VICE News - Arkansas: The Worst Place to Rent in America

[StrawberryClock]

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[QUOTE]Arkansas is one of the worst places to be a renter in America. It is the only state in the US where tenants are treated as criminals for paying rent late and landlords are not required by law to maintain their properties.

Its failure-to-vacate law lets landlords give tenants a 10-day eviction notice if they are even one day overdue. Tenants who can't or won't leave within that span face fines for every day they remain on the property and up to 90 days in jail.[/QUOTE]

[WishesForFishes]

Jail time for not paying rent even a day late? That is seriously shitty.

[StrawberryClock]

We own a triplex in Canada, and at one time one of our tenants basically deserted after owning us about 5000$ in rent, yet I still can't believe that somewhere in a western country there can be such draconian measures especially if the landlord doesn't have a responsibility to maintain the building.