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Arksansas - Where it's a crime to not pay rent.
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Arkansas is the only state in the union that has criminalized not paying rent; yet, they don't have laws requiring landlords to maintain their properties. So, you can't withhold rent if your landlord refuses to make repairs. While landlords in Arkansas have the option of handling evictions civilly or criminally, the criminal process is chosen 90% of the time. Tenants who fail to pay their rent on time can be jailed. An attorney in the video I'm linking to says that he hasn't seen any tenant serve a day in jail for this "crime," but this still leaves people with a criminal record for being poor. This is what this law is; it criminalizes poverty and makes it even harder for people to come out of poverty. With Arkansas being such a poor state, they believe it's a good idea to waste taxpayer dollars on running poor people through the criminal justice system over a private contract. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G2Pk2JZP-E
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Arksansas - Where it's a crime to not pay rent. - by sanantone - 12-23-2018, 06:35 PM

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