I am generally on the side of landlords. I don't like all the nonsense Zohran Mamdani is pulling in New York to make life more difficult for landlords. It's unfair and unAmerican. On the other hand, some landlords deserve the bad rap.

I saw this post today and found it quite weird. Why would a landlord care if someone works from home? Wouldn't they actually prefer that? Someone is at their property more often protecting it from burglary, for example. 

One time I called a lady asking about her ad, and she cut me off and asked me where I work, and I said I work remotely, and she hung up on me.

— Allenora 🌼 (@abitheallen) July 23, 2026

I'm baffled.

I’m confused

— Claire Dunphy (@cee_suella) July 24, 2026

Your confusion is as good as mine.

— Faux Rich Aunty ✨• 824 (@1dani__) July 24, 2026

So, all of us are in the comments, not sure what is going on.

Then, a couple of landlords started weighing in.

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As a homeowner renting multiple doors, I can understand this. My property management company sends me significantly more work order requests for my retired tenant couple than the ones who commute to work. I have to pay for those repairs.

— YellowQuattro (@TraphicStop) July 24, 2026

So, when a tenant is home more often, they recognize more things that may be wrong in the home and correctly ask the landlord to fix them? This is not a reason. Landlords should maintain the property.

As a landlord who owns multiple properties, tenants don't understand what we go through. If you stay at home all day you're going to use the floor, switches, toilets, kitchen more which increases the maintenance that needs to be done and the apartment ages twice as quickly. https://t.co/hb3BUn4jwO

— kinocow (@kinocow) July 25, 2026

Now, listen. If someone is paying you rent for 365 days, they are entitled to be in the property for every hour of that 365 day time. What if it's a family and one person goes to work and the other stays home with a child all day? That's the same use as a stay at home Mom. 

Yeah, all rentals should have a base rent that is atleast 1/3 of gross income, then consumption costs calculated by AI cameras in the home. Using a lightswitch: $.001, flushing toilet: $.05, per step on floor: $.0005. Then ofcourse will need to charge for the cameras

— Chad Tillekeratne (@chadtill) July 25, 2026

Listen, don't give them any ideas.

Our former landlord once told us because we were home so much over Covid we were opening and closing the kitchen cupboards a lot more, like beyond usual wear and tear on the apartment. https://t.co/jS4rnNGF23

— sara “THE RED SACRAMENT” hinkley (@boneysoups) July 24, 2026

Some people are not meant to be landlords. 

WFH means more cooking, lighting, heating, cooling, toilet use and flushing so a higher water and electricity bill, more maintenance and repairs. https://t.co/P0bvehXrsL

— Dr. Hood Possum (@DrLungi_Mashele) July 24, 2026

Heaven forbid people use the property they are paying to use. What if a couple are shift workers? One works night shift and the other day shift? They work outside the home, but there will always be someone home. 

I can see this being a thing if the tenant was operating a salon or a daycare from their house but remote work? https://t.co/GycE4VC5Pw

— Thoughts & Brayers (@BrayForJade) July 24, 2026

This is fair. If someone is running an actual business requiring customers to visit them, that is a different story. If a person works from home entering data for a company, a landlord has no right to know that as long as the tenant has acceptable credit and pay stubs. 

Democrats are already doing their best to give landlords a bad name. Landlords like this are providing Exhibit A.