Moving to Florida in 2024 be like 🤣🤣…

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[@kimberlee2809]

This is how you create a two class system thereby destroying the middle class. It is intentional.

[@APTTMHYforever]

Precisely! And it’s more prevalent in America because people don’t believe in multi generational households…. At least in other countries, the elderly live with their grown children or young adults live with their parents until they get married

[@Pressity1]

To those who follow history, it’s just repeating itself. We are quickly reverting to serfs and peasants at the mercy of our nobility.

[@justicematiese762]

If I may chime in, it’s harder to live in a multi generational household because the older generations don’t hold healthy boundaries. As a millennial, I tried moving back in with my grandparents at 29 years old for a couple months to transition comfortably to living with my boyfriend but then the family made up certain living rules which would be fine as a teenager but as an adult we’re insulting and controlling.

[@axthelmk]

Bot city

[@mregister3945]

​@@justicematiese762the situations I've seen are the younger generation want the benefits of multi-generational living, such as lower cost-of-living, without the responsibilities and without respect for other's needs and wants.

[@franciannecollson7427]

A big part of the problem is investors buying up single family homes and renting them out for unreasonable rates. New apartment units are all "luxury" meaning unaffordable. Greed at every level. Soon only the 1% will be housed.

[@JS_my_opinion]

@@franciannecollson7427 Will they? Or will the other 99% takeover in a different way? This is going to be the USA's downfall...GREED!!! 😑🙏🏾

[@cpapcyborg]

Seems like everyone not rich will be pushed into the "15 Minute Cities"

[@jamestracy410]

Also one of the bigger reasons of the high rents are the insane increases in property taxes. One of the things not discussed is the fact that this prices out the mom and pop landlords, the ones that act as moderators by generally keeping their rental costs below market rates.

[@hellstromcarbunkle8857]

@@jamestracy410 FALSE! Property taxes apply to ownership and since home ownership is NOT appreciating this fast, it is false.

[@kirstens5801]

Yep I just left the Florida Keys after several years because of this insanity.

[@SUGAs_Shadow85]

Srsly how do they expect you to follow the 1/3 rule and only make 45k a year but pay 1.9k a month in rent? Insane. It's not even feasible.

[@CarlaQuattlebaum]

That IS crazy. She makes too much to live there, but the rent is more than 50% of her take home.

[@TLM2468]

Yup that's exactly what we are going through right now. And food stamps only pays for half of what we pay for in food for a month. I have to go to food pantries sometimes. There are no saving at the end of the month the account reads $0.

[@buckbenelli8]

Same as I did fifty years ago, get room mates to share living expenses. It’s not ideal, but the idea that you are entitled to your own space is pathetic. I lived with roommates for over ten years, took another ten to save for a down payment on a house. Learned how to fix almost everything, never paid for lawn service or any simple repairs. And always worked more than one job. That’s life, it was never easy unless you are born rich like lardo.

[@Stargate2077]

@@buckbenelli8If there is an income limit on the one bedroom, more roommates are not going to work. More roommates equals more income to hit that limit.

[@SUGAs_Shadow85]

@@Stargate2077 this

[@laggybum3218]

It is like that everywhere, not just in Florida. I pay more in rent than I would if I were making a house payment, but I don't qualify to buy a house because I don't make enough. At least not without a HUGE down payment. With the housing prices the way they are, there wont be any way I could save up that kind of money before I die of old age.

[@SamuelsReview]

Have you considered the FHA loan? 3.5% down and you can refinance to remove the PMI

[@cerscil]

Buying is easier then getting a rental. I live on long island ny, not cheap, and was able to get a house way cheaper than rent on a 2 bedroom apartment. Now, I do not have the newest appliances or the most updated bathroom, but it has a new roof, electrical, and plumbing. Everything else is cosmetic and I can change little by little. And surprising I find mowing the lawn very therapeutic.

[@DioDiablo702]

Wait until you find out how much property taxes and homeowners insurance is!

[@cerscil]

@@DioDiablo702 depends where you live

[@mrsmcdonald9363]

Join the military.

[@lambertmkz]

Damn!!😢 This is a system designed to keep a certain class of people down and living from hand to mouth

[@elizabethphelps197]

Got it in one....

[@MegaAce042]

George Carlin said it best. "It's called The American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe it." and "It's a big club AND YOU AIN'T IN IT!"

[@theresagomez2605]

Everybody in the comments talking about rent vs mortgage missed the point. She didn't make enough for the $2000 apartment. The "low income" apartment is $1900 (big savings!😮) and she can't qualify because she makes too much. It's literally a no win situation. The only people who can get into the low income apartments are people who have low PROVABLE income, with the rest under the table. You can't pay the bills otherwise.

[@mandisaw]

Or they have a subsidy/voucher. Some places jack up the low-income rents, knowing that the Feds/State will cover it. Unfortunately those folks still don't have enough for necessities, but that's a different problem.

[@gregt722]

In 2008-2009 after the mortgage crisis you could get a house nice house with a pool & garage in Orlando for $130,000.

[@travcollier]

Fun fact, Florida got about $30 billion from the federal government (which means from other states like NY and CA) to keep their economy from absolutely imploding during the 2008 housing crash.

[@olliepoplol5894]

That’s awesome Greg! Not sure if you’ve noticed, this is not 2008.

[@biancar481]

@@olliepoplol5894what he’s saying is we just have to wait it out until the next big recession to buy a house at affordable prices. That’s if we didn’t lose our jobs and half our retirement funds to a market crash 👍🏻

[@MrFrugal239]

God, what I was thinking in 2008 going to my 3rd grade class instead of working full time to put a down payment on a house 🤦‍♂️

[@naty_froggy]

​@@MrFrugal239 Same 💀💀 I should have learned how to talk faster to tell my parents I was like 3 in 2008

[@Live-Life-Freely]

I once called about renting a house with my dog and they said there's a non returnable pet deposit. I said, "so it's a fee right because you're not giving me my money back if I leave the place how I found it". They kept insisting it was a deposit so I told them I was not longer interested because if their scam "fee".

[@RoundShades]

Get it in writing.

[@AsiaThinks]

That’s why default, “I don’t have pets” 😇

[@JingizuPlains]

Most of the places I looked at in my area charge a pet fee and a pet deposit, plus monthly pet rent. The "deposit" wasn't refundable, either.

[@ratsumatra3003]

The natives can't afford to stay. We are being pushed out. It's depressing to watch my home county explode with new builds that I know we wont be able to use.

[@isurbrotherhot99]

Welcome to nyc.

[@Ms9mmBeretta]

​@@isurbrotherhot99I live here in Florida and I used to laugh at how much rent was in New York City 20 years ago. Now we are New York city. And it hurts.

[@Carbonf1ber001]

That's why I'm planning on moving to Asheville in a few years just watching if there's any changes with any of the new presidents.

[@jeannedeaux540]

Well, you could always go ask the real natives (Native American) if they accept you in the human zoos you park them in... oh sorry, I meant the reservations, lol...

[@MegaAce042]

This is why gentrification is not a good thing for the community

[@TheeHoneyBadger7093]

Unfortunately, this is America…the cost of living is ridiculous…

[@DrKiwi2298]

It's not just America tho, CoL is sky high anywhere in the world, even here in NZ it's almost impossible when you factor in bills, gas and groceries also. At my last job I made about $1600 a fortnight and by the time all bills etc were paid I was left without $200 for food and gas which was expected to last 2 weeks 🥴

[@Ricow5506]

America is doing better than all of the world when it comes to inflation.

[@hellstromcarbunkle8857]

NO, this is NOT America, this is CAPITALIST LAND OWNERS INC.

[@Wog68]

This is crazy America. You make housing unaffordable to most people. You have problem increasing minimum wage, you have people who earn more than minimum wage also underemployed and overworked. Inflation on retail goods is not just after covid but before 2008 debacle and it is at the rate of 30%. National debt artificially created to throw burdens of massive tax cuts, tax heavens, tax subsidies, loan forgiveness and bailouts over populations, this means no savings for retirement. How many country treat its citizens like this?

[@tripd4949]

That's because people keep voting for Democrats and RINO's.

[@remyc29]

I've had this EXACT second half of this conversation at an apartment complex in Florida that was supposed to be for low income. They told me that I made too much when I was already going to be struggling to pay my bills. They don't look at any other bills: utilities, car note, insurance, gas, etc.

[@JamesDunn-sk2sj]

Nor do the look at alimony or child support. If I was still married, I would qualify as low income and be able to apply for low income housing and SNAP. But because I'm divorced and don't have custody, I don't qualify as low income even though 2/3 of my pay goes to my ex-wife.

[@remyc29]

@@JamesDunn-sk2sj My former roommate had the same problem. He was paying alimony and child support, but those amounts were being ignored. I think about it in reverse. When someone applies for a loan, credit, housing, etc. it's optional to state alimony and child support or even separate maintenance as income. Which is weird.

[@ftbtd]

Why do they have to know my earnings anyways?

[@remyc29]

@@ftbtd It's usually apartments for people with lower income. There's government restrictions on those that people making above a certain amount can't live there. Or was that sarcasm? Lol

[@ftbtd]

@@remyc29 so this is paid by the government and that's why they can limit it? I miss a part to understand it

[@newkkl]

Get rid of Airbnb and watch how much housing opens up.

[@cutthechicken194]

States can band Airbnb if they wanted too

[@SherioCheers]

agreed

[@dgeneeknapp3168]

My husband has an economics degree and follows such closely. He says that too.

[@quietlioness2575]

Yes!

[@APTTMHYforever]

True! They’re protesting in barcelona, spain about that… they’re hostile towards tourism because the air bnb is driving up housing prices and lowering inventory

[@Lady_Rowan_MacGyver]

I'm going to try to make this as quick as possible. You're right it is happening everywhere I was evicted from my previous home of almost 10 years. Not because I done anything wrong. not because I was ever late on rent. not because the police were called to my house. but because new owners came in and proceeded to kick everyone out, then "fix" the place up and then Jack the rent up upwards of $400-$500 a month. These people jerked me around from October to January. every month I called & asked how everything was going because I'm a disabled woman on section 8. Every month, 1st of the month, I called & checked in on them. seeing if everything's okay or if I needed to prepare to move. Every month it was "yeah, we're okay, everything's fine, we're working with them. " 1st of January everything's hunky dory, they're working with Met. the 27th of January I received notice that I have to get the f*** out. And I have to get out by February 28th. They gave me one month to move. in the f****** middle of winter. a disabled woman. I was homeless for a while. I am no longer homeless thank the gods. I had a legal aid lawyer to see if there was any way I could fight this. No I could not fight it. from what he said this is happening EVERYWHERE in this country. I'm one of the lucky ones. I had planned a little bit ahead and luck was on my side. My true concern was/is for all the families out there who have children who were booted out. not for anything they did, in fact they did everything right, but booted out because some rich piece of s*** invested in it & decided they wanted to Jack the rent up. Now if you'll notice all these people that were displaced because of all this BS started Van/RV living. I don't know if you've noticed or not? but they're starting to crack down on that s***. There's even some areas that have made being homeless against the law. 🤔😏 You can only back people into a corner so long before they jump out and start taking care of business. PS: during all this? my mother was moved into assisted living and passed away less than 1 month after I had gotten into an apartment. My dog passed away during our spell being homeless. Had he lived one more month he would have been 20 years old. ALSO my special needs adult son's apartment management decided not to renew his lease. So I had to scramble and find him a new place to live. he and I are doing better.... not everyone has the resources and or "MacGyver gene" to make it through. Please pray for the families that have been misplaced buy CORPORATE BS!!

[@KG-VanityInKnickers]

I'm also disabled and living in section 8 (going blind and a fracture spine that's not healing). I have managed to keep my 1996 Dodge ram truck in decent working order in case I have to live out of it, again. They are building elite luxury apartments a block from the apartment building I currently live in so I have a feeling my days are numbered here... Good luck to you!

[@Lady_Rowan_MacGyver]

@@KG-VanityInKnickers and good luck to you as well 🤞

[@hellstromcarbunkle8857]

Remember, only thanks to Trump's Traitorous Six is homeless a crime. Until them, no penalty beyond citation was lawful.

[@Wrappedinhisglory]

😢. Sorry you went through this. How is the gov't making homelessness illegal. What on earth is going on

[@Wrappedinhisglory]

​@@Lady_Rowan_MacGyver🙏🏾😢

[@JS_my_opinion]

This going on all throughout the US. I'm in Ohio and people are paying $600-$800/mo in mortgage while renters are being charged $1500-up. I'm in Ohio. People are going to start purging when they have nothing else to lose 😑. I blame corporate America for this nonsense but they about to have unwanted guests and problems because of it!

[@hellstromcarbunkle8857]

No, they won't. No balls left for revolution because THAT WOULD BE SOCIALISM

[@sreilly]

You can thank the folks on Capitol Hill for that. Thank a Democrat…they want to take it all from you. They want to save democracy, which by the way we are a Constitutional Republic and NOT a democracy - big difference, but yet they don’t even let the people vote for someone in a special primary for president - they just want hobag Harris. This was all part of the master plan: throw bumbling Biden in there so they can sneak Harris in after 4 years. If people still think we live in some sort of happy land with Democrats in control now, wait what happens if they win in November. Corporate America is ran by lobbyists. And what party only has lobbyists? Democrats. I rest my case.

[@christy1768]

Wv is very similar

[@Supersquishyawesomeness]

🤪 any excuse to riot lol. Mortgages have always been lower than rent. It’s goofy when it’s cheaper to rent.

[@JS_my_opinion]

@@Supersquishyawesomeness No, at one point rent was cheaper than mortgages. Choose your words carefully, this is America- don't need an excuse to riot!

[@Wondwind]

I’m from Florida and spent half of my life there. I don’t understand why people want to live there. It’s awful. Hot, bugs, traffic, and rude people. There are so many great places in the USA to live.

[@travcollier]

I moved to Florida for the mosquitos... Seriously, my wife is a biologist who studies mosquitos (which transmit diseases) and Florida was where the job took us. Gotta say, it's not great.

[@elcubanito2442]

It’s trashy as feck

[@SavageBarbie305]

Im a thirteen generation native and Im sure you’ve heard this before but you can live in a different state. Florida is not for the meek. We have harsh weather. A harsh environment. Tons of apex predators that will literally eat you and your little dog too. Pick a zip code and put in the SOR. Crime. It’s really expensive. You seem to hate it here. What keeps you here?? Other than mosquito guy’s wife, there’s nothing here for you.

[@travcollier]

@@SavageBarbie305 Most folks overestimate the amount of Florida which is naturally fit for human habitation. Sort of like Arizona on that front. Anyways, some of your ancestors came here in the 1700s? That's sort of cool. The Seminole were still in the process of settling/forming back then. Almost all the indigenous groups died out thanks to disease and war in the early 1700s. The Ais were the culture in my area, though there's evidence of other peoples living here going way way back. Swamps are surprisingly good for archeology. Got off on a bit of a nerd tangent there ;) The point was that there are some places in Florida which are much better for humans than others. Those places tend to be covered in mansions, condos, and golf courses now :(

[@jeannedeaux540]

@@travcollier The human beings you stole the land from didn't "die out THANKS TO disease and war" they died BECAUSE of diseases and war brought by blood thirsty invaders that massacred them to rob their land... Huge difference.

[@snoopy1977]

I live in Canada I make $2,800 a month after taxes and my rent is $1,800 plus all utilities. I'll never afford a house or a car and I can't afford basic necessities like groceries half the time

[@HaileyMastin]

Same, I live in Canada make $22.50/hour. I've been eating mac n cheese and hotdogs for a good while now, and still never have enough for food. I thank the boomers for not allowing affordable housing after the 1970s. Every home on my street is owned by boomers. No one from my generation can save for a house unless they have a wealthy family.

[@sarahp.3772]

My house note is 1500 per month. 3BR 3BR on 2 acres. You'd do better trying to buy a house.

[@DanaTheInsane]

@@HaileyMastin Gex X here. Just as effed.

[@migracion.la.gran.leccion]

I'm 37, and we are building our second house with my husband. Here in Argentina you can buy a house for 30.000 dollars up. Salaries are really low, but there are still ways to have a place to live. We complain about our crisis, but maybe we are not so bad.

[@goldbars777]

@@sarahp.3772Easier SAID than done. Everyone doesn’t have the credit or down payment.

[@khyrovancho3319]

Where in florida is this 😂😂😂cause boy south Florida rents for 1brd is like making a down payment on a 2024 Lexus

[@thefrozensun]

[Wall-street owned] Slumlord complexes

[@mimipaulidor2286]

Factz

[@axmarr8132]

It wasn't until all the people from the north east and California came down here and exploded rents and mortgages. How? Those states have extremely high inflation and taxes. Over inflated property values. So when they sell up north and move Fl, the rents and mortages were so much lower, they would pay cash. A realtor and rental. feeding frenzy occurred and the locals cannot afford to rent or buy ANYTHING! So yeah Veronica. Bad timing. Prices need to go back to pre covid asap.

[@cate9540]

People from the midwest & northeast have been moving to Florida for decades to get away from the cold and take advantage of the tax breaks. Retirees just live longer now, so the supply of housing isn't as robust as it was when lifespans were shorter. Florida also isn't building middle class housing anymore. Everything going up is luxury highrises and $500,000+ homes. Florida won't attract a workforce if they can't afford to live there.

[@sondrahurd6336]

I'm honestly scared the prices never will go back. I just feel that tenants don't have enough rights to stand up for themselves. These landlords can walk all over you and milk you for all you've got without adding any value into the equation for their tenants. It's sickening.

[@mandisaw]

​@@sondrahurd6336Because Sun Belt States voted against tenant & labor protections, social services, and income taxes to pay for any of it. So now the REIT vultures have come in, and the State gov't is too concerned about being "anti-woke" to work on behalf of the citizens. Things won't get better until you get leaders who actually work for people 😢

[@catspjs6229]

I live in Florida born and raised. It used to be very affordable to live here. BUT COVID changed everything. Landlords got money hungry, realtors started taking 15%, housing rentals shrunk to nothing with the cheapest I’ve seen in 5 years is $1800. Mortgages are 8% because they’re building brand new cheap cookie cutter homes faster than speed of light. Yall if you move here DO NOT BUY ANYTHING built after 2019. My BIL is a roofer and he says these builds are done quick and shotty. The contractors are in the counties pockets and nobody cares. Florida is sinking thanks to Covid and all the transplants we’ve inherited.

[@BxScorpioVibe]

Thank you for the detailed information.

[@dja3456]

I noticed that too. My aunt moved into a neighborhood and within a week of helping her move 6 hours were roofed and painted. And her stair already has issues

[@cutthechicken194]

Florida was literally sinking before covid. Ron DeSantis is for the rich ppl & y'all working class keeps voting him back in office.

[@theresagomez2605]

Those crappy new builds are often "townhouses" aka glorified apartments. They come with an HOA you have to pay for both financially and mentally. Starting price is typically "the low $400s." Actual houses are more.

[@cate9540]

I would never buy a house in Florida given the insurance situation there. Sooner or later, a hurricane is going to roll through and leave you homeless if you can't afford to repair/rebuild.

[@kittyexotica5635]

I live in a 396 square foot tiny home in a nice tiny home park. My mortgage payment is $500 and I will have it paid off in a couple of years. The rent on my spot is $600 and includes water. We have laundry facilitiess, clubhouse, dog wash/park, community garden, trash pickup and walking trails. Electric is individually metered but I have mini splits and my electric bill is usually under $60, running ac 24/7 in Texas. I pay no property taxes because my tiny home is registered as a type of rv, which arent taxed. People need to start looking at alternative housing.

[@rockinmoxie2]

Yup.

[@mzsbrown2844]

They will figure out a way to tax you. I guarantee it!

[@blue-vu1ek]

First off. Yuck. Texas? Women are under attack in Texas. The only ones who support TX believe they are immune from the abusive practices. The only ones immune are adult, white males aka the entitled.

[@hollynelson3883]

We were taught (home economics circa 1965) to budget 25% income on housing and utilities, 25% on food, 25% savings, and the remainder was discretionary. You don’t hear that so much these days.

[@Kattywagon29]

Exactly! I homeschooled my youngest son through high school, he just graduated last year, and the economics book has changed that number to 30% for housing. My youngest brother (I am 19 years older than him) just moved out and I had to sign on a lease for him because even though he could technically afford the rent for his new place, they felt like he didn't make enough to pay the rent. Never mind the fact that they are over charging for the townhouse in the first place... My sister is going to be moving out on her own for the first time next year and my mom and I were just talking about how to facilitate that. She's thinking we may need to help buy her a house because rents are so ridiculous. I told her no. Buying a house in FL is insane right now, and with property taxes and no one wanting to insure Floridians anymore, she'd better off just paying rent for now and buying a house outta state in the future.

[@amiesparkle00]

That’s because it was freaking 1965 lol. The world has changed since then.

[@NoNames-vw3bq]

Because how many people can actually do that when the bare minimum takes up around 90% of the average income.

[@justinbartlett4711]

One group wanted to keep things the way they were. Another group wanted 'progress.' Guess which group got what they wanted?

[@robbielynnful]

@@Kattywagon29or stay at home and save up her money.

[@kduncan8811]

I moved to a little hillbilly town in NC, and the rent here is NOW as much as my home state of Florida! I moved to an "affordable" place 3 years ago in NC, but now I'm moving back home!

[@UneducatedGeologist]

Sorry it's happening to my family in Tennessee and Mintanan too. Hillbilly towns are 2x the cost of 2019.

[@kduncan8811]

@@UneducatedGeologist I'm heading home next month!! 🌴.

[@aytviewer2421]

Florida needs to outlaw the following two items: 1) Commercial HOME buyer's who turn starter homes into long-term rentals and in the process ruin the neighborhoods these homes are located. Why? Because once turned into a rental, they do as little as possible to improve the home --and the renters sure are not going to plant trees, flowers, paint, make improvements either, so the value goes down, the rents go up, and the entire neighborhood including existing homeowners suffer as a result of corporate greed. 2) Limit the percentage of short-term rentals (Air B&Bs) as these also limit the availability of both decent rentals and supply of starter homes.

[@SkySong6161]

It needs to outlaw short term rentals. The thing being, is that limited number of short term rentals is already a thing. It's not enforced or checked at all, so might as well do away with it altogether.

[@Jinchuricki27]

We are wayyy too laid back about this. We move in with family, find roommates, , love in our cars?!?!?! Like WTF aren't we out here destroying these corporations? We are all 1 check away from homelessness and we aren't doing anything?

[@latisewilson4561]

I don't understand it ether .... very strange

[@Garglemymayo]

We're all too distracted by crap that doesn't matter at all

[@amyk87]

It’s not just the corporations. It’s the government. In case you missed the last 3 years, housing has gone up by 50%, groceries by 40%, gas by 100% …

[@jeannedeaux540]

Precisely because you all know you're one paycheck away from homelessness and your mind is too busy with survival to enter rebellion mode. And your government is counting on this to keep you in a safe, controlled position.

[@blue-vu1ek]

@@amyk87Dude, the govt has nothing to do with those costs you listed. duh. ALL those high costs are because the rich are greedy and want unlimited profit.

[@1anastudent]

Realize 45k annually is 3750 per month before taxes. Single people pay higher taxes. 1900 is not low income. After utilities, transport, and food nothing is left

[@ijustwanttonap]

The issue in Florida is wages haven't gone up in decades. 65k in Florida is considerably higher than what most people make. Add in the nations highest housing insurance rates and housing costs turn into 2/3rd of your income.

[@onceuponanexploration6048]

Yes, fl has super depressed wages.

[@antigone80]

I was about to type the same thing. As of July, the average salary in Florida is only $49,261/year. I've been looking for a better paying job for months now, and the pay these companies offer is ridiculously low. I saw a job in my field last month that required a bachelor's degree and a related certificate, but the pay was only $16 per hour. It's still posted as "urgently hiring" lol. Amazon pays 50 cents more than that in my area!

[@ijustwanttonap]

With current rates and insurance, a 400k home in Fl (hard to find anything decent for less) monthly payments come to about $3500. If both husband and wife work and make the average Fl income of 50k they bring in about $4166 each per month. Take out taxes and they bring in about $3450 each per month. $6900 together before any other bills. The numbers don't work. Banks should not loan you that money. On top of all that, rent where I live averages about $2500/month. How are you supposed tp save for a down payment?

[@hollynelson3883]

This kind of reads like the old “company store" system, where the "company" has become the owners of a few big necessities, like housing, medical, and education, who have cornered the market and can charge whatever they please.

[@kevinerbs2778]

Thats exactly what they did do after covid. They bought houses and propetties to build on after people couldn't afford their homes noq more and corner the area with thier propefites. Now no one can afford the new prices they set after covid, bwvuase they don't have stimule payments to pay for it.

[@blue-vu1ek]

That is be ause it IS the company store system. Who owns over 50% of available housing in the US? The rich. Medical facilities? the rich. Education facilities? the rich. Who pays low wages after demanding an expensive college education in order to even submit a job application? the rich. The rich ARE to blame for everything bad in America.

[@Taxidriverfromdeadpool]

Your RENT is half or more of your income, that isn’t supposed to be. The deposit is 3x or more of the rent. That isn’t supposed to be. If you’re paying that much, might as well get a house (with roommate)

[@booksquid856]

@@Taxidriverfromdeadpool I remember that during the ongoing recession of the Obama years we also had a housing crash. So while rent was going up and up, so was the regulation making it prohibitive to get a home loan!

[@cecee3480]

Stop trying to normalize roommates. Living with strangers is weird.

[@leviacronym6770]

@@cecee3480 He didn't say stranger, though. Some people's roommates are friends or family.

[@cecee3480]

@@leviacronym6770 Yeah we all know a roommate is usually a one stranger bye

[@Taxidriverfromdeadpool]

@@cecee3480 True, but living in an overcrowded shelter and not with family or friends is weirder. 😂This is experience talking…

[@AFR383]

I have lived in Tampa for about 10 years for a job- super expensive - moving out of state in 3 days- see ya!

[@CarlaQuattlebaum]

I drive through downtown Tampa occasionally and see these nice new apartments/condos and wonder WHO is living there? WHO can afford it, and what kind of jobs do they have to afford the rent there?

[@SkySong6161]

Congratulations!

[@SkySong6161]

@@CarlaQuattlebaum Most of them are empty, they're just investment properties. Half the houses on my street are empty.

[@williamparker2922]

This is the problem with corporate America buying all the rental properties.

[@Eyes_Open_Limit_Reached]

You can thank corporations like Black Rock and Vanguard for illegally buying up homes to artificially inflate the prices in Florida. Btw, $3600 is the average rent in Miami.

[@spikerlj]

This is so true... Moving to Florida was eye opening

[@karlhernandez617]

Thank you Blackrock and all investors who have helped a basic expense a nightmare

[@jocarson5310]

You mean thank you World Economic Forum who are at the helm of the economic destruction we are seeing play out? The told us “useless eaters” that we would own NOTHING and that we would be HAPPY owning nothing.

[@antigone80]

A new neighborhood of homes was built in my area in the last year. It used to have signs saying "new homes $350K and up". Drove by a month ago and now the sign says, "New homes for RENT!" Courtesy of Blackrock.

[@Earthlove-bc]

That’s why people moving to Mexico City or Costa Rica

[@jptruth2372]

And get taken by the c@rtels. No thank you

[@Johngengelbach2]

I've been here in Florida for four years I moved here from Texas, it's become a playground for the rich

[@GeorgeGlass298]

This is how moving anywhere is right now. I'm in Oregon and it's brutal here. All of the property management companies are predatory.

[@gulli72]

"Tell me your salary, and I'll tell you how fancy exactly you're obligated to live."

[@teresanorris6714]

And here folks is ONE of the reasons that there is so much family homelessness in America.😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@guccideltaco]

1st time I've heard Veronica sound frustrated and almost speechless; I guess Florida is ROUGH.

[@SessmaruKusanagiGaming]

It is. 🥲🥲🥲 I work 2 jobs and still barely pay all my bills. Life is not meant to be like this... I'm only 29, and have 0 free time. None... The time I do have in between jobs, I sleep.

[@willdejong7763]

Kids, don’t take a job that would force you to move to a new city until after you have figured out what it will cost to live there.

[@MsAnubisia]

Or get in writing they are guaranteed to employ you for a certain period of time. Why move to a new city and risk getting laid off in 3-4 months?

[@MeowNow494]

This isn’t just Florida, this is everywhere. And I think it’s important for people to understand that those low income housing properties also have a minimum income you have to qualify for and if you’re earning minimum wage you don’t qualify. If you’re on disability, even SSDI unless you’re getting close to the maximum payment you’re not qualifying to live in low income housing with that payment. This is why we have so many homeless people, not because they want to do drugs or because they don’t want to follow rules. It’s because there’s a whole bunch of disabled people in this country, and elderly folks, and they don’t have 3 1/2 times the rent for income

[@leelee7731]

Woe. I’m in Oregon. I had no intention of renting a bedroom in my home or the travel trailer my brother is leaving me but I’m feeling sorry for people making solid modest incomes trying to get by.. maybe I should reconsider. I just don’t want the problems but This is nuts!

[@KenniJC]

I live in SWFL and the doggy DNA thing is 100% real, plus the initial pet deposit plus there’s a monthly fee added into your rent for your pets. My 2 bedroom apartment is $2400 and no I don’t have pets, that’s just the rent. It’s wild down here!

[@KnhoJ123]

Ran into the same issue in 2013. Finally found a place by nudging some of our salaries and working tons of overtime. Should of bought a house then because there's no way now. Everything in my price range is being snatched up by rental companies, who later say when I try to rent from them. I don;t make enough. NEver sell your house to a company. That house will never be owned by humans again.

[@petitemaam]

My husband and i went through that too. It makes absolutely no sense.

[@Tree_fairy]

Yep! Been on a waitlist for affordable housing for 7 years now!

[@jinxyhelix]

That dog DNA crap is real in some places. Insane.

[@JunkMailBoxStuff]

That dog DNA is usually in more expensive upscale condos because the lab tests to verify which "purse puppy" pooped is expensive (special bio-hazard container, timely express mail, lab process & compare, lab results, mail back, office processing, notification, collection, ...). That's not a low-income property Veronica.

[@trinity72gp]

🇬🇧🙋🏾‍♀️Doggy DNA? Really?!? 😮

[@copycat21c]

And you’re expected to collect fresh dog poo from other dogs for testing. Beyond crazy.

[@hawk66100]

This has to be fake.

[@E3ECO]

People don't pick up after their dogs. Sounds silly, until you're the one picking up steaming piles every day and you can't catch them doing it.

[@blindoptimist3351]

@@hawk66100yeah, it’s not fake. We have it in the development I just moved in to. Had to cheek swab my pooch the first day we got here.

[@sandpiperbf9767]

It exists, but it's very stupid

[@davebennett4087]

Grace Jones song “Corporate Cannibal” describes what is going on perfectly. And the video is AWESOME!!!

[@beetlejuice4822]

To all the people who comments that any state you go the house prices are getting higher, and that is true. But I think the point of this video is that in Florida they’re making everything difficult for the people. With the requirements and restrictions and all that. Florida isn’t like this before.

[@Prettyrissa]

I'm thinking about moving in a tent or something - to expensive to purchase a house .. and too expensive to rent. I can afford my rent but just tired of paying it - even thought I pay it on time.

[@johnperry7534]

Same In Australia it’s terrible and impossible to rent

[@DiGoldSheep]

Yo I love your videos . It’s me and on point and I’m from NY and I live in Florida now for a couple years and I’m ready to go back lol

[@magdalenas.4]

Wait a sec. You can’t just rent an apartment, if you’re able to afford it? 😅 What is that bs?

[@esmeraldagems9487]

When my family moved to Florida in 2006, your average rent was around $500 or $600 a month for the pretty nice apartments/ homes. And $250- $300 for the not quite as nice ɓut somewhat livable homes. Now you can't even get a run down roach motel/flood zone homes for $700/$800 since covid. It's insane!!

[@antigone80]

When I first moved out around 2013, it was easy to find a nice apartment in a good area for about $650 - $800 a month. In 2019, they had only gone to around $1000. Now all those same apartments are renting for $1800 or more. The real problem in FL is that our wages are SO LOW compared to the cost of rent.

[@elizabethphelps197]

This is absolutely spot on correct. Housing in Florida is fucked ..

[@MeowNow494]

It’s funny you guys think this is just Florida have none of y’all rented in any other state? This is how it is

[@mworkmantube]

NYC is like this too smh

[@fhuuraliulfr5756]

Yup, that's why I am moving out of Florida ASAP to somewhere a bit cheaper while still being in the South. I am a born and raised Floridian with a family that has lived in Florida for generations, sucks we have to gtfo now lol.

[@BigRW]

Glad I bought my house when I did....20 years ago. My mortgage is 740 a month. I don't know how young people get by today.

[@newsycpl]

It is because of people in YOUR age group!

[@BigRW]

@@newsycpl That's what every age group says.

[@blue-vu1ek]

@@newsycplStop ising the usual bs scapegoating. Look at stats. Who owns over 50% of available housing? Corporations. Who,owns and runs corporations. The rich. The rich are our enemies.

[@DanaTheInsane]

I'd sooner move to hell than to Florida, though in the end you meet the same folks.

[@Lookup33]

Yea “look into a house” so you can take on a new struggle…home insurance. I’m an independent insurance agent in FL and I see first hand how much money people are paying for insurance. Any way I can help them save money I will. Because it’s tough in FL for many people, renter’s as well as homeowner’s

[@Darnelj1]

It's funny because there is a place near me that requires low income but the rent is WAY too high. So literally the area is full of side hustlers. Either dealers, dashes, cam workers, whatever you gotta do to get under the table money. It should be illegal.

[@andrewenaje4140]

Now this is why I'm homeless and enjoy living out of my Jeep. Roofing doesn't buy me happiness. I'm just down the fact I gotta lie at work to hide the way I live. Did the RV life for awhile. But a place to park an RV was just as expensive as a 1 bedroom apartment. Yup, Florida.

[@SessmaruKusanagiGaming]

As someone FROM Florida, and lives here.. H E L P HELP

[@heavyd777]

A house 2 doors down from me used to rent for $1000 a month. That was in 2019-2020. They now want $2400. The landlord is not some hedgefund, just a guy in Minnesota. Lets be clear, this is Joe Biden's inflation!

[@blue-vu1ek]

Dude! are you really this stupid? Inflation is 2.89% AND it is the lower than the long-term average of 3.28%. President Biden inherited an out of control inflation from the orange turd AND fixed it in under FOUR YEARS! When are you people going to wake up? Be woke instead of ignorant. You will make America better by educating yourself with provable facts. Not fox "facts".

[@Sirensmatter]

The gag is.. the people renting don’t even make 1 times the rent

[@moniquewrites9046]

Housing is a basic right! America 🇺🇸 wake up!

[@josieadams3107]

Okay let’s not even start talking about the cost of insurance if you can even get it. Florida has become very expensive

[@KG-VanityInKnickers]

Not sure why people think it's just happening in Florida 😆

[@missSDW]

The dog poop thing is funny bc an apartment here in Dallas said they did that and I was so thrown off. 😂

[@brianhernandez589]

Welcome to Florida! Thanks, Ron.

[@kduncan8811]

@@brianhernandez589 bingo!!!

[@brianhernandez589]

@@kduncan8811 I've lived here on and off since 1970. I would seriously recommend rethinking moving here, especially South Florida. But if you are certain you want to do it, I highly recommend doing your due diligence before buying a home. HOAs here are ridiculous. Condos are unaffordable, thanks to recent legislation and homeowner's insurance is a 5X the national average if you can find someone to write the policy. Just use extreme caution.

[@empressowl2817]

Ron??? You mean Biden????

[@brianhernandez589]

Nope. I mean Ron. Our governor is responsible for the turmoil in Florida's real estate market, not our president. ​@empressowl2817

[@gregd14]

@@brianhernandez589totally, he is also responsible for the ridiculously high housing markets in most other states too and the record high inflation for the last 3 years making cost of living unaffordable in the US and many other countries. It’s amazing what he is responsible for, really. Almost unbelievable.

[@beccaleigh7744]

I work in LIHTC compliance. There are some properties where the minimum income and maximum income on a unit are less than 500 dollars apart *per year*. It's INSANE right now!

[@florencepierce1864]

🤯 How do People pay their rent & their bills & SURVIVE?! 😁 I'd be Happy to answer any OTHER questions you have. You could try buying a house? Now if you don't have any OTHER questions, Kindly Eff Off! 🤦‍♀️ Seriously?! IF we can't afford the rent, how do we "try" to buy a house?!🤷

[@CoCo-Applebum]

I didn’t have this problem in Fort Lauderdale lived there 2 years & plan on moving back.. My suggestion is move into one of the ones that list ALL the requirements on Zillow at 1st & updates it regularly.. You will pay more upfront I had to pay 1st, last and security deposit upfront but it’s way less if this drama..

[@cottoncandiez8872]

Too true!

[@jackseve]

🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯 Left Orlando, FL 2001 it was like that. Returned 2012 December and pay was same rent was double. I don’t know what they doing there but seem like folk working two jobs and walking South OBT.

[@clove8763]

Just curious (Coming from a state next door to you), what is OBT, what does it stand for? #ThanksInAdvance

[@AB-fc5kl]

@@clove8763 OBT is Orange Blossom Trail. It's a road in Orlando popular with hookers

[@oliviaroman5134]

@@clove8763it’s a street called Orange blossom trail - kinda known for low income area etc

[@goldbars777]

@@clove8763South Orange Blossom Trail. Most of it is a seedy street.

[@olliepoplol5894]

Prostitute city. Right across from the Florida mall. Lmao

[@UnseelieRose]

As someone who used to live in Florida, I can attest that this is pretty accurate. LOL

[@beniamino939]

This information is out of date! It's three weeks old. The standards have gone up since then!

[@tiltantheluckyone]

This is most of america, not just florida. But it's a nice way to try to paint just florida like that.

[@victoryv9575]

Yeah, it's gotten so crazy in Florida I moved into my van and do house and pet sitting... Rents more than quadrupled in 2 years.

[@violetembers2532]

Seriously...this is true. The pricing and fees are ridiculous.

[@MichaelLauzon1976]

It's absolutely no better here in Canada. Most rental companies here want you to make either 1.5 - 2 times what the rent would be.

[@Sharkwriter1]

Yep, it's that way in Colorado now, too. Arrrrrrgh.

[@TracyAllenVideos]

Here in San Diego, if you want to rent a 2 bedroom apartment, that’s gonna run you $2500-$3000 or more per month. But, they want you to earn 3x’s the amount of rent in order to qualify👀 The average person is not making $7000 plus per month🤦🏽‍♀️

[@Julieglam3]

Why would anyone WANT to willingly move to Florida? Or Texas?? People are dreaming if they think its any better there.

[@AnythingAndEverythingfelicia]

I went through a lot as a flood victim. N still not n my home yet. Since 2016

[@Jaszi007]

Them:How much do you make? You: I’m not at liberty to say more than “ I make between $1,000 & $100,000 a year” I’m a single income person and i have the freedom to live in any apartment just like anyone else.

[@francinejoseph823]

Yep sadly this is The truth, and it is getting worse every day. Right on point Veronica!

[@lorettaknoelk3475]

When $65,000 Is just UNDER low income 😮

[@blue-vu1ek]

Yep. Makes my $40k per year for retirement a joke. The only way I can survive is to live overseas. And I live quite happily in the EU on $40k.

[@mattypants]

I understand income limits for subsidized housing, but ive never heard of making too much for a specific apartment size. I do like the idea of the DNA, maybe people would clean up after their dogs in the park

[@C5drummer]

Wow, I pay $1250/mo for a one-bedroom apartment I moved into 6 months ago. I did have to pay a one-time one-month deposit and a dog fee of $150 upfront, but it wasn't hard here in Orange Park, Florida.

[@rebeccaspratling2865]

I'm voting for RFKjr.. He's the one talking about this and a bunch of other things we face that neither political party has mentioned.

[@empressowl2817]

If your one vote that does matter to change all of this goes up in the air to RFK it’s a waste.. Trump 2024 save the USA

[@imchillyb]

PE. Private Equity. Private Investment firms with no public face except the asset they own and rent to us. These types of companies should be illegal in the USA.

[@Hyaphill]

Amerikkka is crazy. SMH making too much money to rent an apt and not enough for the other. 😮

[@julioramirez8768]

I left a long time ago, you can't pay me to move back.. I keep visiting my abuela, tho.

[@charlotteinnocent8752]

Who would move to Florida under the current governor?!

[@ItsRyanStudios]

We moved from California to Florida. Cost of living is just as high, only difference is there's no national parks, quality healthcare, culture, wine country, surfing, mountains, or anything to really justify living in Florida. Maybe good gun laws, but that's it 🤷

[@empressowl2817]

Please go back to California

[@stephengalloway6604]

😂😂😂😂 Welcome to Florida!?!. 😂😂😂😂.

[@shawnarthurwells5385]

I don't get it how are these landlords here in Florida are charging so much, I only pay 830 monthly plus 30 in utilities, such Craziness that they get away with this.

[@retiredmom2947]

You need low income housing with TWO dogs?!? WTF? I’m retired and can’t afford any dogs. People are ridiculous. 🤣