@purplesofa My point is that it's illegal to raise the rent above a certain percentage per year. If you don't have the money, you don't pay the landlord and the landlord can't take the money out of your account nor can he kick you out from one day to the other. Also, a street kid breaking the window (as the game said) is on the landlord, not the renter and your renters insurance will say that as well. Same goes for the bank, why would you pick a bank that charges you if you go under $50 balance if you're poor? You don't, you do that only for savings accounts with interest and then if you empty your savings, you close the account.
He has to go to the police to kick you out but then he has to prove that he provided notice. They will most likely try to get him to go to court and there his claim will be struck down and the contract may actually become void depending on your jurisdiction. Small claims court has those type of a-holes all day and the judges are not nice to those people.
People that are poor think they have no way out but I've been in those situations. I've had to live with 2 people off $1200/month, $800 rent and and my landlord wanted my money early and came to my door every month for it. I said tough sh*t, I don't have it and he claimed a lot of things including kicking me out, I lived there for another year and a half. You have to fight to survive but it's in no way impossible and the game just tries to force you in situations that are unrealistic or at least situations that some basic knowledge won't fix to make you feel bad and donate to the cause. No different than JW's trying to make you feel bad about the situations in this world in order for you to donate even though the situations overall are improving.
I'm not saying those situations don't exist but I've seen also that there are reasons people are in those situations going from lack of intelligence to lack of control. I know a JW couple that never has any money. You could say it stems from involvement with crime (he used to be a drug runner) but not even the money give their kids good clothes or basic food supplies - me and my wife have given and bought more clothing for their kids than the parents. However they continue living in an expensive part of town even though their jobs are further away and last year they bought 4 32" TV's on Black Friday, I also found out they continue paying on timeshares they never could afford to visit. After that I gave up as it was clear it's not because they don't have money, it's because they have a lack of intelligence AND a lack of control.
Another family member is also "poor" (also a JW). He has been dodging taxes for years, he has bought 5 cars off the lot in 7 years each time the loan of the previous one adding on to the new loan. When we bought a house, he became jealous and bought a small town house for about the same price but he also quit his well-paying job (and he did so many times before with the same large local employer that he is now on the blacklist) because his boss told him that his performance was lacking and he needed to pick it up (he wasn't getting fired though). He started working minimum wage with a $800 mortgage, $500 car payment, utilities, townhouse community fee, $15,000 due in taxes. Yes, those type of people don't have a bank account and cash their checks where it cost $5-10 because he would never have anything (even though they cannot garner wages beyond minimum wage)
