Some black agents changed their vests and continued to deceive
It's too difficult for young people who are trapped to rent
"I have studied in Chengdu for 4 years and many of my friends are here. Actually, I wanted to live here forever, but now I really need to reconsider." Xia Lili stood alone in a messy rental house, being tall and tall. Surrounded by men and women, behind her are personal belongings thrown to pieces.
"Obviously it is the house where I have signed the contract and paid for it, but now it seems that I can't leave."
When receiving a phone call from the landlord asking her to move out immediately, she tried to negotiate, but waiting for her was the landlord breaking in and the house that was immediately cut off from water and electricity.
In the darkness, she relied on the faint light on the front of the phone to dig out a few candles in the utility room, and went to a nearby supermarket to buy a lighter.
"How many years has this been going on? Is my rights protection useful?" Dai Wei, who graduated in Chengdu last year, mentioned the experience of renting a house through the intermediary Le Jia, still tearful. "It's very painful. At that time, I paid one year's rent, 2.6 Ten thousand yuan, only lived for 3 months, was asked to move out within 5 days, I fought, but no results, and then I moved."
"I am a foreigner myself, and my parents borrowed the money. I dare not tell my parents that my father was hospitalized because of a bad heart." Dai Wei was a little excited. "I defend rights online. Many people I questioned why I needed an intermediary and why I had to pay so much money at one time. Actually, do I think? I searched all corners of the Internet for half a month in the high-tech zone, but did not find a landlord. The houses are all in the hands of the intermediary. For a slightly better house, you can only pay one year's rent at a time. I have no other choice."
What Dai Wei did not expect was that Xia Lili, who had just graduated this year, also "stepped in her footsteps."
In Xia Lili's body, she saw her own shadow.
Xia Lili also paid the intermediary a lump-sum rent of more than 30,000 yuan, and then began to be evicted.
But Xia Lili was even worse, only staying for more than a month.
Many landlords and tenants are victims, but they begin to torment and tear each other fiercely.
Some tenants used cement to block the sewers and smashed the windows before leaving; some landlords went to the power supply bureau to cancel the account of the rental house and cut off the water and electricity.
"Someone is lucky to encounter reasonable ones, and bear half of the loss; when they encounter those who are unreasonable, they can only admit themselves to bad luck." Xia Lili referred to the Housing Lease Regulations (Draft for Comment) issued by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development on the evening of September 7 The screenshot in Article 11 about "Without the consent of the tenant, the lessor shall not enter the leased house without authorization" was sent to the landlord, and the landlord quickly replied: "I don't care, move it to me quickly."
"Who can tell me what to do?" She dared not tell her parents in her hometown, planning to carry it by herself, "find a part-time job or loan."
The reporter's investigation found that on September 7, the salesman who contacted her was still sending out house rental information in the circle of friends.
Some salesmen gathered to discuss "how to circle the last wave of money".
A lawyer suggested that Xia Lili sue, but she was a little timid, "What if I lose the case?"
Some rights protection groups have been established one after another. A rights protection group owner sent a long list of statistics to reporters. Among them, there are more than 50 intermediary companies in Chengdu alone. The number of recent graduates defrauded accounted for 30% of the total. "The majority of young people are indeed deceived, and the cheating routines of these companies are the same as those of Le Jia, with high income and low rent."
There are more than 10,000 “defrauded” tenants who can be contacted by this group owner alone. “The number of tenants is increasing every day. I know that hundreds of tenants have been forced out. The strangest thing is that those intermediaries have He changed his'vest' and came back. Many of those legal representatives are young people who are looking for them in the countryside." For example, on the ID card of a legal representative, there is a young man born in 1998 who lives in A certain village in Jiangxi.
The reporter inquired about the industrial and commercial registration information and found that there were 8 companies under the name of this rural young man.
Many tenants and landlords know it well: "The boss behind the scenes is not here to collect money. What's the difference between this and the Ponzi scheme. He took the tenant’s money and lied to the landlord’s house, then ran away and stayed behind. A scapegoat." A landlord complained to reporters: "Now the landlords are inexplicably bad guys. In fact, we just want to pay less. Some landlords are not rich at home and have to repay the mortgage."
Wang Qiang, who has worked as an intermediary in Chengdu for several years, told reporters that many intermediary companies in Chengdu only started to expand their long-term rental apartment business in 2019, and even within a month before the "thunderstorm," they were still expanding wildly and establishing branches. I ran away after making enough money."
"In the past, intermediaries used to carry rent mortgages, but now intermediaries charge high and low rents, why is it always so difficult for young people to rent a house?" Xiao Qiang missed the time when he could directly find a landlord to rent a house a few years ago, at least not being cheated. A lot of money also affects credit reporting.
In 2018, as the owner of a mortgage rights protection group, Xiao Qiang was interviewed by reporters. His credit overdue problem was solved, but he did not expect the money to be returned. "Later, the company's legal person Wang Sihui I found it, but there is only one car under his name."
Today, Xiao Qiang can still receive many calls from tenants asking how to solve the problem of overdue credit reporting.
Many tenants realize that there is a problem with their credit investigation when they find that they can't use Ant Huabei.
Dai Wei sighed and said that there are many graduates every year, and I hope everyone will keep their eyes open.
“It’s useless to expect students to keep their eyes open when renting a house, and the market supervision department needs to take responsibility.” A lawyer who was a victim of tenants suggested, “Currently, the behavior of high income, low rent, long income and short expenditure is only Listed in the abnormal directory of the Ministry of Construction, the punishment is not strong enough. Most of the victims lack social experience and do not know where to see the abnormal directory announced by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development. Take Beijing Haoyuan Hengye Company as an example, it has been in operation for less than two years and accumulated There were 21 administrative penalties, five of which were listed as business abnormalities, and the fines amounted to 260,000. A large number of shackled tenants have not received refunds so far, and the relevant prosecution cases have been close to 2,000, and all of them cannot be enforced at present." He suggested that it should be regulated in the industry. The business model, especially the companies involved in the long-term rental apartment business, needs to raise the threshold for company registration. "At least, it must be fully filed with the local housing and construction department before starting operations."
Regarding the phenomenon of the current intermediary "changing a vest and continuing to cheat", some tenants have put forward suggestions in the Housing Leasing Regulations (Draft for Solicitation of Comments): "In the penalty measures, it is recommended to increase penalties for salespersons. Employees are not allowed to engage in real estate leasing and trading within one year, management personnel are not allowed to engage in real estate leasing and trading within 3 years, and finance and senior management are not allowed to engage in real estate leasing and trading within 5 years."
(At the request of the interviewee, the tenant in the text is a pseudonym)
China Youth Daily · China Youth Daily reporter Dai Yueting Source: China Youth Daily