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John Oliver Calls Out Greedy Landlords In Report On Skyrocketing Rents
Huffpost ^ | 06/20/2022 | Ron Dicker

Posted on 06/20/2022 3:27:56 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

John Oliver on Sunday pointed out that housing is now “the thing a 16-year-old TikTok millionaire can afford and you can’t.” (Watch the video below.)

On “Last Week Tonight” the host took aim at skyrocketing rents and some of the greedy attitudes behind them.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: greedy; hbo; johnoliver; landlords; latenight; oliver; rents; tuckercarlson
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Greedy landlords? Stop embarrassing yourself.
1 posted on 06/20/2022 3:27:56 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Someone needs to teach this English twit about the concept of supply and demand.


2 posted on 06/20/2022 3:29:31 PM PDT by stratboy
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Yeah, there’s no such thing as greedy landlords, they just don’t exist.


3 posted on 06/20/2022 3:32:29 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Everyone who can pay their bills is greedy to a Leftist.


4 posted on 06/20/2022 3:37:04 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance the flag of the U S of A, and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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To: stratboy
Landlords weren't allowed to ask for rent for months during the lockdowns.

I suppose the twit thinks they somehow got used to not making money, so they should continue to give their tenants free housing.

Plus they should give each of their renters a unicorn as well.

5 posted on 06/20/2022 3:42:11 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear (This is not a tagline.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

They are full-on Communists who pine for Venezuala and then, ultimately, Cambodia.


6 posted on 06/20/2022 3:43:44 PM PDT by Obadiah (DeSantis 2024)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

There is no class of people more greedy than leftists and their never ending demands for free stuff.


7 posted on 06/20/2022 3:43:48 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Greedy politicians have caused inflation, thus high rents.


8 posted on 06/20/2022 3:51:05 PM PDT by Huskrrrr (Alinsky, you magnificent Bastard, I read your book!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Just guessing, but JO probably didn’t push any money back across the table for any of his employment contracts.


9 posted on 06/20/2022 3:51:47 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: ChicagoConservative27

John buy a lot of property and rent it very cheap.


10 posted on 06/20/2022 3:57:51 PM PDT by pas
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

The rent waiver during COVID said “payment for rent could only be initiated by the renter to get the rent money. So landlords of course had to sit and wait until and if the renter wanted to get the rent money. Time was of no consideration to the renter as they couldn’t be evicted and government was going to give them the rent money so they were in no hurry to initiate.

In the meantime, landlords had to fix, repair their rentals, pay taxes, mortgage, etc all without any rent money.


11 posted on 06/20/2022 4:14:26 PM PDT by Engedi
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To: ChicagoConservative27

talk to the greedy taxman first...


12 posted on 06/20/2022 4:14:55 PM PDT by Irenic
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To: pas

We have a large ranch home with 3 beds and two baths here on the homestead we have rented out . It is now sitting empty and is likely to be that way . We lost close to 6 thousand bucks this year already from theft and destruction of property not to mention they screwed us repeatedly on the rent . We give up . If there are decent renters out there we haven’t found them yet . EMT’s going up the drive at 3am to shoot one of their kids up with narcan for an overdose . Twice in one week . It isn’t worth the grief . We rented it for much less than we could have in this neighborhood and yet they still destroyed and stole us blind .


13 posted on 06/20/2022 4:17:26 PM PDT by David Moser
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Greedy landlords? Try Biden incompetence.


14 posted on 06/20/2022 4:48:18 PM PDT by libertylover (Our BIGGEST problem, by far, is that most of the media is hate & agenda driven, not truth driven.)
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To: Seruzawa

Exactly.

Their favorite word is “selfish” regarding “capitalists”.

Never once is it applied to the lazy bums they insist need free welfare.


15 posted on 06/20/2022 4:49:34 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVds)
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

Landlords weren’t allowed to ask for rent for months during the lockdowns.


Bingo. This did tremendous damage. Regardless what the deed or rental contract said, the landlord no longer owned their own property. Current landlords have no idea if/when a rent moratorium will be invoked again.


16 posted on 06/20/2022 4:52:45 PM PDT by rbg81
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To: pas
John buy a lot of property and rent it very cheap.

Bingo!

Let this hypocrite put his money where his mouth is.

17 posted on 06/20/2022 4:57:05 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: David Moser

“We rented it for much less than we could have in this neighborhood and yet they still destroyed and stole us blind .”

That’s your problem right there. I know you were probably just trying to be nice, but that attracts a certain kind of renter.


18 posted on 06/20/2022 4:57:08 PM PDT by sunny bonobo
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The greediest thing on the face of earth is GOVERNMENT! It is insatiable and not subject to supply and demand forces. They squeeze every drop out of their peasants just shy of a true tax revolt.


19 posted on 06/20/2022 5:16:48 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (Wanting to make America great isn’t an insult unless you’re trying to make it worse! ULTRAMAGA!!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

And he is who??


20 posted on 06/20/2022 5:20:00 PM PDT by ealgeone
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