The Rent Is Too Damn High
Mar. 12th, 2022 07:09 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rynlingRents Are Roaring Back in New York City
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/07/nyregion/nyc-rent-surge.html
Ms. Fried, 27, knew that a pandemic rebound was driving up housing costs and expected her rent would increase when her lease ended at the end of March. But when she learned what she would have to pay, she was floored.
“When I got home and opened that letter, saw an $800 increase, I had an absolute breakdown because I absolutely cannot afford that,” she said. She is moving out.
Philadelphia is nowhere near as expensive as New York (yet), but this is exactly what happened to me. I paid a reasonable amount of rent for the size, condition, and location of my apartment when I moved to Philadelphia at the beginning of the pandemic, and then the landlord raised the rent by almost $700 on the lease renewal agreement earlier this year.
I honestly never wanted to buy a house, but I can't afford to rent anymore. I understand that a house comes with its own set of expenses, but I don't know what else to do. And it's wild, because I don't have any furniture. I guess that's just more room for plants?
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/07/nyregion/nyc-rent-surge.html
Ms. Fried, 27, knew that a pandemic rebound was driving up housing costs and expected her rent would increase when her lease ended at the end of March. But when she learned what she would have to pay, she was floored.
“When I got home and opened that letter, saw an $800 increase, I had an absolute breakdown because I absolutely cannot afford that,” she said. She is moving out.
Philadelphia is nowhere near as expensive as New York (yet), but this is exactly what happened to me. I paid a reasonable amount of rent for the size, condition, and location of my apartment when I moved to Philadelphia at the beginning of the pandemic, and then the landlord raised the rent by almost $700 on the lease renewal agreement earlier this year.
I honestly never wanted to buy a house, but I can't afford to rent anymore. I understand that a house comes with its own set of expenses, but I don't know what else to do. And it's wild, because I don't have any furniture. I guess that's just more room for plants?
