rent went up eight percent and the email said "still below market rate" like that's a personality trait. i did the math. it's not affordable. it's just expensive with better branding. i make decent money and i still feel one bad month away from moving back in with my parents. nobody talks about that at the happy hour.
My Landlord Called the Rent "Affordable Housing"
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My Landlord Called the Rent "Affordable Housing"
Rent went up eight percent. The email said still below market rate, as though relative expense were a virtue.
I did the math. It is not affordable. It is expensive with better branding.
I make decent money. I still feel one bad month away from moving back in with my parents. Nobody mentions that at happy hour, where everyone is performing stability because instability is treated like a personal failure instead of a housing market.
Affordable is not a number landlords get to define by pointing at worse numbers nearby. It is whether you can breathe after paying it. Right now I can. Barely. That is not a policy success. That is a private panic held together by salary and luck.
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