GodlessCommie@lemmy.worldM to Late Stage Capitalism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoLandlords are parasiteslemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square153fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
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minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days ago My private landlord never did any of that. Mine did. 22% increase in the two years after the pandemic.
minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 days agoBut what about the previous years? At one point I happily took a 25% rent increase because there had been no increase for 8 years
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoWe did, yes. We had been trying to buy a house for years, and that pushed us to get serious. It took another year to find something we can afford, and we had to move out of the city, but we bought our own house!
Mine did. 22% increase in the two years after the pandemic.
But what about the previous years? At one point I happily took a 25% rent increase because there had been no increase for 8 years
Damn, that sucks. Did you move?
We did, yes. We had been trying to buy a house for years, and that pushed us to get serious. It took another year to find something we can afford, and we had to move out of the city, but we bought our own house!