The headline read: Attorney: Landlords in Iowa City take advantage of renters.
The article, kids, wasn't much better. At issue is a proposed class-action law suit against local property management company Apartments Downtown alleging that they had been forcing tenants to sign 'illegal leases' which forced automatic cleaning upon move out and made tenants liable for damage in common areas. It wouldn't surprise me all that much if the allegations did, in fact, turn out to be true, but come on now. It's Iowa City. A college town. Of course landlords will be taking advantage of tenants! It's what they do- and in Iowa City, which seems hell-bent on immolation these days as Coralville and North Liberty open their doors as wide as possible to business and commercial development that Iowa City apparently wants no part of, needs the cash.
Slum-lording is big money here in Iowa City. It's a fact of life, so get used to it. (And I don't think he's going to get his class action law suit. Not in this county- the local ex-hippy greybeards may not like cops, but they like whiny college kids even less.)
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