#1 This Came Up In My Facebook Memories From 5yrs Ago. Some Things Don’t Change
#2 Landlord Turned Off Electricity In Middle Of Winter Last Year. My Daughter Was 3 Months Old And Wife Was Sick. Tribunal Hit Her With An $11k Bill
The experiences seen in these images are universal. Nearly 3 in 5 (58%) renters have disliked a landlord at some point, according to a 2024 LendingTree survey of more than 2,000 respondents.
Gen X, ages 44 to 59, were the most likely generation to say so, at 61%, while Gen Z, ages 18 to 27, fell on the opposite end of the spectrum, with only 51% having one they didn’t like. (Perhaps because they've simply spent less time out and about.)
The top reasons were maintenance issues (68%), poor communication (53%), and a lack of respect or professionalism (42%), along with issues like rent increases (38%) and privacy violations (22%).
Given the tension-causing issues that renters noted, almost a third of them — 30% — said they don't trust their current landlord.
What's more, at least 1 in 5 renters — 21% — have had a legal dispute with a landlord.
Of those, 38% said they won the dispute, while 28% lost. Another 24% reported the dispute was dropped, while the matter is still ongoing for an unlucky 10%.
#9 “I Will Make Housing Cheaper” Says Man Who Has Never Once Voted To Make Housing Cheaper
While the vast majority of renters — 82% — say they've never been evicted, 18% have, and of the latter group, more than two-thirds, or 68%, say they were evicted unfairly.
The most common cause of eviction among the survey respondents was not paying rent on time (30%), though almost a quarter (24%) said they were evicted because the landlord wanted to reclaim the property for their own use. Disturbingly, 18% believe they were kicked out due to discrimination.
Some believe they didn't even get a fair chance to begin with. While 67% of home renters said they don’t think they’ve ever been discriminated against during the application process, a shocking 33% do.
Male respondents (36%) were slightly more likely than female respondents (30%) to believe a landlord has potentially discriminated against them, and Gen Zers (42%) were far more likely to feel this way than Baby Boomers, ages 60 to 78 (18%).
#17 Location Location Location
Given the choice between renting from an individual and a corporation, almost half of the respondents, or 48%, said they'd rather rent from a person.
Less than 1 in 5 (17%) would prefer to rent from a corporation, while the remaining 35% said it makes no difference to them.
#18 Welcome To My Filthy Bedroom
