I fully get the issues with landlords in terms of coasting off of other people's labor and in general being parasitic. My question is, the resistance I get when I say that someone shouldn't profit off of another person's need for housing is that they bring up grocery stores/ restaurants profiting off of a person's need for food. And I don't really know how to address or answer that. Just wondering if someone can close the loop for me!
Being a landlord is violent. The basic "good" you provide as a landlord is a place to live which means if somebody doesn't pay you, you have to kick them out. Eviction is violence, you are threatening to physically remove them with force. In some neighborhoods calling the sheriff for an eviction could likely be a death sentence.
The basic premise of being a landlord isn't providing housing, it's denying it. You threaten to make somebody homeless if they don't pay you.
Yes it's a clear violation of the NAP.