THIS is happening RIGHT NOW where I live: The apartment complex where I live in Decatur, Alabama was just bought by some out of state company called Winwood Properties (see below). There are 150 apartments here and most of them are rented buy lower income and elderly. These people demanded to replace different fixtures like toilets, cabinet doors, light fixture, and blinds and then raise EVERYONES rent by a huge margin. My rent went up 45% and my toilet, cabinets, lights, blinds all were just fine!! I'll have to figure out somehow to come up with the cash or be homeless. The elderly here are screwed and basically all are on disability.
This is what a quick search dug up:
