I took this photo in a store and thought the arrangement in the foreground looked so 'zen'.
I was talking to an acquaintance recently. She rents a basement apartment in a house. She approached the owner about the possibility of renting the second apartment in that house as it's larger. Well the owner says it would be fine, but he's waiting for the current tenant to vacate. They have missed their monthly payment but they are allowed two weeks to pay it. Even then, they can't be forced to vacate until after about four months of not paying their rent and have to receive all kinds of notices first. So renters are protected quite well these days, and now it's owners who are not protected. Owners may have to pay their own mortgages too!
