Could We Win National Rent Control?

A historic wave of tenant organizing is on the verge of winning renter protections that would be attached to federal loans-affecting 1 in 4 apartments. But Greystar, Blackstone, and AvalonBay are spending millions to block it.
They're a part of a coalition of massive landlords, baks, and investors who are pooling resources to block rent control and renter protection policies.
One of the biggest landlord industry lobbying groups is called the National Multifamily Housing Council. That group has spent almost $10 million lobbying against rent control.
Despite this opposition, we're seeing one of the largest upticks in tenant organizing since the 1970s, as renters across the country face worsening housing crisis. Groups like KC Tenants are at the forefront of this movement, fighting to stop unfair rent hikes and corporate slumlords.
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[@monovision566]

We should ban corporations from owning housing property at all.

[@MK_ULTRA420]

This, but the lawmakers also benefit from the same loopholes.

[@Klokinator]

Correction. We should ban private property ownership, period. All government owned. No more 'houses are a commodity.' Houses should be a human right.

[@liamout]

​@@KlokinatorI know you intend for this as a humanitarian effort, but entrusting that much power into a centralized government would be catastrophic. it would simply be too much power for a government, an amount of power and control they would CERTAINLY exploit.

[@BigDaddyWes]

Eh, that's not really a feasible or sensible solution.

[@carbon13]

​@@liamout You have to consider the fact that under the current system, we are already being exploited. The idea that centralization would make it easier for people to exploit doesn't make much sense, as our current system already allows very small groups to extract the value of the rest very efficiently, as long as they control the capital. The only solution we have is organization, regardless of what form this organization comes in -- whether you want to label that "government" or not.

[@dennydude]

Imagine a day were your rent could be 15-25% of your income. Instead of 80-120%

[@mworld2611]

We are regressing to Victorian Era wage conditions

[@user-gz4ve8mw9l]

25% would still be too high for low income individuals but otherwise yes a significant improvement.

[@henrylubinski2728]

Imagine a day when you moved to a location where you afford to rent. Wait, that would involve responsibility.

[@All2Skitzd]

​@@henrylubinski2728 while some companies (mostly California based) that are national will maintain the same pay when you move, others will offer lower wages. If you move and are not able to keep the same job, the job market generally isn't as good and the pay is lower where the cost of living is lower. I live at a RV campground near Dallas for $600 a month and while I could hitch up my travel trailer and move to a place that's $250 a month, there are no jobs in my sector. The blame could be equally placed on millennials (including myself) and gen z because nobody builds starter homes anymore. There have even been news stories about people moving out of their houses into RVs, and in the town I live in, some places are now charging $700-800 a month for basically a parking space with sewer, water, electric, internet, and trashcans.

[@spibow]

@@henrylubinski2728 brother people are fucking dying and you're calling them lazy and irresponsible? I know people who make 6 figures and can't afford housing where their livelihood is... in a cheaper area than they'd have to move to to make the same amount.

[@Brendy733]

I’m a plumber and I work primarily on new construction for apartments. And I’m always amazed to hear what each of the units will cost a month. It’s just ridiculous.

[@mortsdans]

Those high prices keep you building houses though. Rent control would reduce the incentive to build new houses. The prices need to come down but rent control is the worst solution

[@Brendy733]

@@mortsdans That’s a fair point. It’s definitely a complicated issue.

[@jfitzgerald6039]

How many politicians (Democrats or Republicans) do we hear echoing our cry???

[@bizzmoneyb]

Yeah.. i love signs that say "1 Bedrooms Starting at $2,100!" how can a single parent whose a teacher, making $38k possibly afford that?! and thats a 1 BEDROOM!!

[@harpoonhunter1683]

The problem is people, the people that own property an raise the cost of rent at an impractical level, also they routinely vote against lower income unit programs that would provide some "affordable" housing. Asshole property owners and realtors keep prices high.

[@rickyparrilla2426]

I live in NYC and it has gotten absolutely ridiculous. The greed is out of control. Something really needs to be done now.

[@partydean17]

Maybe yall should stop protecting brownstones and have a land value tax rather than property

[@Astrid-jt8cd]

Yes homelessness is so sad that's why they have low income housing

[@kyle381000]

So, are you suggesting that people have a right to live in NYC and that supply and demand should not be allowed to determine rental prices? What, exactly, 'should' be done?

[@MB-xv7er]

Y’all refuse to protest aggressively and depend on politicians to fix the issue. That’s why it’ll never change because yalll refuse to start war

[@TheWizardGamez]

More houses? How about building more houses? Cause historically. Every time housing prices increased people built more homes. What’s changed? The profitability is there? Who’s stopping new houses?

[@keonikainoa3643]

We have to stop using the term lobbying. The real term is BRIBERY

[@thetexassaint6571]

One of the rare, few comments I definitely agree with

[@fernandorevilla3518]

I agree, its literaly legal bribery

[@bryanlongshore6198]

Right...lobbying should be illegal....

[@lukeessman8030]

Sounds like sumthin a BROKE BITCH would say. We love bribery in this house 😊

[@roguedragon9992]

Except for that lobbying can also include other methods as well, like blackmail, or threats of violence against either the politician or their family. Bribery isn't the only method corporations use. They use whatever method would most effective for each politician.

[@Isador911]

The answer to this is simple, do not let corporations own residential property.

[@ohiasdxfcghbljokasdjhnfvaw4ehr]

this

[@micmackman4444]

Who will build and own apartment complexes? That is residential (multi family) property

[@scottmolnar4132]

Corporations don’t as it is a tax inefficient structure to own real estate

[@trunkmonkee1971]

Fannie Mae? Freddie Mac? Get the government out of it.

[@adr2t]

@@scottmolnar4132 They do though - lilly stocks are design to buy land out and build stuff like this.

[@mike-te7qd]

$1.3 billion?!?! Never thought I'd live to see the day where CEOs are making billions a year in salary.

[@michaelmorton6566]

It never should have been allowed

[@Delete59187]

After 500M there is no reason to keep going. no person can spend that much in a lifetime, even if they give a million to each friend & family member I just don't get it.

[@mortsdans]

If billionaires make people poor, then why do the countries with the most billionaires have the highest standard of living?

[@Redactedlllllllllllll]

​@@mortsdansliving standards are relative, and they aren't a sole product of super genius billionaires bud. And if you can't afford rent working somewhere that makes billions, then that's simply ridiculous but you can continue telling us we're all crazy and stupid.

[@mortsdans]

​@@Redactedlllllllllllll Supporting rent control is like saying to splash a lot to scare away sharks lmao you're gonna get us all eaten by a housing shortage. It's literally a well documented economic rule that price controls create shortages.

[@user-uq8vj8fg3o]

The government also needs to stop increasing property taxes every year.

[@godlovesyousomuch5894]

Right

[@robertborglund5783]

The endless profit raises value hence the higher tax so stop lying

[@lindalawon9151]

The government can financially take care of non Americans in any shape, form nor fashion such as that Ukraine that have never never never had and still does not have decent leadership (Whites) The government never helps Black and Brown countries such as Africa, Haiti, and Hawaii. To put Haitians on the airplanes and immediately return them to Haiti, to give the Hawaiians a lousy five hundred dollars each after deliberately being prevented from leaving the fires of Maui, to deliberately show African children on social media eating only rice and beans is absolutely outrageous. The developers give innocent and hard working people of many buildings on one Brooklyn block one year to move so that ridiculous high rentals can be built. Too many American citizens are in shelters because of that. New York must change the laws for border aliens to stop coming to take away everything from employment to housing to safe classroom environments. The government. The time is come for decent leadership.

[@bravewave2084]

The Davos Agenda Great Reset of the World Economic Forum is counting on using the strategy of raising taxes to the point where citizens are squeezed out of property ownership. It's corporate greed that intends to reduce us all to just slobs on the bus trying to make our way home.

[@noodlecompany8123]

​@@robertborglund5783I can tell you don't own s***. There's not a lot of profit in rental properties.

[@myyt3824]

Corporations should be banned from owning single family homes. Everywhere. Period.

[@dianabenavides2913]

Making a law to limit rent prices is also authoritarian

[@cosmicllama6910]

@@dianabenavides2913 what could possibly be more AUTHORITARIAN than supporting this system of buying up housing for the sole intention of becoming a parasite living off of others and making sure they themselves will never get ahead, because they're stuck doing the jobs *you* wouldn't want to do, you know things that actually contribute to society instead of just being a useless middleman scalping a basic need, but you can expect your tenants to do actual jobs, and you want to take the majority of their paychecks too, just because you jockeyed yourself into the position of owning something. Parasite.

[@theonlineanimal6009]

@@DMH51 so you support abusive landlords making it impossible for us working class to live comfortably.

[@TheSerenation]

​@@DMH51Putting a limit on rent prices is 100x worse than banning corps from buying residential property.

[@stevenmorales6011]

@@TheSerenation how is putting a limit worse?

[@DaveGouda]

UNIONS WORK. LET'S TAKE THIS COUNTRY BACK FROM THE BILLIONAIRES 😤😤😤

[@KeiPyn24]

And give that same money in dues back to those Billionaires. Yup. Makes sense.

[@dirtydirtyshisno7284]

@@KeiPyn24That’s not how it works at all lmao, yeah you pay dues but you make way more and have way more protections, and unions aren’t nearly as powerful as the rich business owners

[@LoLo1k2k3k]

@@KeiPyn24 hope you heal from your misery soon.

[@thomascross8339]

Is that why not even 10% of the American workforce is unionized? Because Americans unions have cared so much about anyone but union workers?? Sorry guys, it is going to be a tough sell to the fellow workers that the American Unions who have never done a single solitary thing of substance to try to help organize all American workers are now here to supposedly save them. Kind of like all of the supposed "liberals/left wing" people with money who mainly sat at home and drank wine during Occupy Wall Street.

[@KeiPyn24]

@dirtydirtyshisno7284 follow the money. Your dues money goes to private billionaires and their D political allies.

[@JoeBob189]

Barring corporations from owning/purchasing singe family housing will substantially help the housing market

[@Nacho_Fool]

You are so right!!!! Spread the word!

[@Rene-uz3eb]

Mortgages shouldn't be allowed for investment purposes. It's like buying stocks on unlimited margin. Only for the net increase in housing supply, for developers.

[@drmidnight680-kz2le]

​@@Rene-uz3ebthis is a free market system, if you want business to be regulated you should move to Russia, go kiss Putin @$$.

[@JulieSevelson-nb9nj]

​@@Rene-uz3ebExactly right !! There's so much corruption is the real estate investment industry. Laws that protected homeowners and renters need to be put back in place, like it was before 1980. Deregulation of corporations didn't make them more ethical, it just made corporate executives more wealthy. Neoliberalism caused all this, including the permanent housing shortage.😮

[@josemuzquiz7146]

Too much government is the problem and your solution is even more government!

[@alalouis1]

We all know that the government will say they side with tenants but they will support the money in the end and secretly not change any policies

[@mortsdans]

The government caused the problem through inflation zoning and taxes to begin with they don't care. If you really want rent control they'd be happy to fuck it up even more for you

[@davidgribble263]

Well said. The government could give a bean !!!! They are taking in the cash !!!!

[@MsKenTexiana]

I believe this.

[@balther10]

It’s wild how some people don’t understand that endless profit isn’t sustainable.

[@SilverDreamweaver]

They understand; they just don't care.

[@BleedForTheWorld]

@@SilverDreamweaver they actually don't. It comes with class consciousness and most people are not class conscious.

[@TheSmark666]

It's wild how most people don't understand that it's not about "endless profit" but rather get-rich-quick schemes. This is just a simple scam in which one or more people form a corporation, purchase real estate, increase monthly rents/leases, drive current tenants out, and then eventually sell the real estate at a profit to another corporation which redevelops it into an entirely different type of property.

[@markb6295]

​@@TheSmark666 Name one

[@landlordnation]

It's not about endless profit, 80% of landlords are private people who are being forced to raise rents do to ever increasing property taxes. If you want cheaper rent stop voting to raise property taxes for every government pet project.

[@ExceptionalLibra]

It's horrible! There's absolutely no way for hard working Americans to afford outrageous rent. When they become homeless, they're treated like criminals. They know exactly what they're doing. Politicians are invested in those companies and some own them.

[@prancer1803]

Fiscal and monetary policy are to blame. Inflation is a hidden tax on everyone… and corporations and investors make money off of inflated assets pumped by Washington DC. Just imo

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

Rich gotta rich. Poor gotta serve (and suffer). Masters and slaves, baby. 💪😎✌️ It is what it is. Acceptance is key. If you ain't rich, you ain't sheet! 😂🤣😂

[@arthurwintersight7868]

@@prancer1803 - Then why is almost all of the inflation being reflected by corporate profits? This is greed, facilitated by high levels of market concentration and widespread violations of the anti-trust act.

[@dougsholly9323]

Here's a crazy idea. Stop renting....

[@serraramayfield9230]

@@Novastar.SaberCombatHow about you stop bootlicking.

[@rinowx5]

I’ve met people working full time that are living in shelters. This rent abuse needs to be addressed as soon as possible. Housing is a human right.

[@mortsdans]

Housing is not a right

[@mortsdans]

@@stoneneils you don't have a "right" to someone else's labor. That's slavery. My country has a lot of issues but this isn't one of them. Inflation is the reason housing is not affordable. If you want to talk about human rights let's talk about that because I think inflation is a violation of our rights. It's the biggest reason people are struggling. IDK what country you're in but I bet you are having the same issues

[@galaxyboi22]

Cant address something when givt ifficials are bribed to stand with corps

[@MB-xv7er]

@ mortsdans Getting labor for your business isn’t a right either then. Labor isn’t free so if housing isn’t a right, then companies can have their business fail because labor isn’t something one is entitled to

[@aplan4u328]

I have a friend that is in her late 60's. Last year her community raised her rent by $700. I've seen others raised by $300-$400 just like that, and they were not living in luxury apartments.

[@MsKenTexiana]

Oh my gosh. This is horrible. Lord Jesus, please help us.

[@juliaweber212]

I’ve been there it was horrible we barely survived in that apartment now every apartment I think low income apartments are joke it’s killing us all

[@williamhutton2126]

I had to buy the house I was renting because the owner was selling and it was cheaper than paying rent and moving somewhere else. This insanity has to stop.

[@Isador911]

at least you could buy the place, so many are not able to do that and just get forced into somewhere else with higher rent.

[@williamhutton2126]

@@Isador911 Yeah, I was really fortunate. I know so many who aren't. We need to stick together and make the government understand that housing is a human right.

[@SilverKnightPCs]

The reality is that the mortgage is almost always cheaper compared to renting it requires a much higher bar of entry in terms of finances. I think the biggest problem is people do not get enough education in terms of their finances and then as a result of that they suffer long-term

[@MK_ULTRA420]

@@SilverKnightPCs If you're living somewhere for 5 years or less it's usually better to rent. A mortgage is cheaper but it's still tied to the biggest purchase people will likely ever make in their lives.

[@Purpletip99]

@@SilverKnightPCsNot anymore. The interest rate increases and high home prices have flipped the equation and the fat cats know it. There does need to be national rent control and ban junk fees like admin fee, valet trash service, pest fee, washer/dryer fee . For a $1600 mo 2/1 rental apartment, extra fees was $120 for total rent of $1720 month and renter still had to pay electric and cable. Greed is going to doom this country.

[@LaShanda_divinelyblessed]

People love to say how great this country is. This country is great for rich people not the Working Class

[@youtubesucks1499]

Go live in North Korea.

[@anthonydooley3616]

Everyone is working class. There are no rich people who don't work. This country is the best place to become wealthy, but most are not willing to do what is necessary. Change. Change your friends, stop watching tv, stop playing video games, read non-fiction books on wealth, business, real estate, investing, self-improvement. Do what wealthy people do and you will become one.

[@namename4683]

@@anthonydooley3616 everyone is not working class

[@youtubesucks1499]

@@anthonydooley3616 Exactly. People want to work 35 hours a week and make as much as the person who founded the company.

[@richradtylr4]

​​@@youtubesucks1499With the endless money printing from the Federal reserve, you are going to work endless for somebody else ( a slave) You don't get rich working for somebody else. Its time to go back to sound money / gold & silver. Everyday you being rob of purchasing power with every dollar in your pocket & the money you saved, it buys less & less.

[@janiceharris884]

I am a landlord. There are two sides to every thing. It is not the small mom and pop landlords that are causing this problem, it is this large rental companies that the government has empowered. These companies constantly call and harass small landlords for their properties so they can swallow up a community. We won’t do it because we know what they are about. However Small landlords can’t compete and it is not them with the excessive rent, but also the government’s increasing of property taxes by 30 and 40% annually, the increase in property insurance and mortgages have increased costs alone average about $200 more a month depending on area and could be way more to more, thus forcing the small landlords to increase rent.

[@tw8464]

Well said keep informing folks the large corporations are hijacking local governments and institutions and state legislatures setting everything up in their favor wiping out all the small landlords and other options that used to be available

[@tw8464]

Where are laws reigning in these large corporations most are out of state. Seems cities and states could ban large corporations from buying up "single 'family' homes." There's got to be way to tip housing back into local population favor

[@janiceharris884]

@@tw8464 idk. I brought it up before to my state rep and they indicated at the time there is nothing they can do to stop it but recently I heard that some are trying to make laws preventing it but in allot of cases it is too late.

[@tw8464]

Yeah just seems the state politicians easily manipulate appearances and people's emotions on superficial level but on the actual important matters like housing that is a basic thing the government has to make sure is affordable and available on behalf of the population they sell out their own voters in the state to big out of state corporations it's crazy they get away with this and keep getting voted into office when have no good faith to their most basic duties of government

[@tw8464]

But thanks for bringing attention to it and doing what you can in your power to do appreciate everyone doing so

[@drewperez7924]

It’s not just landlords. Property taxes should be illegal or greatly, greatly reduced as they double the costs.

[@michelewp616]

So how will cops, firefighters, teachers etc be paid?

[@mysticmanization]

They can make homes fireproof thus eliminating the need for firefighters thus less property taxes but as Jacques fresco said bc my dad was a cop or fireman I want to be one. That's how sick our society is or we like to kill people and create jobs that aren't needed.

[@Violentpitsa5501]

Income tax, sales tax, excise taxes, death tax, lottery tax, small business tax, fees, fines.

[@drewperez7924]

@@Violentpitsa5501 Exactly. Thank you. The 489 other taxes we pay.

[@mikey92362]

There's no way you can educate most people. They simply will not hear the truth that about half of their rent is because of property tax and other government costs that landlords have to pay and pass along to the renter. Nope. They'll just keep voting for bigger and bigger government.

[@Verbose-ir7sf]

When a 1 bedroom apartment is $1800, meaning you have to make at least $72,000 to qualify for the 40x rule that most landlords require, you know things are going WELL

[@winning3329]

And they will limit the amount of people who will be living with you

[@DC_Unicorn]

There's a 415 sq ft one-bedroom near me that costs $2800, and that's the cheaper option! Incredible, really.

[@The_Savage_Wombat]

I got me an acre of farm land and put a trailer on it for less than $5,000.

[@callous21]

​@thesavagewombat6867 how long is your commute?

[@tristincrum5336]

The 40x rule isn’t the normal rule across the country, nearly everywhere its 3x rent

[@reverendblind]

My rent went from $687 in 2013 for a two bedroom townhome to $1,216 for the "same" unit today. I put same in air quotes because we used to have proper maintenance, lawn care, garages and community buildings, all of which have disappeared in the same period our rent has nearly doubled.

[@keithwisdom1663]

Actually cheap affordable rent in 2013. 687 was very cheap and 1216 is cheap for that size in 2023. Is the location safe? What's the landlord cost he may have reduce rent to get long term tenant benefits I bet your land is not making no more that 200 a month off your rental payments If he has a mortgage on property Interest alone is expensive on mortgage

[@reverendblind]

@@keithwisdom1663 I'm not going to say you're right or wrong, but your answer ignores the highly variable markets in different localities and local wages. It's ridiculously expensive for my region. My landlord, a multinational corporation based overseas but majority owned by Blackrock Financial, is mentioned in this video by name as the company that paid their CEO $1.3 billion dollars last year. They also recently made my local news when it was revealed that approximately 80 of the 600+ units in my complex were being rented out in spite of being condemned, and my landlords technically lost their license in 2017 to continue operations. This isn't to excuse other landlords, all landlords are immoral by the very nature of ticket scalping the housing market, but it is to say that your comment is entirely devoid of any relevant connection to my OP.

[@kneeco.6029]

@@reverendblindThey’re also completely ignoring the fact that all cost of living, including utilities and groceries have gone up while wages remain stagnant. You get squeezed regardless 🤷🏿‍♀️

[@reverendblind]

@@kneeco.6029 All absolutely true. And even IF my landlord WAS a small landlord only making $200 a month off my back, that's still a problem. If everyone with wealth and privilege buys an extra property and makes $200 a month renting it out, that's $200 extra in the hands of people who don't need it, $200 less in the hands of people who do, and one less home on the market for people to purchase which drives up costs and prevents people with less means from establishing themselves with home equity. Landlords should be 100% illegal, they offer nothing to society and only make matters worse.

[@MsXperienced]

@@kneeco.6029exactly, all of th money goes to the top…..so even with all that profit they made over these years the workers get screwed 😂

[@TeaPea-jq4ib]

I hope this gains momentum country wide in every city and state in the Union. People need to demand change. The greed of these corporatists is insatiable. They will not stop rent gouging unless they are forced to by legislation.

[@mortsdans]

Hopefully not it will make things worse. Something like 80% of economists say it will create a housing shortage

[@BluePatriotWinner]

Federal government must impose regulations on these corporate thieves. Vote progressive!

[@victoriastevens3166]

​@@BluePatriotWinnerSorry to say but the real rental increases are because of the federal government, because landlords got wind of how much the federal government is paying for HUD housing. Section 8 pays exuberant amounts for their housing and regular landlords want a cut of the pie!!!!!😢😢😢😢

[@terriroot7665]

Let's not forget higher property tax property insurance and people need to be accountable for trashing the place

[@glorialegault6696]

Still these companies are taking advantage of the people. That's why especially older retired people who made adverage to way below but not enough for these people to get help from government?? Be wise and state all reasons not just what these people want us to think Besides o am sure it's way under even 10 percent of people who distroy property. Maybe it's more that thrsr companies do not do what they are supposed to do and fix problems. Just being honest. The whole picture!!!

[@ageestackz1949]

Homes should be owned by families not greedy corporations.

[@user-gz8bq7wr7i]

Corporate greed is one but not the primary cause of high rents. Home prices doubled because the Federal Reserve Corporation and their partners in crime the US Government doubled the amount of dollars in circulation. If you remember everything doubled in price during that last 4 years because of this hidden tax. Where do you think all that stimulus money came from? The investors rule of thumb is that investors have to get 1% of the purchase price in rent every month so causing the dollar to drop in value by half means that it now take twice as many dollars to by the same home. A $100,000 home was $1,000/month now it takes $200,000 to buy that home so rent needs to be $2,000 to be profitable.

[@steveramirez7395]

Get a job build credit an stop crying

[@stus2159]

@@user-gz8bq7wr7i stimulus did not double our purchasing power though. Sounds like a weak excuse for greed.

[@BlackWolf207]

@@stus2159he didn’t say it doubled your purchasing power. He said it doubles the amount of money needed to buy stuff, which means purchasing power is HALVED. So I don’t get what the point of your comment is.

[@stus2159]

@@BlackWolf207 just because more money is in circulation doesn't give everyone the right to double their prices. That was their decision not some naturally organic happening.

[@joshuamusicant]

End HOA corruption, negligence, and non-accountability, too.

[@yungahungatv8049]

Hoa,Insurance and Taxes have doubled

[@OLDMANTEA]

HOAs are typically composed of, elected by and run by the interests of the residents collectively.

[@DrinkingRegrets]

Wow, finally we're starting to talk about rent control. Been trying to afford a 1 bedroom for 5 years now. Succeeded in getting my CDL and still I can't afford a 1 bedroom working 70 hrs a week. Now that ive become a trucker it baffles me that with all the vast amounts open space (like oceans of untouched land) we are not building outside of condensed and overcrowded cities. It feels like whatever groups that are pulling the strings want to pack us in areas so that we spend our money with local businesses to squeeze as much profit out of us in that area as possible to line the pockets of corporations who have invested interests in that area.

[@JulieSevelson-nb9nj]

Not only that, but there's plenty of closed business buildings, and lots right inside each city,that can be turned into affordable housing. There's something wrong when even cops can't afford to own a home in the city they patrol. We have a permanent housing shortage in America. And THAT is what must be corrected, to bring all rents everywhere down,for good. Supply vs demand. Unfortunately, corporations oppose having lots of housing stock,as so their rotten political allies ! People must demand that housing be built nationwide. It was done once, in WW2, for all the men returning from the war. Housing went up,all over the place. There was the G.I.Bill, and free community college. Neoliberalism ended all that, virtually everything good about the middle class lifestyle. We need to bring back that lifestyle,and make it possible once again, for everyone to achieve that life !

[@cindycliburn716]

Come to Tennessee. Not Nashville, come to the suburbs or out in the country . That's why so many have relocated here from blue states ...

[@Redactedlllllllllllll]

​@@cindycliburn716you really believe rent is only high in blue states,? W/e that means in this rigged political system. I grew up in Georgia and live in South carolina, and it's expensive here too.

[@ElinWinblad]

Drive for Walmart their dc drivers start at 100k you’ll be home every night for most of those routes depending on where you live. 😊

[@DrinkingRegrets]

@@ElinWinblad they req. 1 year driving experience. I plan on looking in on Walmart at that time ty.

[@aspensareprettyneat4002]

It’s really weird how similar my last apartment complex was. Trash piled up and overflowed the dumpsters every other week. The gate was going to be fixed this week, every week that I lived there until it was turned on for a single day, turned off, and then we never heard about it again. Oh yea, the rent increased by $300 when we left. We were paying $1,600 the year we were there and we found it listed a month after we left for $1,900. Absolutely ridiculous and not sustainable.

[@jess_o]

Landlords are the biggest leeches in society

[@sugarshaker9162]

Why don't you buy your own house then so you have somewhere to live and do your own repairs and mow your own lawn and clean your own damn house and stop spending $10 on a Starbucks

[@henrylubinski2728]

No, that title belongs to public school teachers and their corrupt union.

[@patrickp8315]

Wrong. Politicians are the worst leeches in world.

[@zhaw4821]

Buy your own house

[@jess_o]

@@zhaw4821 Get a real job

[@StarkRavenMad88]

My landlord raised the rent $300 every 2 months. I had to move out of my county because everywhere had 1 bedrooms for $1800. I have 2 kids and was sleeping on the couch so my kids could have rooms. Its insane out there for rent. A few people making mad money on the backs of renters and forcing TONS of people to be homeless. Its violent AF.

[@moremiaj4786]

regular people need to wake up and become violent as well. ala french revolution.

[@deowahju]

Is your lease month to month? If you’re on one year lease the landlord shouldn’t be able to increase the rent until the end of the lease

[@zhaw4821]

The landlord wanted you out

[@Tribuneoftheplebs]

What dystopian country are you from where they are allowed to raise rent bimonthly? Romania or Africa?

[@dionysusnow]

And what hope for a future do your children have.

[@amykrumbholz6446]

Rent is really getting ridiculous. American people are paying way too much for rent. We’re all going to wind up living with strangers in order to keep a roof over our heads. Either that we’re going to all wind up living in our cars or out on the streets. Part of the problem is that there is now a clause in rental applications that states that you must make 4x your rent in order to qualify for an apartment. This needs to stop. ❤️🖤❤️

[@phileegabor9196]

I'm a landlord I feel for these people. However, I do business in a states that continue to raise taxes on the properties that we own. The last tax increase was over a 25 percent. We have to pass that cost onto the renters. You can't have rental protections without local governments cooperation to stop the crazy high taxation of the properties. The problem goes hand in hand.

[@Chris-ti3gq]

This needs to happen. Rent always goes up but the wages don’t.

[@dcg590]

You Bette r hope it doesn’t. If it does, there will way less rentals. Why would a business owner choose to be told how much money they’re allowed to make? If it does happen, property will be largely owned by govt or large corporations, who you think are the enemy, and you will be completely controlled. All your screaming will do nothing. This is their plan, eliminate the small business owners and no one owns anything

[@bigredog100]

​@dcg590 do you have a solution for increasing rental rates every year? Side note I'm not in favor of national rent control, but there must be other ways to tackle this.

[@Chris-ti3gq]

@@dcg590 something needs to happen rent is outrageous. The landlords and employers have killed the middle class. This needs to be done. Also landlords lie about how many units they have available. This would decrease homelessness. No one should be homeless in the richest nation that ever existed

[@westernnyliving2515]

@@bigredog100 ban corporations from owning all the houses. If they were forced to sell, the market would be flooded, home prices will drop, assessments will drop and rent will follow. housing costs and rentals go hand in hand.

[@thecrazycapmaster]

@@dcg590well then maybe apartments need to be taken out of the hands of capitalism entirely. Having a roof over your head needs to be a human right, and if houses are going to stay expensive then the alternative needs to be accessible to anyone.

[@Wizardboz]

When I moved into my apartment 4-5 years ago my rent was $750… same exact place and now its $1150. Worst part is people tell me how great of a deal I’m getting

[@Bloom2Grow]

Yes!! I think people are so used to high rents, especially living near major cities they believe that type of rent is normal. $1800 for a 2 bedroom in Los Angeles where the building is 60 years old and no amenities is NOT a “great deal”. 😢

[@TreyDobe]

My rent for a 1 bedroom is a little over $1250, other places near me it's around $1500 or so for a 1 bedroom.

[@user-do2ev2hr7h]

@@Bloom2Grow When the realistic alternatives are 2-3x that amount it objectively is. "Good deal" is at least somewhat relative to the prevailing market.

[@Bloom2Grow]

@@user-do2ev2hr7h that is NOT a good deal. It’s absurd that people think this way. Maybe because we’ve been trained to? Rent should not be that high for a 2 bedroom apartment….not condo, townhome or house I’m talking about apartments.

[@user-do2ev2hr7h]

@@Bloom2Grow I see what you're saying, but my point is that if there's no better deal available, then at the very least, it becomes a good deal in relative terms, which is what most people mean when they say things like that. That doesn't mean they don't wish it was even lower

[@thegazetteyt]

What blows me away about lobbying, is how little money it takes to pay off politicians, versus the billions these businesses and industries get in returns from purchased legislation.

[@pwp8737]

there's a reason they're called the second oldest profession.

[@JulieSevelson-nb9nj]

And cities like Los Angeles are given billions of dollars, to " end homelessness" by ( pretending) to build affordable housing. You'd be amazed at the money thrown at this horror, which has been stolen and diverted by corrupt politicians !! They need to be exposed and audited . They work hand- and- glove with shelters, agencies, and the police to keep homeless people permanently homeless, until they die. Now it's over 2,000 people a year,who are found dead, from living outside. Normal countries don't have large populations of homeless citizens !! You can help to reverse this crisis, by lobbying for affordable housing, in your local City Council meetings. Demand that they allow affordable housing to be built, and every city has unused land and buildings that could be turned into housing. Something else to consider, is the conversion of apartments into condos and townhomes. So many apartments have been lost this way. And there's lots of other,evil loopholes like Costa- Hawkins Act, which caused more housing supply to dry up, as corporations , developers became super- rich.

[@kubhlaikhan2015]

It's supply and demand - when your taking bribes several times a day you can afford to be cheap.

[@RonaldBrowen3]

Honestly, a big thing would be blocking companies (especially foreign ones) from buying up residential property and driving up cost in mass. Also, lowering all the crazy red tape (permits zoning etc) thereby lowering cost and complexity of BUILDING a home. Recently, there have even been lots of scams involving lots of land, unlawful sales.... so much needs work. This "rent control" is a band-aid fix to a MUCH larger overall problem. Making more housing available and stopping hostile buyouts and price fixing would help solve a lot of this

[@theirishman8356]

Greed is the only reason.

[@GodOfPieWorld]

That's awfully simplistic. I could name many other reasons.

[@3_pancakes767]

@@GodOfPieWorld Every other reason you mention will simply be a reason that allows the greed to take place.

[@user-xg6yc8ho3w]

Well with the Fed increasing the interest rates all the time, it makes the mortgages higher per month for the landlord. Unless they already have the property paid off. If not, the landlords monthly costs go up higher because of the dang Federal Reserve raising interest rates. So the landlord raises the rent.

[@jacobnapkins1155]

​@@user-xg6yc8ho3wyou are wrong the cpi report shows housing and rent dramatically outpaced increase interest rates and tax increases the only answer is greed.

[@BrianGivensYtube]

If greed was the only reason, they would raise rents by 50% per year. A big part of it is wages not growing. Another big part of it is supply. In the 1950’s, 2 working people could buy a house in cash or finance it for 10% of their income. Now 30-40% to cover housing is normal for everyone. There’s so much more at work you have no idea.

[@minecrashinhard]

I've learned how lucky i was to have a landlord... Like an old fashioned landlord that lived in the complex. Opposed to a corperation.

[@jmcnally647]

Problem is when the old individuals sell it is often corporate entities buying the property as they can outbid any individual buyer for a home, apartment complex, mobile home park, etc.

[@minecrashinhard]

@@jmcnally647 corporations always eat small businesses. Last year a family dinner closed and became a freaking burger king. The government sometimes subsidizes small businesses but no one likes landlords so only the copros survive now

[@patrickp8315]

Agree. Sadly they're disappearing because individual old fashion landlords don't have a deep pocket to compete with big corporate landlords.

[@rachelels]

@@jmcnally647this is apparently what happened to the building I’m at. The owner who was the old landlord Iives on the same block as the building. However i was told by other neighbors that due to his older age he let a management company take over with repairs handling rent finding tenants etc. when that happened that’s when rent began increasing every year n now it takes longer for maintenance

[@Barb5001]

The problem with any sort of rent control is that all rent will then be the maximum amount allowed by that law. Landlords will hide behind that law slaying that they are abiding by it

[@CameronKiesser]

Should be profit margin cap, IMO. Nothing more than 10% of the cost to house you. Minimum wage should also be glued to inflation. 7 dollars in the 2000s is 13 dollars today.

[@Barb5001]

@@CameronKiesser Of course,, then the cost would be padded.

[@CameronKiesser]

@@Barb5001 Transparency and audits. This would limit padding

[@hopefulskeptic42]

My next birthday will be 70. I am disabled and SSA is my only income. I was evicted so the landlord could raise the rent beyond my ability to pay. For 2 years I have had to hop from one motel to another. Now the same thing is happening to my 43 year old, 'employed' daughter and grand daughter. What people need to realize is that...if you rent...YOU ARE NOT SAFE!

[@tibedog5629]

One of the easiest and best solutions is to ban all corporations from owning houses. The only person can own a house is a normal every day person.

[@Cherrys4Me8P]

So then everyone will have to buy? Who will people rent from, if they don't want to own a home? Plenty of people rent because they want the flexibility of being able to move when they want. Or that they don't want to spend the money for the down payment, taxes, insurance, and maintenance.

[@meepmeep8152]

You could just rent from an individual renter? Their are normal everyday people who own more then 1 property to rent out. Not everyone is in big business.

[@Cherrys4Me8P]

@@meepmeep8152 so... I'm an individual who owns rentals individually but I also do syndications, which is when a group of people form an company and buy an apartment. Whether someone is a small operation or a large corporation, rent still gets increased, because of taxes, insurance, and maintenance. Even with my own personal residence where I have a mortgage, my payment increases for the same reason. People vilified landlords, but plenty landlords genuinely care about their residents and are just doing the best they can.

[@landlordnation]

Who will own the apartment buildings, most people don't have that kind of money?

[@eliot5220]

That’s not a solution. Why don’t people take responsibility for their own housing. Why are people so infatuated with renting. I understand that some folks don’t have a choice, but most people that do have a choice decide to rent as opposed to buying a small house that they can afford. In many ways it’s entitled behavior to want a nice place to live but have someone else provide it for you at a cheap price. I know people that can afford to buy a house but they keep renting luxury apartments and complain. Buy what you can afford and be responsible for your own housing. The reason companies keep buying properties is because renters won’t buy houses. So the renters are creating the market. Who’s going to build the buildings for people if everybody wants to be a renter. In a thriving society everybody can’t be a recipient somebody has to produce. So if you’re unwilling to buy a house and fix it up for your family how can you complain about someone else doing it and renting it to you?

[@8BLOO8]

Not mention even if you can afford the rent you sometimes have to pay 1st, and last months rent, a security deposit equal to one month of rent, and a brokers fee equal to one months rent. I’m moving into a studio for 1550 a month and it costs me over 6,000 just to sign the lease. Oh and don’t forget about the application fee!

[@Feridire]

Cost money to stay and cost money to move. Thats why I hate when people just say well why dont you move. I should not have to take out a loan just to move to a cheaper place to rent.

[@Dysiode]

a brokers fee? did you have to use a... rental agent or something?

[@BeckyUrie]

​@@Dysiodesometimes you don't have an option in that. I wanted to switch apartments in my building and they told me I would have to pay a brokers fee. I said for what?! I live here. I found the apartment myself.

[@winning3329]

Don't forget rental insurance

[@moremiaj4786]

basically like a mortage downpayment.

[@TokiWithCheese]

KC Tenants is such an incredible org and everyone shouldn't hesitate to learn whatever they can from them

[@alexanderboulton2123]

If the argument is "only supply will solve the demand crisis," COUNTER IT!!! I agree with the principle, but PROVE that this will actually solve the primary problem!

[@Mister_Awesome]

What pisses me off about rent is that majority of my checks go towards a place I barely stay at.

[@Marc-gj9vx]

Supply and demand. If a town has 2000 people and 1500 homes, that means 500 people don't have a home and people will fight for it. The price is just an indication that "its time to share space". It doesn't matter how much of your paycheck you pay because at it's core we don't have enough homes for everyone. Price control would raise market price for new renters because it would tell long term renters that they don't need to share. If you want cheaper housing we need to either build more (need more people working in trades and less regulations like zoning) OR we need reduce immigration to lower demand.

[@hermanrogers1325]

Yep that’s right I work two jobs and I am only at my apartment 5 or 6 hours a day

[@lightemprgggg]

@@Marc-gj9vxwe DO NOT need to build more! There are plenty of flats and houses that are built, it’s just: 1) They are staying empty as an investment by the rich 2) They are too expensive so you cannot afford it That’s the issue!

[@dracojensei1141]

Just buy a house

[@Marc-gj9vx]

@@lightemprgggg that's just not true. Check the vacancy rate in each city. Its a good measure to know if there is a shortage of units. We should have a vacancy rate of around 5% to have healthy rental supply. In Vancouver/Toronto its more close to 1% which means severe shortage

[@davidpachecogarcia]

Restrict these damn property corporations! They don’t care about the local economy or community. They most of the times only live to serve shareholders who have no ties to the property itself outside of profit.

[@mauriciotorres2533]

I agree. Rent control is a bandaid on a stab wound

[@thomascross8339]

I live in Davenport IA where a building owner LITERALLY JUST KNOWINGLY KILLED TENANTS and do you want to bet some money that man will never spend a single day in jail??

[@MrMarinus18]

One rent control in Germany that I find pretty clever is that they enacted rent control on all buildings. However any building build after the regulation, if it did meet building standards would be exempt for 10 years. This caused a massive boon in the construction of affordable housing since most landlords sold off their rental properties, often to the renters who already lived there and started to build new rental properties. Germany also strengthened their building codes to make sure those new buildings were durable and environmentally friendly. Even the new buildings that weren't subject to rent control were still much lower than the previous rents because so many alternatives existed.

[@karlabritfeld7104]

Of course! That's how a for profit system works.

[@karlabritfeld7104]

​@@MrMarinus18Europeans know how to do it right. Americans refuse to look at the European methods. America landlords want insane profits.

[@diane1390]

I was evicted by a private equity firm, I had paid my rent on time for over 13 years and kept the rules. I'm on SSA, am 70 years old and disabled. This is so unfair.

[@merry8092]

my new landlord harassed me, raised my rent three times in one year, bought the house and kicked out me and my children but the men in the other apartments were allowed to stay. No one would rent to me because I’m in my 50s with children even tho I owe no money and have no record. I was forced to live in the woods while my teenage children couch surfed with friends. That landlord is from Iraq and is full of hate. The future of this country is terrifying.

[@user-vu2el9wz5y]

If a corporate landlord gets federal money to finance properties why are they not held accountable for practices like that?

[@judylandry302]

Ask Trump

[@karlabritfeld7104]

All the lawyers and lobbyists that got them those sweet deals.

[@someusername4129]

You know why... It's a capitalist scam

[@mikacarter3648]

Ask the Democrats as well!

[@safffff1000]

gxtxvxfxlxyxexrxsx.xcxoxmx , eliminate the x's and see who is responsible

[@GenerationX1984]

The problem is, housing prices are high too for potential first time home buyers who are sick of paying rent. But rent is also too high for people to afford. Where are people supposed to live? This is why small homes and living in an RV are trending.

[@TheRJRabbit23]

You will own nothing and be happy

[@All2Skitzd]

I have lived in a travel trailer for the last 3 years near Dallas. My rent is $600 a month but one of my neighbors said some of the places he looked at in the area are now $700-800 a month, that's not including electric and most of the parks are full. California and Florida are easily over $1000 a month. People that travel often aren't too fond of people who live in the parks because they have trouble finding spots

[@darkwing3713]

@@TheRJRabbit23 You will own nothing and be homeless

[@OrganizationXIII]

You can live on the side walk or sleep on park benches if you like… or how about under the bridge I heard it’s nice there at night 🌙

[@thejenimal775]

RV costs have risen by 35% because of the supply/demand. Most RV parks do not allow RV’s older than 10 years, and are also starting to make rules about long term parking. i know where I live, an RV spot is $1300/mo

[@anthonyamaya9644]

i'm currently paying $2,400 for a 1 bedroom apartment with the STRICTEST rules ever.

[@JenniferJones-bo1rx]

$2400 for a one bedroom is INSANITY

[@anthonyamaya9644]

@@JenniferJones-bo1rx yes, yes it is.

[@ksleep5715]

I work a well paying job at 30 years old and am forced to live with 2 other grown men in a tiny house in an overcrowded neighborhood because it is impossible to do anything otherwise. It is embarrassing and disheartening. Buying isn’t even close to being an option, let alone living in a situation where I can date and begin a family comfortably. 30 year old man helplessly relying on other men to make rent on a small single family home.

[@iceonthesun8880]

Yep. Birthrates aint going up in this current shit economy

[@Reezy884]

I love it when hard working citizens get together to fight a devastating issue! “WE ARE STRONGER TOGETHER”

[@ChatBloom]

The property tax, The property tax are too damm high!!!

[@lenaely6146]

🙄🥴 y'all banded together and created America, the democrat party and the public schools system 😂😅....💅🏾😑

[@Omnihilo]

@@lenaely6146 I love that we live in a world where schizo’s like you get to deliberately act as obstacles that destroy the lives of countless people trying their hardest to survive and help themselves and others. Love that. Love that for us.

[@toriyt2714]

Every time I see it I tear and I don’t ever cry and am not that sentimental. But it triggers me 😢

[@prihaps]

@@ChatBloom shut up thats not the problem. Stay in your lane bc housing talk is not it!

[@houseofflyingwonton3870]

The true issue is that lobbying should be illegal, politicians need a salary cap, and all of their financial holdings are public property. They are public servants, servants should not be wealthier than their masters.

[@jayno3029]

Lobbying is unconstitutional and was never legal in the first place. If this doesn't stop a rebellion will be necessary.

[@jacobw3652]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't "lobbying" just a fancy word for bribery? I fail to see the distinction.

[@thatpoeticthug]

​@@jacobw3652your not wrong. That's exactly what it is.

[@glennmurdock4490]

Masters? You were doing great till you went there. A “Masters” mentality doesn’t help anyone. Unless you’re talking about “Master-ing” something. 🤷‍♂️✌️

[@AlanakaBlackCat]

I think what they meant is its the govornments job to serve the people not the other way around.@@glennmurdock4490

[@livetanbouveritea2021]

It's totally out of control. My rent increases every single year. $50 every year, and when something needs to be fixed, I call management. They ask me to leave if I feel unhappy.

[@dawnmorris466]

Evil greed is. What it is ridiculous how much rent is in these bigger cities

[@biglennyslastsight8759]

It’s hard being the bread winner for my landlords family

[@zhaw4821]

Buy your own house

[@arcata3175]

What a stupid comment!

[@AzElenee]

Buy your own place and see how fun it is to have to pay all the bills.

[@zhaw4821]

@@AzElenee ALL the bills !!!!!

[@wroger6746]

@@AzElenee That’s why you make a renter pay your bills for you. Duh

[@justinfowler2857]

The likelihood that congress will do anything that doesn't benefit them personally is slim to none, and slim jist left town.

[@karlabritfeld7104]

Yes

[@winning3329]

Most of them are landlord's also with multiple properties

[@bizzmoneyb]

why do Corporations PROFIT from EVERYTHING in our LIVES in this country?! Healthcare, housing. Ok, you own apartments and want to make profit, but how much is ENOUGH?! a guy that made $1.3 BILLION should NOT BE a landlord!!

[@WayneBraack]

Top guy at Blackrock was given a $104,000,000 bonus for the "good work" of buying up properties and pricing them out of the common workers reach.

[@quatreraberbawinner2628]

My place listed "housing demand" as a reason to raise my rent when i renew my lease, so you're doing it because you want more money, gotcha

[@davidpachecogarcia]

I’m glad to see that using these more “favorable” terms doesn’t trick people.

[@mrbanana6464]

The idea of raising rent for an existing tenant to "keep up with the market" is so ridiculous. As if the market has any bearing on a property that you already own.

[@winning3329]

​@@mrbanana6464it's pure greed

[@user-do2ev2hr7h]

More to the point, they were doing it because they could get more money, if not from you then from someone else.

[@3namechangezalowdevry90day7]

@@mrbanana6464 Property owners pay PROPERTY TAXES every year on the buildings they own, (as well as income tax on the rent they charge). So the landlord is "renting from the state" and passing the extra expenses on to you.

[@FirstLast-vr7es]

Raising rent for poor people year over year all while pulling down $1.2 BILLION per year for himself... I hope he understands that when the revolution comes, he's going to be one of the ones going to the guillotine.

[@lefthanded5473]

There will be no revolution. Americans are too lazy,afraid, complacent, and oblivious to do anything.

[@moremiaj4786]

you missed it... 1.3 billion. not 1.2.

[@debra1363]

Who is the "he" you are talking about?

[@baileymadison9019]

@@debra1363blackstone ceo

[@beastmodejelly8654]

I was paying $650 a month in Newark NJ, (too low apparently) the building got sold at the end of 2020, and the very first thing the new owner did was rise my rent to $700; criminals started to show up by my house and job, jumped me, Rob me $1100; in January 2021 I applied for Amazon and started working; yes criminals started showing up at Amazon,the new landlord started sending people to sabotage the food I eat, and the work I was doing at Amazon trying to get me fired; later I got food poisoning and had to leave Amazon, I got 3 other jobs with the same situation, then the landlord didn't want me to pay the rent, I had nearly $3000 in the bank and earning between $600-$1000 a week, but he just wanted me out of the apartment so that he can remodel it and rent it for like $1500 to someone else.

[@mesoanto1031]

😂 I live in the hood and I never got rob. Most cases it's the people who you know are the one to fleece you. Get out of Newark

[@beastmodejelly8654]

@@mesoanto1031 I know no random weirdo would rob me exactly the day I'm carrying $1,150 cash and $300+ of freshly delivered Tommy Hill finger clothes, my ex boss was their eyes and ears

[@tytolidel]

The obvious greed aside, can we talk about how unsustainable it is to have such a large portion of the population on the brink of homelessness because shelter is too expensive?

[@johnlast6066]

We don't have a large portion of the population o. THe brink of homelessness.

[@hackfeatherstep9955]

@@johnlast6066yes, we do.

[@dwarvindoor3134]

I’m so glad you get to still live with your parents, I wonder when you’ll move ou- oh wait

[@GeneralZap]

You mean mass invasion/immigration has consequences for the lower class and benefits for the billionaires? YOU DONT SAY

[@sladeTek]

@@GeneralZapYour country is built on mass immigration, exiled Europeans literally fled their countries to America and committed genocide to Native Americans in the process. You don’t get to complain about mass immigration.

[@davidbryden7904]

I personally know a few ppl here in California who work full-time and are forced to live in their vehicles because rent is SOOOO EXPENSIVE!! Unfortunately these ppl aren't usually even counted as part of our swelling homeless population. 😢

[@thomascross8339]

Interesting how you omitted that part where Democrats are overwhelmingly in control of those cities and states and yet day, after day, after day, the left pretends to actually care about any American with less than a million dollar net worth. It can't be because you want to keep pretending West Coast 1% Democrats aren't literally trying to force HOMELESS PEOPLE of their streets!! it's almost like most Americans put money before their stupid political ideology for a reason!!!

[@CW-xf1li]

I've seen this myself as well. People coming from a car they obviously live in, and heading into thier jobsite. It's insane.

[@mikemetague7973]

Lose my home, my plan is living IN MY VEHICLE at stealth locations, defecating in trashbags, and dumping the excrement on investor-apartment sidewalks. We all should!

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

If you ain't rich, you ain't sheet. 💪😎✌️ That's existence. Acceptance is key. Most humans are engineered to be slaves for the entire duration of their existence on the planet. Once you understand what you are, you either accept it... or quit. ☠️

[@thelostcosmonaut5555]

​@@Novastar.SaberCombatfuck that, I'd rather die out in the woods trying to survive like my ancestors than be a slave. Fuck serfdom.

[@ParahSalin]

I was a renter for years. $2200 a month for a noisy 2 bedroom. Ridiculous! My mortgage is now $500 less than my rent

[@davisholman8149]

They are 100% right - our government has no business helping rich property groups make more money using our tax dollars. Needs to be a huge change in what the landlords can do when raising rents.

[@kpackard1]

I'm a landlord of a duplex, and a couple of three families and I agree with these people that something needs to be done about these high rents. I keep my rents at a reasonable rate and my tenants never move and they are happy there. When they call for anything, I fix it immediately. I treat my tenants with respect and I get that back. These big corporations don't seem to give a shit about people. If you're smart, you'll rent from a private landlord not these big corporations!

[@hjtres7261]

Thank you for being a reasonable landlord. I don't think you'll regret it in the long run.

[@marcuslloyd8218]

exactly i will only rent from private landlords which is what we are doing now. would never rent from a company.

[@CookieCurls]

Private landlords can be so much worse sometimes, but some can also be good. The problem is you never know.

[@karmensandiego1762]

God Bless you!

[@laurenceknight9350]

You're right they don't, and where I live, some of these corporations aren't even American and that makes dealing with them even worse.

[@Jinchuricki27]

When corporations control how much money you make and control how much your rent is and how much you pay for food and services you end up with the inequality we are facing today. It's going to take more than going to court because the corporations influence the laws as well.

[@demarcusds95]

It’s levels to this for sure. It’s a rigged game.

[@tonychesssnutsss1404]

Keasha followed white feminist women before they followed the black man at the bondage. There are so many homeless black men who never had a lease who have to live under the thumb of Keasha. Your lease is based off of Keasha‘s feelings. There are no black men in this protest. It’s just feminist.

[@chrissycupcakes2448]

​@tonychesssnutsss1404 who tf is keasha?

[@Jinchuricki27]

@@chrissycupcakes2448 I was wondering the same thing 🤣🤣🤣

[@tonychesssnutsss1404]

@@Jinchuricki27 all these black American women are single moms never married with multiple kids by different men from different nationalities mostly Latino and black men. Keasha’s don’t take accountability for their bad decisions in life always playing the victim. Never creating generational wealth for their kids and expecting their children to be their retirement plan. Creating ghettos wherever there is a large amount of keasha’s. Keasha’s don’t like to pay bills, even though their rent is subsidize to their income. Keasha celebrate baby showers like it’s a wedding because they know they are not suitable for marriage. Keasha thinks in the moment no forward planning always having a get rich quick scheme that never works out. Keasha’s are bad with finances. Keasha’s don’t trust jealous of each other. This is why we will never see too many black America females owning a business together. keasha’s only come together to protest that benefit them. Black Lives Matter organizer is a crook who benefited. Keasha’s raise their sons to let their emotions control their actions. Keasha smoke crack, cigarettes and alcohol while pregnant. I witnessed it. Keasha’s are very delusional about life. Keasha’s are very stubborn never emitting fault. Keasha’s are obsessed with social status and addicted to social media.

[@ReluctantLion]

Boss: "Hmm, we'll consider your application." Landlord: "Hmm, we'll consider your affordability protest."

[@icecreamassassin3006]

Along with rate controls, they also need a ban on real estate companies, banks and equity firms buying single family homes to rent them out, also jacking up the prices and rent rates.

[@josiahklein70]

Truth, man. Sustainable housing needs to be allowed. Different people have different needs. We shouldn't need to move so drastically around just to find what we need, let alone pay so much just to not own it.

[@davidpachecogarcia]

The United States lacks housing choices. Also the definition of “luxury” apartments is basically adequate living living space.

[@Romogi]

Economics 101 would support your belief.

[@fynaglin9075]

The "lack of supply" is absolute bullshit. I cannot speak for how renting goes in urban centers, but smaller towns it is a ZONING ISSUE. Across the nation many towns and cities have zoning ordinances which are specifically designed to deter the new building of apartment complexes and anything BUT single-family houses. Part of it are NIMBYs vigilant on local politics and ready to go to town hall meetings to prevent anything remotely looking like affordable housing in their towns. Even when people secure funding and want to build apartment complexes, it becomes a costly time-consuming slog to try and ensure they have proper zoning for it. And real estate developers aren't building new residential stuff, they haven't for years. During my 10-mile commute to and from work for 10 years I have seen four or five commercial developments go up, and the two developments I saw which LOOKED like apartment complexes turned into senior housing. Even in my own town I see a lot of "for sale" signs for houses for years, but the values are so high they aren't even remotely affordable to the average worker.

[@vespuccini]

@@fynaglin9075how do you reconcile the fact that bad zoning leads to an inefficient growth of supply as well.

[@EchoJ]

Correction: Sustainable housing needs to be _the law._ Agree with everything else you said 100%👍🏾

[@maxsteel32]

There needs to be hard limits on how many rental properties that a parent company can own or an increasing tax scale per property to crush national landlords. Ine entity shouldn't be owning thousands of homes.

[@AlitaGunm99]

This.

[@ohiasdxfcghbljokasdjhnfvaw4ehr]

how about fucking 0? there should be no such thing as rental companies. houses should be owned by humans.

[@keithwisdom1663]

​@@ohiasdxfcghbljokasdjhnfvaw4ehryou got wealthy humans who can buy thousands of houses. Government should of addressed this from jump

[@AnonymousAnarchist2]

Do you know who lives on the landlords land? Serfs. Serfdom is a form of slavery. No land lords, none, zilch, zero, zip. None should be allowed. Property cannont be allowed to be owned "in capital and title only" It simply cannot be permissible. Each victory is a cause of celebration and a reason to push harder.

[@1hinita]

Yes! but I feel that they will always find a loophole or make laws that allows them to get whatever tf they want. It's maddening

[@shirleystevens5466]

I agree with the Federal RENT Control! I LIVE IN FLORIDA AND RENTS ARE SO HIGH NOW! SENIORS HAVE NO PROTECTION FROM LANDLORDS RAISING OUR RENTS. I LIVE IN A SENIOR BLDG RETIRED 74 YRS OLD IF MY RENT GOES UP AGAIN I MAY HAVE TO LIVE IN MY CAR. I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE HERE. LIVING IN APT WITH ROACHES AND SECURITY GATE IS ALWAYS BROKEN . HELP PLEASE

[@rhondaunger1228]

If the government does not change the rent the people need to stand up against it and refused it

[@DezaRay24]

We absolutely need renter protection in this country! Nobody sld be working 2 & 3 jobs to pay rent

[@Anon00113]

Agreed

[@ChatBloom]

Ain't nobody working 2 & 3 jobs to pay property taxes

[@imnitguy]

@@ChatBloom says the renter who has no idea how much their landlord pays.

[@DezaRay24]

@@imnitguy their landlord is probably an asshole

[@marky_mark8991]

@@imnitguyneed some salt on those boots you’ve been licking ?

[@slysans1572]

Blackwell and friends should be taxed out of the markets. We need laws to forbid a too big concentration of multy property owners.

[@RobinHerzig]

This 👏

[@landlordnation]

Buy a house and your problems go away.

[@djhero0071]

I know you're literally called @landlordnation but if folks are renting, what makes you think they could afford a mortgage or even find a desirable home in the first place, especially in a market with an affordable housing shortage? Are you greedy fucks so stuck up your own asses that you can't fathom having to raise rents only 3 measly percent? You just HAVE to raise rents and lower your tenant pool for that extra buck, huh? When a lot of landlords don't even do the required repairs asked of them by their tenants.

[@sethseth9059]

its called nationalizing real estate

[@landlordnation]

@@sethseth9059 You don't want that.

[@Harry_Nads]

Umm, has anyone ever thought of buying your own home? There are numerous government programs that would help you. Then you take the landlord out of the equation.

[@NoDamselNDistress]

Rent control is not the solution - the problem is lack of inventory! We must build more housing in America. My RENT CONTROL apartment in NYC was $6800 a month for a 1 bed 1 bath. Rent control does NOT equal affordable rent. When there’s a low amount of housing it will always rent for a premium because renters are competing for few apartments.

[@wturner777]

That’s the key. First things first, cities need to change zoning laws to allow mixed-use homes and more affordable housing. Then, and ONLY then, the cost of living goes down.

[@bronwynevans4037]

I live in Spain, where Blackstone has bought many properties and is pushing rents higher each year! It’s a worldwide problem! Following this movement! You move mountains!

[@moremiaj4786]

blackstone even sounds evil like they all have blackened stones for their hearts. I hope blackstone collapses and dies an agonizing death and that no one picks up the mantle of evil from them.

[@HagiaFantasia]

Wait, they're in Spain too?!

[@QueenLeccare]

​@@HagiaFantasiaBlack Rock and V-gaurd are global and are a cancer

[@TheFinex82]

Spain is actually, in a good spot right now. Your real estate is more affordable than in the states.

[@salkoharper2908]

@@HagiaFantasia Evil corporations are globalised in the 21st Century. They will own houses in Atlanta, Apartments in Paris and Flats in London. It's a dangerous new world they are creating. Historically greedy land barons could only crush the peasants on their own land in their own valley in 1 country. Now they can be land owners on 4 different continents at the same time. It will ineveitably lead to revolution of some kind, as it has always done, from medieval times onwards.

[@BaileyHorse]

It’s unbelievable how houses in some places doubled and even tripled in just 2-3 years

[@hussainalqattan2542]

Florida has been awful

[@mclare71]

And during a pandemic no less!!! It’s dysphoric and cruel.

[@floridaman6982]

@@hussainalqattan2542remember when you passed 15 minimum wage? Now sandwiches cost $12 and machines take your order. And rent is too damn high 😂

[@globalcitizen1138]

I live in Columbus Ohio for over 10yeara I was paying $545 for a two bedroom two bath apartment very nice neighbourhood ...got in on a promotion and it stayed that way. After that it shot up to $1200. Many companies and people are moving here and it's driving costs up. ..wages are not increasing as well. That's expensive for is ohioans unlike other states.

[@rose.sinclair]

@@floridaman6982 15 minimum wage isn’t even the national standard, and it has nothing to do with inflating economy that seeks to drive profit rather than sustain itself

[@doratiscareno5856]

And THIS IS EXACTLY WHY THEIR IS HOMELESSNESS (RENTS OUT OF CONTROL)👎🏻 WE HAD RENT AND FOOD CONTROL BACK IN THE DAY ALL THE RENTS WERE THE SAME FOR A 1 BEDROOM... THE SAME FOR A 2 BEDROOM AND SO ON And... AS FOR THE FOOD....👏🏼👏🏼👍🏻 ALL THE BREADS, EGGS, MILK, MEATS PER POUND... ALL FOOD WERE THE SAME PRICE EVEN THE PRODUCE ""WERE ALL THE SAME PRICE"" NO MATTER WHAT STORE YOU SHOPPED AT ALL THE GAS STATIONS WERE ALL THE SAME PRICES PRICING WAS SET BY THE GOVERNMENT AND "EVERYONE HAD TO ABIDE BY IT" IF YOU WERE CAUGHT WITH DIFFERENT PRICING THEN YOU WERE MET WITH A HEFTY FINE...$$ 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🇺🇸 one that you would never do that again It was Just Caring for it's people🇺🇸🦅 Everyone treated the same AND IT WORKED👍🏻

[@lilbigsis1147]

I left property management because I can't stand working for companies that value profit over resident and employee care, it creates an overall toxic environment for both parties.

[@BrandonZombieII]

What makes me most upset about this situation is that people like this aren't asking for free housing, just affordable housing. They work hard and are willing to pay a reasonable amount for housing. Housing here sucks

[@CameronKiesser]

Yeah there's been some audits and like 2/3 of the rent price is profit in most places, sometimes more.

[@lightemprgggg]

It sucks everywhere, not only in US. The average salary in my city is $450, the average apartment is $750

[@madderscience]

very wrong. average apartment profit in the US is more like 9%. Put another way, if it is a 2000/month apt in some big city, owner only makes about 2000 a year. with those numbers and a $15 minimum wage owner would have to have about 15 units to equal the income of a minimum wage job. @@CameronKiesser

[@sikiescordova1826]

@@lightemprggggthat’s dirt cheap we’re do you live ?

[@DCMarvelMultiverse]

I remember my family renting a home in a poor area for $350 a month. Now it is $1000. We stopped living there in 93. We rented from 82 - 93 for that $350 a month. Since it was bought by a corporation in 05, the rent increased 5 times since and now costs $1000 a month. No improvements, no gentrification, and no hot housing market while people lived there. No improvements during occupation or after. No logical excuse. No one has lived there since 2012. I always keep an eye on the place out of nostalgia. The rent continued to be listed higher and higher even when no one was renting.

[@MK_ULTRA420]

Darkseid's real villain origin story. The Anti-Life Equation is just compound interest applied to the prices of vital goods and services for maximum profits.

[@Maelstromme]

Mfw "supply and demand"

[@Dysiode]

It's just awful that property holders are able to squat the place and not rent it (and then write the "lost" rent off on taxes). That said, with average inflation the $350 in 93 would be ~$750 today. That's nationally, but still, worth remembering that the value of money isn't fixed

[@Dante02000]

Imagine growing up and upholding some job assigned to keep this status quo

[@MK_ULTRA420]

@@Dante02000 "Nice weather, eh? How are the kids? Did you catch the game last night? This was fun, we should hangout sometime!"

[@LPink-uk7ix]

To control rent, the sky high cost of utilities, property taxes and cost of insurance need to be controlled first..

[@melissasturgis]

I do agree that rent is way too high for those who can't afford it with no way out. Government officials don't care and they don't want to stop these landlords/slumlords from raising the rent from going to high. We have been trying to get elected officials to make changes in the rent, how the landlords to be held accountable, to lower the rent, and to get out to protest the government officials about how we are being treated. I need to start back writing the government officials about the rent and how poor people are being treated today. Rent is way too high.

[@frankgarcia6035]

Damn her crying at the end is powerful. Somebody who's been fighting for a long time, never winning, finally gets the support they need.

[@honestlynate7922]

I had to talk about how my wife and I pay $1,700 a month for a three-bedroom home on over an acre. That if we were to move and sell our home we would be making a tremendous financial mistake. Rent is scary

[@HelloMomoMomo]

Lucky I spend 1.5k on a 1 bedroom 400sqft

[@SkySong6161]

If my mother hadn't bought her house in the 80s I'd be homeless in Tampa. 2k + another 1k in "fees" (not counting utilities) to rent 300sq in Tampa now.

[@thetexassaint6571]

1700, DFW TX = a nice 1br apartment. 3br houses in Austin, in a decent neighborhood, $4800/month easily for rent

[@peggedyourdad9560]

My mom bought our house in 2014, when housing prices were still super cheap where we live, for roughly $65,000. That was most likely the only time we'd ever see a house like ours being so cheap ever again, which is why I plan on just inheriting the house instead of trying to find a new one. What contributed to the cheap price was definitely the fact that, at the time, the neighborhood wasn't very good and had a lot of gang-related crime along with being a formerly red-lined neighborhood. It's a large 2-story house with 4 bedrooms, 2ish bathrooms, a small kitchen, a dining room, a living room, and a full basement sitting on a small/medium yard. It's also within walking distance of many points of interest including a park with a public pool, a grocery store, a very small park with a playground, and a farmer's market. Granted, the house is fairly old (for an American house), being built in 1903, and has many of the expected issues; fixing these issues will still be cheaper than buying (or even renting) a new house.

[@Ceilinggurl]

I’m paying 1700/mo for a two bedroom apartment without a washer/dryer. Makes me sick .

[@jonathanlee2099]

Among the other things people suggested, I think there should be a coordinated effort for renters to shack up as much as is possible. Find a space to rent with some friends or perhaps family and pack as many people in there as is practical. Definitely lose some conveniences in the short term but that would absolutely open up a lot of supply in the rental market which would drive prices down with so many new rental vacancies. Landlords win because we give credence to this idea of the nuclear family and the idea that you have to move out from your parents' place when you turn 18, both ideas that were invented in order to separate people into as many households (and therefore as much potential rental income) as possible, and we don't need to play by their game. Multigenerational housing is valid, and sharing living quarters with your chosen family is valid too

[@jonathanlee2099]

I own a home now but some of my best days were sharing a 2br $800 place with 3 of my closest friends, I like where I'm at now but I definitely miss having $200 rent

[@doctordef324]

People have the power. Remember that folks.. !!!

[@inmybox2023]

It's not just in the USA, here in Canada its the same thing, every year my rent goes up 10% but Ive NEVER got a 10% raise in my life As a contractor I've walked away from several homeowners who wanted illegal basement apartments to triple their mortgage. There is simply no housing that not 1 million to buy, yet our Gov just gave 15 billion to foreign corporations.

[@Babu-kr3cr]

The people are being robbed by a cabal of international leaders.

[@deowahju]

That addition can actually add to housing supply

[@inmybox2023]

@@deowahju I don't think anyone WANTS to rent, not for full time living, no such thing as a “starter home” anymore, not here anyway…

[@vacafuega]

Tearing up. Unity is so powerful. This is the best of humanity - joining against adversity.

[@Babu-kr3cr]

I applaud the blacks for being willing to fight back and speak out.

[@bizzmoneyb]

back in 2005, in my area, my friend rented a Studio for $600 per month. totally reasonable compared to wages. that same small Studio is now over $2,000+ per month. same wages. Average americans only make about $3,000 per month.

[@posthistoricdino422]

As a Missourian, my jaw hit the floor once I heard KC. Hearing good news around the country is great, but it feels so different, so real, when it's so close to home.

[@Freeworld856]

I think as homeowners we need to come together and raise our voices too. My mortgage payment doubled due to property tax and property insurance going up. 😫

[@keithjackson2035]

Exactly!

[@zhaw4821]

NO one thinks of the landlord

[@ChatBloom]

The property tax, The property tax are too damm high!!!

[@zhaw4821]

@@ChatBloom And materials, labor

[@missqjulie]

Ours went up to. They are just finding ways of increasing things.

[@z-bird9548]

I want someone to ask these landlords what happens when no one can afford to live in their properties.

[@bonniebreckenridge5236]

They probably get a big tax break. I think that a good deal of corporations buying up housing is 2 things, keeping housing off the market to inflate prices and.. as a tax shelter...not just for them but for their investors... Oh dear! I bought into this property and no one is renting... I can take that loss off as a business expense. 😁

[@user-fb8yb8so8n]

They thought of that already. They rigged the system.

[@moremiaj4786]

They still will make money off of it. I heard that there are more homes than you can realize that are actually empty right now..... so even building new homes is not the answer. the thing is corporations have become so greedy and predatory, they dont care if everyone becomes a slave. you have to realize that some people are so psychopathic that they would rather the world burns, than they be deprived of their fine wine and fine food.

[@deowahju]

Tax write off, the property is still appreciating. There are other strategies than renting the property out. Short term rental, student housing rental, medium term rental, and long term rental. There are still plenty of traveling professionals that needs housing such as traveling nurse. I doubt that rent control will hurt much

[@user-do2ev2hr7h]

The thing is there are a lot of people who can afford it. That's not mutually exclusive with the fact that a lot of other people are being priced out.

[@MB-xv7er]

A certain landlord in my area was bashing people refusing to pay his high fee of 2 grand a month for a studio. Said they must be broke yet the people refusing to pay had good jobs. It’s almost like people don’t want to pool their money into a small room when they can invest it so they started living in RVs and cars and he couldn’t stand it lol I’m happy people are ditching landlords and aren’t afraid to live in their cars

[@DJGive420]

Please come to Colorado. I've been homeless for going on 14 years. The police criminalize you and judges are assholes and have no compassion or empathy and back ing the police. I got a DWAI for being hypothermic and trying to save my life while incidentally got in an automobile accident to further break me and demolish the pieces of my life i was trying to put back together... Oh and what perfect - just at the dawn of winter. It's outta control.

[@reibee1972]

Great video . . . Btw, we shouldn't be fighting for freezes in rent hikes, we need to fight to lower rents!

[@jmcnally647]

Lower the rents, break up housing ownership monopolies, and implement rent control so people aren't shocked by sudden rent hikes. On the other side make sure home owners and landlords have protections so they are not shocked by increased property taxes or new code requirements.

[@karlabritfeld7104]

And raise wages

[@ChatBloom]

The property tax, The property tax are too damm high!!!

[@madderscience]

and a free pony for everybody.