Despite feeling the demands are unreasonable, the families tend to pay because they don't want people to know someone in their family committed suicide. As a result, they suffer doubly.
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Sachiko Tanaka, president of Zenkoku Jishi Izoku Renrakukai (national association of the families of suicides), referring to growing demands by landlords and real estate companies for excessive compensation for suicides committed in rented apartments. (Daily Yomiuri)
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nisegaijin
Hell yeah, if somebody decided to put and end to own existence in your apartment its value disintegrates so badly it will be off the market. permanently. it doesn't matter if it's a studio in a village in Hokkaido or a penthouse in motoazabu hills.
I'd be demanding a large payout if somebody deliberately kicked the bucket on my property.
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stevecpfc
nisegaijin; Your response shows why most landlords are the type of people who i avoid. Landords make huge profits and every venture is never risk free and has to be taken into account. You cannot have your cake and eat it. Demanding money from a family who have lost a loved one is evil and should be illegal.
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Zenny11
In Japan the landlord has to state that a person died, etc on the property and most japanese will refuse to rent such a place. Hence why the rents for places like that are real low and they are vacant for long periods.
So understandable that the landlord wants some compensation as his property gone down in value.
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stevecpfc
Zenny1; Life isn
t risk free and most landlords in Japan are on a nice little earner. There are many suicides in Japan but not enough to effect most landlords. There is a total lack of empathy here, we are talking about a grieving family being presude for cash by a business person. Should indeed be made illegal. If the landlord didnt know the risks when deciding to let tough. The deceaseds family is not resonsible and should not harassed for anything.0
Judderman
i agree with stevecpfc this does seem highly insensitive and cold to be chasing compensation from a grieving family..worrying that is said to be excessive also.the landlords behaviour is an example of how business/money is put before people just as work comes before family in everyday life here in japan.
personally i wouldnt care if i stayed in a place where someone had committed suicide although i can appreciate others superstitions and uneasy feelings about doing so.unless a clause has been put into the lease when signed about compensation in event of suicide on said property surely there is no legal come back on some greedy landlord hounding for compo.
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TheRat
Is there no limit to the cruelty of the right-wing?? Honestly. LIke people have control over dying, or those who suffer from a family suicide have control over that? Wow! And honestly, as Judderman says, unless there is a clause in that contract, I see no way this can ever be enforceable. Why limit it death. INJURY! GET those renters who have the audacity to get injured or to lose a limb! How dare they!! Why other renters for the next ten years might think that they too might get injured. Seriously, renting is a business. And you deal with the good ones and the bad ones. I had two homes back in the US that I rented, now I have one, and it is like farming. Get some good renters and some bad ones. The bad ones have been Christians and republicans. They don't believe in paying for anything. Endless debts and excuses. Just saying.
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stevecpfc
I agree with TheRat. The whole thing reminds me of a 80's sci fi movie warning us how bad the 21st century will be. They were right.
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Piglet
Anyway, what is the legal responsibility of the family? I am sure it would be very easy to contest the payment (nothing can legally force them to pay).
Actually, when looking for places to rent, we saw several houses with low rent because the previous tenant died there (old people, no suicide as much as I know). We would have taken the opportunity if we didn't find a better solution.
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