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Related: About this forumArkansas: The Worst Place to Rent in America
Arkansas is one of the worst places to be a renter in America. It is the only state in the US where tenants are treated as criminals for paying rent late and landlords are not required by law to maintain their properties. Its failure-to-vacate law lets landlords give tenants a 10-day eviction notice if they are even one day overdue. Tenants who can't or won't leave within that span face fines for every day they remain on the property and up to 90 days in jail.
This is scandalous. It should be illegal.
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Arkansas: The Worst Place to Rent in America (Original Post)
rpannier
Apr 2019
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exboyfil
(17,863 posts)1. Here is an updated story
Still running in place in Arkansas.
https://katv.com/community/7-on-your-side/no-relief-for-renters
rpannier
(24,329 posts)2. Yeah. I saw it in Arkansasonline
I checked to see if it was still in practice before I posted
Thanks for the katv link
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,491 posts)3. Typical right-wing treatment of people with no voice into government.
We see it happening often to poor folks having legal or financial problems, those in jail and sick or disabled people. Many of these issues wind up costing people their jobs and they fall into utter despair.
Republicans apparently see this treatment of fellow humans as morally just, per their prosperity gospel.
This is not making American great......
IronLionZion
(45,442 posts)4. It wasn't too long ago when they restricted who could own land
and people who don't have the privilege of land ownership and treated badly by those who do. It's been a classic story throughout history, but it's a bit more recent in some places.