#the rent is too damn high

[odinsblog]

The rent is too damn high!

#politics #housing #affordable housing #living wages #rent #the rent is too damn high #wages vs rents #economics

[continent-of-wild-endeavor]

Scrolling fb marketplace & came across - is that...? Yeah, that is a shed that somebody "finished" & now they're renting it out like it's a real house. Smh.

#converting a shed for yourself to live in is one thing #a fun moneysaving diy thing! #renting it to others for TWELVE HUNDRED AMERICAN DOLLARS?!?? #that is another eviller thing #real estate #the rent is too damn high

[bitchesgetriches]

The Rent Is Too Damn High: The Affordable Housing Crisis, Explained

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#rent #the rent is too damn high #affordable housing #affordable housing crisis #eviction

[ehgood-enough]

My landlord just upped my rent by the most he ever has because of “inflation” wtf inflation doesn’t change the cost of your mortgage.

Water rate hasn’t gone up.

Since I’ve been renting here he’s gone from working a very busy full time job and driving an old little Mazda and living in house down the street to early retirement, moved to one of the richer parts of town in a huge house and driving an Audi. Fucking “inflation” my ass

Mind you I don’t have a functioning sink in my bathroom and haven’t in over a decade. My fridge that he was totally going to replace after I moved in is still sitting in my kitchen with busted shelves and either being too cold or too warm no middle ground. Windows that don’t close all the way that he was totally going to replace ? Yep still not done just like the fridge over a decade later

I could go on and on. He’s literally fixed one thing the entire time I lived here. Replaced a toilet that had been leaking for I think 3-4 years possibly longer. I kept mentioning it but he kept saying oh ok he’ll get to it but didn’t bother until it became a serious issue

But yeah I can’t really afford to move so…..

But what an asshole move to raise the rent at the start of heating season because I can really afford more rent and the outrageous costs for heating that have gone up like mad

And of course I was just finally feeling like life had become somewhat stable for me heading towards better. Every fucking time I feel ok there’s something that ruins it

#fuck landlords #landlords #rent is theft #the rent is too damn high #eat the rich #guess I’m freezing to death this winter #seriously I could barely afford to keep it 60F inside last winter I don’t know what I’m going to do #so depressing #it’s 54F inside right now because I can’t afford the heat this early #whining #i’m so miserable

[avoidantrecovery]

i got into a conversation with a talkative cab driver a couple of days ago and something blew my mind a bit. he talked about how he moved to this city when he was still young, about 20+ years ago and lived in a 2-room apartment that he paid approx. 250€ (incl. heat and electric). i did a double take and had to ask him again, because i knew it'd be cheaper, but not by that much! for the entire 20 yrs he lived in it, his rent was not raised once. he said he felt really bad when he had to move out a couple of yrs ago (he has kids now and it was too small obv.) because he'd have to abandon his cheap contract and move into a bigger but also significantly more expensive apartment. recently he drove someone to his old flat and out of curiosity he asked the passenger how much he was paying for his flat. it was 1200€! from 250€ to 1200€!

us young people in our 20s and 30s and hell even 40s at this point, beat ourselves up for not having enough money and struggling in many ways, but let's not forget, we're living in economic hard-mode. our elders, parents, hell people only 5-15 years older than us were living in completely different circumstances. mr cab driver spent his youth partying and living and paying 250€ a month in rent. the amount of pressure not just to succeed but just cover the basics rises significantly when we are supposed to pay 4.5-fold of what they did, with barely any changes in pay, wages, jobs, etc... the fear of making mistakes and losing the roof over your head, even though making mistakes is human, especially if you are still maturing.

i know this has nothing to do with mental health specifically, but it kinda does... it's all linked. if my rent was 250€ my blood pressure would be much lower for one. it all compounds and makes bad situations even worse!

#daily ramblings #the rent is too damn high #for real #i could save some money and maybe go on a cheap holiday or something

[skidar]

just found out rent control is illegal in Washington state so landlords can raise it any amount at any time provided they give notice.

So uh, whoever introduces the legislation to fix that shit is getting my vote

#The rent is too damn high

[mannyblacque]

Because the rent is too damn high!

#nomads #van life #prius #prius life #rent control #housing crisis #tiny home #the rent is too damn high

[tracyorama]

#landlord #the rent is too damn high

[icarus-suraki]

Just got a stack of fliers advertising some nearby apartments.

You can get a 540 sq ft 1br/1ba for $1425 or a 580 sq ft 1/br/1ba for $1510!

You can get a 965 sq ft 2br/1ba for $1825!

But wait! They're doing a "preferred employer program!" so I could get 1 month of free rent if I apply, qualify, and move in by next Friday (4/12) because I work literally across the street from this place.

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#the rent is too damn high #the rent is still too damn high #i paid $1277 on monday #for my current place

[mypatchworkreflection]

#housing crisis #rent control #the rent is too damn high #us economy #housing is a human right #vice news

[weareagitated]

(via Progressive Leftist Housing Rights Cancel Rent is Too High - Etsy)

#cancel rent #fuck landlords #the rent is too damn high #housing justice #inequality #leftist stickers

[batcoins]

bringing this back real quick

#the rent is too damn high #for my comrades #socialism #Youtube

[bitchesgetriches]

The Rent Is Too Damn High: The Affordable Housing Crisis, Explained

Years ago I was a renter. It was… fine? Every year my rent went up. But I also wasn’t responsible for major plumbing or any complicated shit like that.

Then my husband Bear suggested we really needed to stop renting and buy a place. Which sounded super responsible and adult and I wanted no part of it. We argued. It was very romantic.

Around the same time, there was this politician who ran for mayor of New York City. His name was Jimmy McMillan and he started a brand new political party: The Rent Is Too Damn High Party. His slogan? “The rent is too damn high.” You gotta admire the straightforward simplicity.

And as our rent was raised yet again, I thought… he’s right! The rent is too damn high. And it’s only getting higher.

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#renting #the rent is too damn high #affordable housing #affordable housing crisis

[isaacsapphire]

As long as you don't catch a bullet, it's fine. It's fine. This is fine.

#corb lund #housing #the rent is too damn high #Spotify #original post

[octopotacto]

something rubs me the wrong way about how shitty little apartments are around $1,500-$2,000 in my little college town you if you want to share with only 2 roommates instead of 4, but there are 3-4 different senior-only, 55+ living communities sitting EMPTY with a rent of $700 (with a max cap at $1,000) for a 3bd3br HOUSE. almost like.... the generation that did this in the first place..... are making sure they have a nice place to live that isn't affected by the absolutely astronomical rent they're forcing on us......... even if they aren't actually ready to live there yet

#cost of living #cost of living crisis #rent crisis #the rent is too damn high #and the pay #ohhhh the pay #the pay is TOO DAMN LOW #spooky scary shitpost

[dutchgoldphilosophy]

he tried to warn us

he tried to warn us and we laughed

#the rent is too damn high #capitalism #anti capitalism