Word: landlordism
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...American, British and Israeli experts, the 42,000-man army is a modern outfit with-at least for Ethiopia-modern views. Its educated officers have long been unhappy about the appalling gap between rich and poor and the inefficiencies and inequities of a feudal agricultural system. Last year drought, landlord indifference and government mismanagement combined to produce a famine that left at least 50,000 dead...
...moments of the film, however, Bertolucci's visual style sparkles sufficiently to overshadow the shallowness of the film as a whole. A few shots of books stacked in mounds in Jacob I's room are satisfying in terms of the parallel they make with the Roman ruins outside. The landlord Petrushka (Sergio Tofano) who wants to be treated like a servant, is a fascinating minor character. These are the sort of minor elements with which Bertolucci built his better films, but in Partner they come to no avail...
...under a strong rent control system, rents can be considerably lower than they would have been without control. For instance, the rent control office could make the landlord pay for some or all of his increased operating expenses, including taxes. A strict definition of "fair net operating income" could force many landlords to reduce their rents. Rent decreases could also be ordered if housing is substandard, or if the landlord is making more than a "fair net operating income...
...reason why so much housing is in poor shape today is that most of the money tenants pay for rent isn't spent on maintaining and improving the apartment. Instead, it goes to pay principal and interest on the landlord's mortgage, the landlord's property tax bill, etc. In fact, about 65 cents of every rent dollar you pay is spent on things that have nothing to do with keeping your apartment in good condition (mostly mortgage and taxes...
Rent control doesn't change the most important facts about the landlord-tenant situation. The landlord still has basic control over who lives in his buildings and when they have to move. This is because the rent control law gives landlords at least nine "just causes" for eviction--including non-payment of rent, demolition of the building, etc. But under a strong rent control system, tenants can restrict the meaning of these "just causes" to allow few grounds for eviction...