• Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    yhe power or water bill pointed at your name and residence

    Many people live in cities without owning their house. So they never see those bills. Renters are usually two levels away from the actual owner. Then there are all the people who live and work in cities but aren’t official renters.

    • rmrf@lemmy.ml
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      20 hours ago

      In the USA, most power bills are the tenants’ responsibility. In the USA, virtually all internet connections are the tenants’ responsibility.

      The locality hosting the services could also pass a law requiring the tenants to either bear responsibilities for, or be included in, all utility related billing.

      A lot of arguments in this thread seem to be ignoring this as a solution to the legitimate problems they’re raising.