It's a trick that politicians use all the time that should work very well in this situation.

Just be careful of door knocking in the coming year as you may be mistaken for a politician.  

You made a great point - with how easy it is to have discrimination complaints lodged against them, landlords have become ultra rigid - while still staying within the law.Oh yes - I can already imagine my Illinois politicians (or at the very least Chicago alderman) trampling over one another to be the one who "protects housing opportunities for minorities and stops discriminatory practices from landlords".

I lost all my faith in "friends", society and politicians.

And politicians cater to people who want a do over because they aren't successful.

Also, the local politicians appear to finally understand how to deal with thousands of abandoned building that are hurting property values in the city.While I was recently having lunch with the President of Harbor Bank, he brought to my attention, the many areas of Baltimore that have clear evidence of drastic new development, which are great investing opportunity for developers that are beginning to travel up from the DC metro area.  

Just because something comes from an attorney or a journalist or a politician or a scientist doesn't mean it's factual.Late fees are not illegal in your state (yet).

Interesting enough Donald Trump called out Baltimore politicians for the conditions in Baltimore.

The trend is to make capitalism look like it's the source of all our economic problems and now politicians are trying to use that to convince America the government should oversee housing, rents, and a whole host of other things that I'll leave out so as not to deviate from the RE perspective. 

That’s about 9 percent of the county’s 1.88 million total.But only 7 percent of those delinquent properties -- 11,780 -- were able to attract a buyer at the county auction, the analysis showed.The remaining 150,000 properties — in arrears on property taxes in perpetuity because their bills are so high as to deem them unwanted — represent yet another warning of sorts for Cook County politicians who believe they can tax and spend with impunity.In south suburban Ford Heights, Cook County Treasurer records show 47 percent of property owners didn’t pay their property taxes in 2018 -- 1,070 out of 2,274.Nine of the 1,070 attracted a buyer at auction.