• margaritox@lemmy.world
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      I mean, every year my rent increases and my pay doesn’t (not every year). So every year I have less to spend each month.

      The thing that pisses me off is that I’m not Asking to be able to afford a house. I already gave up on that a long time ago. I’m only asking to be able to stay at a place that I’ve been living in for 10 years. And by the way, moving is also super expensive. On top of that, let’s say I did move to a place where the rent is cheaper initially, the rent is gonna be increasing every year there too.

      I’m just trying to live a stable, modest life without having a panic attack every time I see her, no tape to my door (which usually signifies a rent increase notification).

      I really wish something could be done about this.

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        I’m fully with you. I just want to have a roof over my head, have some time for hobbies, and be able to afford cheese at the supermarket. Alas, apparently we’re asking for too much! How very selfish of us.

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          I would also like to add that I earn above a minimum wage. It’s by no means a stellar income, but it’s decent. On top of that, live with my mom, so we split the rent! And somehow I’m here stressing over whether I’ll be able to afford my place of residence a few years from now. This is not okay. I really want there to be some change, but I don’t know what can be done.

      • ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        You want to Luigi the Landlords?

        Well it depends.

        Those who own entire apartment buildings… meh okay sure, whatever dude 🤷‍♂️

        The individual landlords who grew up in third world countries who have like 2 properties to fund their retirement because

        checks news

        the politicians (trump, musk) are actively trying to cut social security? Maybe hold off your trigger.

        If you added up all the bad things “Landlords” have done, its still not as bad as the CEO of the Health Insurance Company who’ve done the least denials, much less than Brian Thompson.

        To re-iterate, the “least evil” health insurance company is still 100x worse than all landlords combined.

        If you want to make a real difference, start from the top.

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          1. This was a silly joke
          2. WhyNotBoth.jpg
          3. Imo providing high density housing is less evil than leaching off people to fund your retirement, building for building.