It is always interesting to me to contrast the presence of laws, which enforced feel like privacy violations. At least in SF, I have to give my landlord notice if someone is going to stay with me longer than 2 weeks. But, my landlord and I have a great relationship and I never see him. Technically, I am violating the lease if someone stays too long, but he would never find out or care if someone did...
Seems like the solution is to give up on unenforceable laws, or get comfortable with surveillance. The status quo of rules and laws that are not really enforced is more like an option than a contract. And I have a feeling that the excersize of those options asymmetrically hurts certain people.
I’m rent controlled, from about 7 years ago, and am at about 60% of market for my neighborhood. However, I’m handy and have been pretty good about fixing/improving the house on the cheap for him.
Still, my own landlord aside, the enforceability of contracts that require intimate knowledge of my day to day life seem to rely on surveillance or over reporting.
Seems like the solution is to give up on unenforceable laws, or get comfortable with surveillance. The status quo of rules and laws that are not really enforced is more like an option than a contract. And I have a feeling that the excersize of those options asymmetrically hurts certain people.