Unintended Consequences

Not long ago, the manager divided some one-bedroom apartments into two studio apartments. This required significant plumbing and electrical arrangements in violation of the building codes. My guess is that he will eventually get caught. In the meantime, it brought about a significant increase in rentals and more profit for the corporation.

One of the alleged requirements, for moving in Geezerville, is personal mobility and being able to take care of oneself. The first unintended consequence is that the rent dropped below nursing home rates. So, many families enrolled "perfectly healthy" relatives who suddenly went downhill just before moving in and needed nursing care.

Another unintended consequence is the rent became comparable with Federal Subsidized Housing rates and there was a big influx of people who were more riffs and than the rest of us raffs.

Sid was one of those. He was so scruffy when he first moved in some of the fearfully paranoid ladies professed that he scared them. He slowly cleaned up well. The only thing is that it took four months of non-payment before they could get him out.

Now, that's an idea. Three months of free living. May have to try it sometime.

AsA

I have so much to do that I am going back to bed.