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- Makes sense. Retired people already pay a surcharge because they're home all day so why not work from home people too?by digitalsushi
- I think the basis of this is the same as WFH, which has not been mentioned in the article or the comments: insurance, mostly on probabilities of fire and injury.
- Previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49027039 (34 comments)by jerlam
- I don’t understand. If you’re home more, you’re already likely to pay more in utilities. But now landlords want to charge more for “wear”? Sounds like greed to me.by jnyst1985
- Nothing more to understand, your reading sounds exactly right to me. Rent-seekers wanting ever more income, color me surprised.by pdimitar
- This is because of additional power & water costs? The landlord should install individual meters on the units. Or at least sub-meter, so they can be paid accurately by the residents. Offering unlimited utilities is a stupid mistake by a landlord.by chiph
- But if they do that they can't pocket the difference between what they charge and what the utilities actually costby DangitBobby