Spokane-area renters fear spending hundreds on month-to-month rent

[@sammykinnzasmr]

I lived in those same apartments for several years! Our rent was 1250 for a 2 bedroom and they PURPOSELY tried to screw us over to force us to go month to month, which would have been OVER 2100. They're building more apartments across the street and they're pushing the inflated construction costs on the current residents.

[@thebastardgift]

Doing month to month is getting blood from a turnip, and this too is nationwide.

[@davecurtis6930]

We shouldn't have to pay to live on a prison planet 🛸

[@OriginalJohnDoeFakersBeware]

Did you know there are three times as many empty apartment units as there are homeless? Landlords are criminals against humanity.

[@dustinwelsh4398]

Man with $10,000 in his pocket couldn't get an apartment in this town right now

[@moa8121]

Why not?

[@robbcervss595]

We just had to leave a two bedroom apartment because the rent went from 1300 to 2200. With two adults working one owning a small painting business you would think we could afford this with two kids and a dog. But the everything else increasing as well creates a nerve wrecking circumstance.

[@thebastardgift]

I've read of renters bidding upwards, offering to pay more rent, just to get a roof over their heads.

[@OriginalJohnDoeFakersBeware]

There is a reason the French Revolution was so bloody. Landlords, the land holding class, are criminals against humanity. Housing is a human right. It is a birthright to have a space on this planet but this group of people stole the birthright of the rest of us.

[@sel3248]

So basically they're not wanted as tenants anymore. Go figure.

[@veseyvonveitinghof6664]

not allowing apt owners to collect rents for over a year because of covid has created this mess....

[@freethinker8274]

We need rent control. The rent being charged is disgusting.

[@OriginalJohnDoeFakersBeware]

I would love to spend a few hundred on rent each month. The problem is the corrupt land bullies want many hundreds a month for rent. Wasn't I born on this planet? Where is my piece of land and home? You bastards have stolen my birthright!

[@tonyashamion563]

This is going on in Idaho as well. It has been impossible for homeless to get in places to rent here also. All our apartments are full with 6-9 month waits at the least and prices have gone way up. Some places won't even take application until an availability opens and if you're not there ASAP, it is already filled.

[@thebastardgift]

That is important information to share as it is happening nationwide and people can't afford to take a nap.

[@vaughnzimmerman1890]

I still pay only 575

[@levijames96]

Renters need to form tenant unions! There is power in organizing. Landlords will be forced to make concessions when their ability to extract money is halted.

[@qtuttle4697]

A shifty show spiralin. Outta control bro.

[@psychedelicpython]

It's just a matter of time before our rent goes up on Spokane's South Hill in the apartment complex where my husband and I live. It breaks my heart that so many families who work can't afford an apartment.

[@thebastardgift]

There was a time people lived in apartments to save for a house, and now they are living in the cheapest motels to save for an apartment.

[@marcweeks9178]

I left California (after retiring) and moved to Spokane in May 2020. If I hadn't been able to buy a house, I could've been in the same boat as these people--only without the boat. By comparison, I was renting a two-bedroom house in California for $1750 a month. I had been paying $1400, but when the landlord said he wanted to raise it to $2100 ("Based on comps in the area," he said), I was able to negotiate down to $1750 because I had been a good tenant. He's probably getting his $2100 now. Last year, I remember seeing two-bedroom apartments for less than $900 here in Spokane. Crazy. (Parenthetically, I bought my home for $175,000 and now it's worth approx. $237,000. I expect my property tax to increase accordingly.)

[@ifixm2721]

Ironic that rents were more reasonable before the government put in more controls.

[@freethinker8274]

There are no rent controls. What planet do you live on?

[@ifixm2721]

@@freethinker8274 Who made the rule that renters didn't need to pay rent? Landlords are probably trying to get ahead of that.

[@freethinker8274]

@@ifixm2721 Nobody said they don't have to pay rent. These rental increases started 2 years ago. They have nothing to do with the pandemic.

[@freethinker8274]

@@mathewreed818 I will vote for the party that restricts rent increases. Enjoy!

[@Stopstalkingme333]

Why raise rent on good tenants ? Seems like greedy landlords here in Spokane. We need rent control.

[@secularmeditation]

Or Californian investors…. : (

[@thedavidjscott_]

Thousands, not hundreds.

[@moa3008]

The Spokane housing authority should have low income housing for adults who have jobs. The Spokane housing authority should seize all abandoned business buildings and residential properties that have been vacant for a long time and renovate them and provide subsidized rents for people who are employed.

[@user-ox6zg9it4w]

This is ridiculous I live in Miami it's the same thing the government need to step in with rent control people are being displaced and becoming homeless or having to choose between a roof and food we need a reset no rent or work from the people cost of living don't match your pay

[@darkangelgirl3318]

Honestly this crap needs to be illegal.

[@alanluscombe8a553]

My family of 5 can’t find anywhere to live here it is bullshit. Been wasting money on applications for a year

[@87clits]

I'm truly disgusted by the greed.

[@tyrellwalter3264]

If anyone needs assistance with renting, buying or selling, im a realtor in spokane and id love to help those out in need anyway I can.

[@krmh75]

What are landlords going to do when people can't afford the rent? I'm a single mom and its so hard paying double now compared to what I was 6 years ago and its going even higher. I see so many moving trucks in my apt complex right now and I'm sure its due to rent hikes(they just resumed signing new leases...hmmm...)

[@laurencesmelser3083]

Had planned to move back to Spokane, my home town, from the East Coast. But no more. My Mies van der Rohe high-rise condo's HOA fee is only $830 and that includes heating and air-conditioning. What is motivating the Spokane landlords? An influx of cash-rich Californians? God help people with low incomes.

[@jaygoodman384]

The rentals in my city are bad & expensive😞

[@michaelfahim5878]

Those are Orange County CA prices wtf

[@davewood2640]

Yeah let's get people dependant on government assistance one way or another. Slowly, steadily everything will taken care of under the watchful eye of the trusty government eventually....

[@nahtatroll]

Capitalism at it's finest!

[@StoneyMike]

Cronyism but you were close.. lol

[@robertbroatch6919]

The rich get richer everyone else gets screwed--

[@petec5935]

Welcome to life

[@lisahyyppa3360]

🙏♥️🥰

[@covidfartfog8076]

I think this was the 1st thumbs up I’ve given KLEM