'Renters Are Struggling': Economists Back Tenant-Led Push for Federal Rent Control
'Renters Are Struggling': Economists Back Tenant-Led Push for Federal Rent Control
"We have seen corporate landlords—who own a larger share of the rental market than ever before—use inflation as an excuse to hike rents and reap excess profits beyond what should be considered fair and reasonable."
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Rent has been high for a LONG time... and yet somehow it keeps going up. I'm very fortunate in my rental situation.. but I do see the other side of the crunch, which is LIFE is fucking expensive. Every last thing we do these days is expensive. When you are getting squeezed in every single direction...
I just got a 24% raise. Went to negotiate it lower and they basically just said "the market is the market"
I'm not getting a 24% better apartment. Their property tax has gone up only 6.9 % and I know based on two employees their labor costs didn't change.
The sad thing is moving to a slightly cheaper, and much worse, apartment will cost me about the same over the course of one year as staying. Because of paying a deposit and pet deposit etc
I just got a big raise and it's all gone to rent now. One step forward one step back for a decade I feel like. Doubling my salary in 5 year means nothing to my quality of life