[Steve27621]

The key to your question, to me, was the words ‘rental property,’ not ‘black family.’ People who rent may consider themselves transient in the neighborhood and are not building equity in the home. Why should they care about the neighborhood? Most renters are better than what you describe, but some aren’t. I don’t think it is race, I believe it is the structure of the economics. I lived in a quiet neighborhood of starter homes in Houston in the mid-1980s, when the boom went bust. More than half the houses on my street got foreclosed on and then the banks rented them out. The neighborhood definitely became more diverse and did go down hill. However, the worst offender was a white guy who moved in next door and promptly dismantled his Harley motorcycle in the living room. Also, your description of your friend finally going over to ‘speak politely’ with his new neighbors sounds like it had, say … zero chance of success! Why not get to know your new neighbors first, have a beer, shoot the bull over the back fence, so to speak, before you start bitching at them. Finally, the actual accountable party for home meeting neighborhood codes and deed restrictions is the property owner, not the renter. Appeal to and hold them liable for the conduct of the renters; after all, they have the only real leverage via eviction.

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Name : Steve27621, Gender : M, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 43, City : Houston, State : TX, Country : United States, Occupation : Engineer, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Upper middle class, 

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