For New Yorkers we will find affordable homes for them.

No profiting off housing.

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“No A/C for poor folk!”

[WedNightDinner @DinnerWed]

Well just cut the demand. Duhhhhhh

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“We shouldn’t have emergency services.”

[Karen Hall @KarenHa08884803]

Criminal price gouging!

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“I celebrate people losing what they worked for, people’s housing being left to rot, needed housing being made unavailable, market rate landlords being able to extract enormous rents, and people getting forced out of NYC or becoming homeless.”

[Wealthy New Yorkers Who Take The Bus @bri_guy_ny]

Firms that have invested in housing as an asset, intending to squeeze every penny from regular New Yorkers (this firm accepted a mortgage so onerous the interest alone was $700 per unit/month) absolutely deserve to lose their shirts. They are stupid and unethical.

It's also just a market-- and they got greedy and lost. Let them take their losses and the market will readjust as it always does.

Free market chuds always talk about how much they love the free market until they lose some money.

https://t.co/yNkFlhBexj

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“We know people are going to seek their best interest, whether that be landlord, tenant, or whoever, but rather than craft policy that aligns investor interests with those of society, we should punish landlords offering cheaper housing so those already making bank make even more”

[lil sugarplum🧸⃤ 🥺⃤ 🧠⃤ 👁️⃤ @_dope_caramel]

“I’m gonna pretend landlords, companies, and airbnb owners hoarding housing, charging way above local living wages, and raising the costs without renovation yearly haven’t been the real reason behind the housing crisis. I don’t know there isn’t a shortage of housing at all.”

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“Let’s get those poor people out!”

[RHP @GodArmani]

Lets gooooooooooo

[To Paraphrase @2Paraphrase]

“We need a President who will make sure poor people can’t live in this country.”

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“I want to see if he can destroy NYC in a single term.”

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“I’m going to dictate what landlords need so we can worsen our housing shortage and everyone can pay higher rents.”

[lil sugarplum🧸⃤ 🥺⃤ 🧠⃤ 👁️⃤ @_dope_caramel]

every city needs a mamdani atp cus yeah landlords don’t need both, they need a real job tbh

[To Paraphrase @2Paraphrase]

“Gimme that rich folk playground!”

[𝑐 🫧🍸🧁. @hldmyhndc]

call me a transplant cause i’ll be moving to nyc baby.

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“I hate poor people too!”

[SAINT ZERO @saintzeropg]

@HQNewsNow I’ll never get tired of saying Hes the greatest