Every contract starts with the assumption that both parties are inclined to perform as stated. Viewing a contract as "putting a price tag on bad faith" is a very good way to get hit with treble damages in court.
I see. So you're not a real lawyer, you just pretend to be one on HN.
Second, I didn't bring up treble damages, the comment I was replying to did. I was simply drawing a logical conclusion based on the information they provided.
In either case the leases and the vetting process become that much worse for everyone else. Maybe the landlord starts doing random inspections to check for this. Basically everyone else's life gets a little worse. Tragedy of the commons, this is why we can't have nice things, etc etc.