"Scumlord"

[SueDonim]

I cannot agree with the idea that landlords are picked upon.

The disgraceful behaviour of a a group of landlords who, when govt gave extra funds to students because they were suffering hardship due to high rents  immediately raised their rents by the exact amount illustrated very clearly that here was a group of individuals who wanted to make money & to annoy the govt; the welfare of those students simply didn't enter their consciousness.
They are exactly the sort of people who shouldn't be permitted to get away with such behaviour.

Was that this article https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politic...ent-spikes? 2018 when landlords were dealing with increased costs, etc. It's another Stuff article but if you read all the way there is some balance. Maybe it's just recently that they have lost that ability.

On the actual subject, when you read a headline or article that says something basic like that, the first question is "have the landlords put off rent increases because their tenants are in hardship and now is the time we can do it fairly?"

If the supermarkets put their prices up right when the government has given more money to students, are they equally evil? Or power companies? Or fuel companies?  Anyone?