I don't want to be on the news, but do want to point out that Sustainable Comfort company bought several three deckers on my former street and kicked us all out. They claim to be helping the environment by adding insulation, but they cut down the trees, changed the floor plans to make the building more like dorms, and removed the historical character of the buildings. They charge the new Boston and biotech people 2 and 1/2 times the rent. I didn't want to go to court, but everyone now is telling me I should have. The ones who are immigrants would have trouble fighting for their rights. I was helping the children with their homework, they were teaching me their culture and I miss everyone in our old building and the ones next door, some of whom grew up in Worcester like me. One quirky man who was well known and liked in the area had to move in with his brother in another neighborhood. When I saw him next he said the people there didn't know him and tried to cut his ear off. Another man was coming out of the park with his dog tied up in the brush screeching and howling behind him. He said he had to move in with other people too. The new landlord was coming to visit, and he wasn't allowed to have a dog. So I watched the dog until the landlord left. I went to a local cleanup recently and noticed the t-shirts for volunteers had the Sustainable Comfort logo. The employees of the company weren't there picking up trash though. The owner of Sustainable Comfort was in an article recently whining that the cost of three deckers has gone up so much he can't make as much money buying and improving them. I'm so sick of hearing how Worcester is "improving". One restaurant owner had the nerve to go in the paper posing with their cat and saying how it's for the good of the neighborhood that people are losing their homes. When I posted on facebook not to eat there, everyone was saying how mean I am. They probably aren't part of the bigger conspiracy of restaurants and developers though, or they would have been told to keep their mouths shut. Maybe I should be like them and go in the newspaper posing with my former neighbor's cat. He died of a heart attack when he brought them to me for help because of getting kicked out. Worcester doesn't "improve" when people have to leave or die, it just isn't Worcester anymore. It becomes a new West Boston. People in some areas are angry because many homeless people have been pushed out of downtown to their neighborhood. I can't drive because of epilepsy and can't move to the surrounding towns or suburban parts of Worcester like some of my neighbors did. I need to be near a bus that comes reasonably often. Highways, railroads and speeding drivers make it difficult to walk a lot of places. The bus service in Worcester is infrequent and doesn't go to enough places in the city. I'm lucky to have family to help.
It is. For decades and decades, homeownership was affordable - even for one-income families. THIS started with the repeal of Glass-Steagall and our government turning a blind eye on their unlawful schemes to make more $.
@@user-nm4bs6rp9q Not much. I was born disabled but my family never wanted me, so I've spent half my adulthood in & out of homelessness. The government doesn't give enough money to pay rent in Social Security, (most landlords won't take someone on SS anyway) so I have to find roommates I trust, f*ck someone for housing or stay homeless because neither the government, nor my family will help me. I think about doing myself in all the time because I think this's the only existence the U.S can offer me. I wish there was a country to flee to but this's the country other poor people flee to
It's not one man. It's a staggering number of us. Some of my former neighbors left Worcester, some moved into tighter quarters, I had to accept help from family, and one of my neighbors asked me to take care of his cats but had a heart attack in my living room when he brought them and died in the hospital.
God bless this man; a person who has worked all their life deserves better than this. #PoorPeoplesCampaign is fighting against these types of situations, but is Congress listening? IF there is so much money around, they should have enough to spare to help prevent you from getting evicted. Landlord is not your friend, no matter who he is.
Wow, this video speaks volumes. I just moved to Worcester, MA, from Chicago, and the rents are doubled here. I have a master's degree and no debt, a full-time and part-time job, and I'm still sleeping on a friend's couch because the rent is still 75% of my take-home pay.
@jennfalcon8290 I've lived everywhere else in the country. I wanted to experience New England history and sightsee this part of the country. I'm not regretting it. I'm just shocked at how expensive and how old everything is. I.E. streets, houses, infrastructure, etc. They could never build new streets; there would be nowhere else to drive. I never thought I would miss Illinois. 😆
The issue once again as proven are the landlords and not having price controls on what they can charge for rents and how they can't evict people no fault or at fault. You can see the turn in the story is when this guy got injured and can no longer do work for the landlord probably at an incredibly discounted price that is when the landlord threw him out with a trash basically. If this guy could still do work for the landlord he would not have probably been evicted or had the rent increased.
Hamden statement how long he lived there and “”thought of place as his”. If you’re renting that belongs to the owner. So many videos of eviction say same thing…..big mistake
Hes selling the house. Nothing is forever. We sold two houses last year,rentals. The tenants were there for years,had no credit or wanted to buy a bigger house. They moved on. they were nice people but at 73 landlording is getting old for me.I am relocating to Mexico where my wife grew up. Adios New England.
If I didn't know any better, I'd say people are complaining about the cost of everything in the New England states. The issue is not complicated to resolve: stop voting against your own interests. Massachusetts has a decades long problem of voting for policies that work against the poor, the Harris/Biden regime being a case in point. I offer absolutely no pity for this gentleman, as he can simply move to Mexico or anyone of the Central American countries where the cost of living is much, much more affordable.
This is part of an ongoing series from @gbhnews! If you have been #PricedOut, we'd love to hear from you.
I don't want to be on the news, but do want to point out that Sustainable Comfort company bought several three deckers on my former street and kicked us all out. They claim to be helping the environment by adding insulation, but they cut down the trees, changed the floor plans to make the building more like dorms, and removed the historical character of the buildings. They charge the new Boston and biotech people 2 and 1/2 times the rent. I didn't want to go to court, but everyone now is telling me I should have. The ones who are immigrants would have trouble fighting for their rights. I was helping the children with their homework, they were teaching me their culture and I miss everyone in our old building and the ones next door, some of whom grew up in Worcester like me. One quirky man who was well known and liked in the area had to move in with his brother in another neighborhood. When I saw him next he said the people there didn't know him and tried to cut his ear off. Another man was coming out of the park with his dog tied up in the brush screeching and howling behind him. He said he had to move in with other people too. The new landlord was coming to visit, and he wasn't allowed to have a dog. So I watched the dog until the landlord left.
I went to a local cleanup recently and noticed the t-shirts for volunteers had the Sustainable Comfort logo. The employees of the company weren't there picking up trash though. The owner of Sustainable Comfort was in an article recently whining that the cost of three deckers has gone up so much he can't make as much money buying and improving them.
I'm so sick of hearing how Worcester is "improving". One restaurant owner had the nerve to go in the paper posing with their cat and saying how it's for the good of the neighborhood that people are losing their homes. When I posted on facebook not to eat there, everyone was saying how mean I am. They probably aren't part of the bigger conspiracy of restaurants and developers though, or they would have been told to keep their mouths shut. Maybe I should be like them and go in the newspaper posing with my former neighbor's cat. He died of a heart attack when he brought them to me for help because of getting kicked out.
Worcester doesn't "improve" when people have to leave or die, it just isn't Worcester anymore. It becomes a new West Boston. People in some areas are angry because many homeless people have been pushed out of downtown to their neighborhood. I can't drive because of epilepsy and can't move to the surrounding towns or suburban parts of Worcester like some of my neighbors did. I need to be near a bus that comes reasonably often. Highways, railroads and speeding drivers make it difficult to walk a lot of places. The bus service in Worcester is infrequent and doesn't go to enough places in the city. I'm lucky to have family to help.
This America is literally falling apart in front of our eyes....
It is. For decades and decades, homeownership was affordable - even for one-income families. THIS started with the repeal of Glass-Steagall and our government turning a blind eye on their unlawful schemes to make more $.
Affordable housing is a public health crisis. We need people to step up and build affordable duplexes to sell. Not rent. And keep it affordable.
No.no.no. it's a national security threat... without affordable housing, we are literally destroying America....
We actually need both not all of us can afford to be homeowners.
This's happening to the most vulnerable in every part of the country but especially Massachusetts
The “national land grab” and what is our government doing about it? What do you do when you can’t make more money due to age and/or illness?
@@user-nm4bs6rp9q Not much. I was born disabled but my family never wanted me, so I've spent half my adulthood in & out of homelessness. The government doesn't give enough money to pay rent in Social Security, (most landlords won't take someone on SS anyway) so I have to find roommates I trust, f*ck someone for housing or stay homeless because neither the government, nor my family will help me.
I think about doing myself in all the time because I think this's the only existence the U.S can offer me. I wish there was a country to flee to but this's the country other poor people flee to
Why say especially in Mass? I understand your situation, this especially in every US city.
It's not one man. It's a staggering number of us. Some of my former neighbors left Worcester, some moved into tighter quarters, I had to accept help from family, and one of my neighbors asked me to take care of his cats but had a heart attack in my living room when he brought them and died in the hospital.
Aww man that sad. At least he’s in a better more peaceful place now
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This my daddy 🥰 I love this so so much! Makes me 😢 cry
God bless this man; a person who has worked all their life deserves better than this. #PoorPeoplesCampaign is fighting against these types of situations, but is Congress listening? IF there is so much money around, they should have enough to spare to help prevent you from getting evicted. Landlord is not your friend, no matter who he is.
GREED is GROSS
this is too sad but it's only getting worse...
Heartbreaking.
Wow, this video speaks volumes. I just moved to Worcester, MA, from Chicago, and the rents are doubled here. I have a master's degree and no debt, a full-time and part-time job, and I'm still sleeping on a friend's couch because the rent is still 75% of my take-home pay.
Why did you move here?
@jennfalcon8290 I've lived everywhere else in the country. I wanted to experience New England history and sightsee this part of the country. I'm not regretting it. I'm just shocked at how expensive and how old everything is. I.E. streets, houses, infrastructure, etc. They could never build new streets; there would be nowhere else to drive. I never thought I would miss Illinois. 😆
The issue once again as proven are the landlords and not having price controls on what they can charge for rents and how they can't evict people no fault or at fault. You can see the turn in the story is when this guy got injured and can no longer do work for the landlord probably at an incredibly discounted price that is when the landlord threw him out with a trash basically. If this guy could still do work for the landlord he would not have probably been evicted or had the rent increased.
What a shame shame on those doing this to people kharma they will never have any luck with that property
Why make property owners the vii
This is terrible. YOUNG PEOPLE DO WHAT EVER IT TAKES TO BUY A HOME. NOT A TRAILER - BUT A HOME. MY FIRST ONE WAS 750 SQ. FEET I THINK
Hamden statement how long he lived there and “”thought of place as his”. If you’re renting that belongs to the owner. So many videos of eviction say same thing…..big mistake
Thank a NIMBY.
Hes selling the house. Nothing is forever. We sold two houses last year,rentals. The tenants were there for years,had no credit or wanted to buy a bigger house. They moved on. they were nice people but at 73 landlording is getting old for me.I am relocating to Mexico where my wife grew up. Adios New England.
If I didn't know any better, I'd say people are complaining about the cost of everything in the New England states. The issue is not complicated to resolve: stop voting against your own interests. Massachusetts has a decades long problem of voting for policies that work against the poor, the Harris/Biden regime being a case in point. I offer absolutely no pity for this gentleman, as he can simply move to Mexico or anyone of the Central American countries where the cost of living is much, much more affordable.
Stop bringing politics into this issue!
Get a section 8 voucher