That's right. This terrible weed that you can probably find all around you right now is an extremely prolific grower. It forms a dense root network underground which makes eradicating it near-impossible without drastic and expensive interventions. Pulling it only signals it to grow more while it strangles all of the other plants in the area. It would be incredibly irresponsible of you to cut a vine into slivers with one leaf each, dig little holes around the property, and plant them. You will cause thousands of dollars of damage to the property which can't be traced back to you and that's wrong.
A landlord would not do this tho, they'd blast the area with roundup and re-sod.
Roundup is pretty bad at controlling it. You'd have to spot treat on a weekly basis and that's expensive. Laying down new sod, while expensive and requiring close attention, wouldn't control it either. Smothering it is the only thing I use professionally unless I'm just pulling it for aesthetics. That method works great and the area can be reseeded with whatever.