A record number of Americans can't afford their rent. Lawmakers are scrambling to help
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A new Harvard University study found that half of U.S. renters are paying nearly a third of their income on rent.
  • jordanlund@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Yeah, and there have also been weird things with cutoff dates. There was one year where the cut off was just before the highest inflation, so landlords increased prices as high as they could to make up for “missing” the inflation bump:

    https://www.opb.org/article/2022/09/13/oregon-maximum-rent-increase-announced/

    I am so lucky I got out when I did. I had been renting a 3 bedroom apartment for $1,800 a month.

    In 2021, I took the cash I banked working from home and bought a 3 bedroom house. Mortgage is $2,000 a month.

    My old apartment is now $2,300 a month.