Tenant gets back at terrible landlord who stole their appliances and claimed them as their own: 'They're charging him with a felony'

Undoubtedly, there are good landlords out there, but unfortunately, there is always going to be something inherently problematic about a dynamic where a group of people control the housing and living situations of another group, especially when you add to it that the people controlling the housing are doing so for profit. This uneven dynamic is further evidenced and solidified by the fact that, in order for members of the second group to have a place to live, they need to have letters from members of that same controlling group stating that they deserve the right to live in a home. It would take a lot of oversight and enforcement to ensure that things stayed on an even-ish keel. Oversight that is unfortunately impossible to reliably enforce.

For an example of this, it's kind of funny that, in most places, when purchasing land, risks such as flooding and mold are required to be disclosed… but that same requirement never extends to renting that place out once it has been purchased.  Even better, when the place you're renting does inevitably flood, as it turns out not for the first time, and you get a call from your landlord who is already in your home calling you to tell you that your flood-damaged possessions are in their way and inconvenient for them in their flood remediation. 

When this landlord broke into their tenant's home, they found themselves facing a felony, a fitting punishment given the number of rules they had been breaking and their general bad behavior.