Call the Police 3 Times? Get Evicted

[Nekojin]

Read the article itself again, not just the headline. It doesn't say that you're evicted if you call the police three times. It says you're evicted if the police respond to a disturbance at your home three times.

You are correct, and I must apologize.

[Ginger Tea]

If my neighbors make a habit of having an obnoxiously loud party after the city's noise curfew, I shouldn't be punished for reporting them, especially if they're disturbing my sleep in the process. The law doesn't punish those who are complained about - it punishes the complainers.

I was thinking the exact same thing, if YOU make 3 calls not if THEY get the cops 3 times.

Edit: teach me not to read page two first.

[Nekojin]

It still sucks, though. A woman in an abusive relationship who can't figure out how to get out, and loses her apartment* over his abuse? Bad call.

* Or has to choose between the likelihood of losing her apartment, or suffering the abuse in silence.

[Panacea]

It still sucks, though. A woman in an abusive relationship who can't figure out how to get out, and loses her apartment* over his abuse? Bad call.

* Or has to choose between the likelihood of losing her apartment, or suffering the abuse in silence.

I have to agree. It's not a productive solution to the problem of domestic violence.

Instead of pushing these people into the legal system, they need counseling. But it's impossible for most people to get what they really need to have healthy relationships in our dysfunctional world.