It’s a matter of agreement

You can think all you want of me, but I\’ll write what I write here. And what I personally think. Some may become my supporters, some may not like it, and some may not like it, but that\’s the way it is. We have a plurality of opinions here, and even though some opinions are sometimes suppressed, they should probably be heard. Even on somewhat contentious and sensitive issues. Like anyone else, I recognize that we humans want to live somewhere. And while some people buy an apartment or a house, others have only enough money to get some rent, for example. And none of this can be considered explicitly bad, however negative it may be here too.

But if we are only talking about rents, one thing should be clear from the start. And that is the fact that if someone wants to stay in a rental property, an agreement must be reached between that person and the landlord making the property available. The landlord therefore has his requirements and it is up to the prospective tenant to meet them. Alternatively, it is up to the tenant to make arrangements, which is not excluded. But sometimes that\’s just a theory. As the media have informed us here and there in the past and perhaps still do.

Sometimes someone wants to live somewhere, but the owner of the property just says no. And who should have the final say in such a case? Surely you will agree that the owner of the building. If it\’s ours somewhere, maybe we can do with it as we wish! A person interested in such housing should not have a say in whose flat he moves into if the owner doesn\’t want him there.

You may already know what I\’m referring to. Yes, to the problems that have already been smeared in the press and other media. While the average rejected applicant has to try their luck elsewhere because the landlord decides their own property, there are also people who are often rejected across the board. And when the landlord has allowed or allows them to be rejected, it\’s bad. He\’s considered a racist.

And that makes me sad. I understand these people, but if someone has had an unfortunate experience with them or their ilk, they should have the right to reject them without discussion. It\’s just that in this country, he\’s getting the shaft instead. Because this is supposedly a democracy. But is it a real democracy when there are those whose rejection leads slowly to lynching?