Neatorama » public shaming http://www.neatorama.com The Neat Side of the Web Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:26:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Rent Dodger Lives Here: A Landlord Resorted to Public Shaming to Oust Rent Dodger http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/11/rent-dodger-lives-here-a-landlord-resorted-to-public-shaming-to-oust-rent-dodger/ http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/11/rent-dodger-lives-here-a-landlord-resorted-to-public-shaming-to-oust-rent-dodger/#comments Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:15:52 +0000 Alex http://www.neatorama.com/2009/07/11/rent-dodger-lives-here-a-landlord-resorted-to-public-shaming-to-oust-rent-dodger/ When landlord Elaine Stenson couldn’t get her tenants to pay their rent for months and ignored legal notices to vacate the premises, she decided on a very old (medieval, actually) technique: public shaming.

And while the technique worked, it sparked an outrage by some:

A letting agency in Dundee is taking radical measures to name and shame tenants who are running up rent arrears. Lease2Keys are installing “for sale”-style signs outside properties with "Rent Dodger Lives Here", emblazoned on them. [...]

Gordon MacRae of the homeless charity Shelter is outraged by the letting agents’ actions. He said: “We thought tarring and feathering went out with the middle ages. People who find themselves in rent arrears usually have multiple reasons for being in debt.

Link – via Arbroath

Do you think it’s right to publicly embarrass a rent dodger or a deadbeat?

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