Of course, an anonymous, uncaring or impersonal landlord will simply have the police come and haul you off for trespassing. But even a management agency is made up of people, and people can be persuaded that a tenant with a good history may be worth more than the uncertainty of a new tenant at full rent.

This does go both ways. If the landlord is not living up to his responsibilities, publicly shame him, too! Let him have trouble finding a quality tenant. Landlords can run a credit check to help determine a renter’s suitability but tenants don’t have any similar tools at their disposal, except again by the landlord having a reputation in the community.

The “system” isn’t the problem; the people in it are. Good luck trying to design a system that both protects the intended beneficiaries and doesn’t allow for abuse by the clever and the motivated. Individuals are always the wild card and people are amazingly ingenious when it comes to getting something they want, whether by hook or by crook.

Vandalism drunk driving domestic violence and so on.

Shame is a very powerful tool.

I left money with a former house mate to settle debts, money which he pocketed and moved out. So I had to pay all the bills again.

I had no way of getting the money back from him but I had one thing, I had his father’s phone number.

His dad is an ex royal marine and a seriously disciplined guy.

I emailed the house mate telling him I would grass him up to his old man.

Money in my hand within 48 hours.

In fact I think newspapers should post the names and pictures of sex offenders, deadbeat dads, squatters (in this case), and repeat criminals to be on the lookout for, and lastly parolee’s.

Once you have gotten your sh*t together you won’t have to worry about being shamed.

More and more we see people taking justice into their own hands- An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. Bloody revenge. Public shaming. Because they feel that present-day law does not provide proper means to get justice.

So does that mean we now are going back to barbaric times….?

Interesting. Very interesting.

Honestly, if conditions in your apartment are bad, MOVE OUT. If you can’t afford your apartment, FIND A PLACE YOU CAN AFFORD. It isn’t the landlord’s responsibility to provide you with free shelter any more than it is McDonald’s responsibility to provide you with free food. If landlords could get rid of deadbeats when they wanted to, rents would be much cheaper EVERYWHERE, since honest, paying customers wouldn’t have to make up for deadbeats.

If you want to understand what happens when governments interfere with voluntary transactions like this, then read this comic book: http://freedom-school.com/money/how-an-economy-grows.pdf

As for renters refusing to pay rent they should be publicly shamed as much as possible. I rent an apartment and go out of my way to do little repairs. Others like to abuse the places they live.

When i confronted him with this HE threatened to call the Board of Health on our small business.

Maybe there is a good reason this person is refusing to pay.

I say do it more often. Shame people in to acting like they should’ve to begin with.

This is actually illegal, hence the public shaming to try to force the tenants to move out by themselves.

On the flip side, we have to remember that these laws exist to protect renters against horrible injustices perpetrated by unscrupulous landlords. The bad thing is that there are “professional deadbeats” that exploit these laws to live rent-free for a good long while.

Newspapers and sometimes CNN report on the pettiest misdeeds and crimes all the time! Yet it’s considered a public service.

Some landlords will hound and yell at the tenants day and night until the rent is paid. Other landlords will just change the lock, leaving the tenants out in the cold. Aren’t those examples of public shaming too?