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'Don't know why I'm struggling' | Austin mom says she can no longer afford to live in her tiny home
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- Опубликовано: 15 янв 2024
- The high cost of housing in Austin is making it harder for many people to make ends meet.
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Well wasn’t the whole point of a tiny home to have cheaper housing and save money. What’s the point if you can get a regular apartment for the same price?
That was what they claimed and why I moved here to begin with.
More privacy and less noise.
Companies now just don't care about keeping rent in reach for the lower to middle class. You can have a company with its business name "Low Cost Housing" and charge 1600$ a month. Until people don't rent and those apartments stay vacated they'll charge what ever they want.
Then the illegal aliens move in for free.@@davechattoe9144
No adjoining neighbors, yard space, close parking
This lady is paying triple my mortgage! I couldn’t imagine living in a shed paying that much.
Yes but we pay a whole lot more on taxes. My taxes last year alone was 29k
@@sew_gal7340how much monthly in taxes is that?
So am I. How much is your mortgage? Mine is about $1,500.
Probably because you bought before inflation drove the cost up.
In average the American people pays 14 cents for every dollar for the US Military, that happens to be in other countries protecting their borders. What's the cost of the 10 million migrants that are in sanctuary cities since Joe took office? Not counting Ukraine funds, Etc.
That guys condescending attitude rubbed me the wrong way
I actually liked his attitude. He was very forthcoming with the fact that tiny home does not mean tiny rent. Hopefully this single mother will be able to go back to the child's father and ask for additional child support so the child can grow up in a nice trendy neighborhood filled with amenities or try to figure out exactly why she is struggling and solve the problem.
@@coffeecup3177 I agree and he's not the least bit condescending, imo.
@coffeecup3177 I agree with you too.
It's all in your head.
@@coffeecup3177 , this is not about a trendy neighborhood.
and they cant figure out why americans dont have retirement savings or emergecy fund for $500 because 1 bedroom is $1675 now when 3 years ago it was $779
My 24 year old just moved out to Orlando and had to pay $1795 for 1 bedroom in safer area! She did get 1 month free at least, but still!!!!
@@user-sd5ow2lz9o looked at an efficiency today $595!!! No bedroom, gym, nicer grounds. They have wifi & laundry. EFFICIENCY
Californication of a once sleepy lil college town. Gentrification hit.
Oh, sweetie, it's not hard to figure out. What mommy and daddy didn't teach you is that we don't care.
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Unfortunately, this is what happened when big Tech companies move into the surrounding areas😢
Use-tor-to-research-handheldemp-weapons. Techcompaniesworstnightmare.🤣
And bring in TONS of foreign workers
Do what I did. Leave Travis county if you cannot afford to live there. I moved 60 miles and have a 2 bedroom apartment $675 a month. You should never spend over 30% of monthly income on rent & utilities.
That's great if you can afford a car.
Not everyone can uproot as easily as you.
Exactly. Even a birdbrain knows how expensive Austin is! She’s actually lucky be be paying what she is!
So many excuses to play victim and none to be a hero
What city?
I get a STRONG feeling we're not getting the FULL story from the renter or the landlord
Landlords are greedy now thanks to Corporate cash in Real estate
@@ghostbansurvivor6229"The landlord is greedy for putting his money before mine!".
You're getting the full story from the landlord. Austin is a rapidly growing city, and as demand for housing increases, so do the prices. When you rent, every year your rent will reflect the current market rate, and guess what that entails in a city that sees nonstop expansion?
Saw the writing on the wall and moved from Austin to East Texas. I sold my home for $250k. Just ten years later, it sold for one million dollars. If I had not moved when I did, the rise in property taxes and cost of living would have forced me out.
or you'd have $700,000 more equity in the house.
Always have to keep your eye on the big picture. Always.
Gentrification and pushing people out is happening all over that area. For one lot, I used to pay 1400$/yr in property taxes. Today it's 7k/yr. I have to pay more than a car payment, every month in property taxes ALONE. I remember it breaking my heart when I had to push up my rent rate just a little, but today...sheesh. I've adjusted and so have the tenants; however, I think this company may be careless about their tenants, and solely interested in the bottom line. As many companies are in capitalist societies. It would depend on if their rates also increased as mine did. If not, then they are prioritizing getting market value. I've noticed that is definitely not part of my character, or something I'm ok with. Enough is enough for caring people, unless you are so profit driven, you don't care.
@@markbajek2541 equity can be a farse, depending on one's situation.
Gentrification. Californication. That’s the way they do it on the mtv. Your money aint fo nothin
$350 month rent increase? That's insane. Doesn't Austin have rent control? I'm sure this mother didn't receive a $350/month raise at her job.
Exactly! $350 annual increase is huge. Why isn't this getting more likes?
Thank you. Beyond the fact it was market as a way to live in Austin and have not low income but affordable housing when I moved in 2 yrs ago.
I am the girl in the interview
Rent control kills affordable housing. No risk adverse investor will put money into affordable housing when they will not get an acceptable REI. Those structures quickly become undesirable because the investors will only put in the least amount on money to maintain.
To be clear, her rent was raised $350 per month, or $4,200 more for this month period! And most people do not get a raise anywhere near that same $350 a month to cover the added expense just on the rent bill. Her other costs, like electric, internet, food, probably uses gas to run a car which hopefully she either has paid off or Las low monthly payment,food, health care uncovered amounts, car and possibly health insurance costs, clothing for growing child....all went up also, but again, most people did not get large enough raises to pay for their rising expenses, even when you are being very careful to only spend on true necessities, not luxuries. Somethings gotta give soon!!!
It's $350 MONTHLY, not annually.
Highway robbery. They see y'all coming. I live in a tiny house. I lived in it unfinished and finished it slowly. On ten acres. Think outside of the box or you will be making rich people richer your entire life and die with nothing to leave your children. Putting them in the same position.
Land anywhere near the mextroplexes costs $15K an acre now. Inflation is killing the middle class
@@safeandeffectivelol once a year your local county puts out a list of property for sale for back taxes. Explore them until you find the right option. Think outside of the box. Buy one you have no intention of living on, improve it, resell it. Until you have the money you need to buy exactly what you want.
@@safeandeffectivelolWhere? $15k is an absolute BARGAIN.
@@safeandeffectivelol podunk, rural small town near the costal bend is selling at 20k/acres due to major corporations coming through. When 5 years ago, it was like 7k/acre.... this is with Literally no city developments for their citizens, and nothing to do in the area. Driving 40 mi to the nearest city purchase needed items. This is what is killing the middle class.
@@nm3547 Yes, inflation due to cheap credit.
Someone is carpetbagging. I'm a builder, and the materials for a 12'x18' tiny home cost around $1300. Labor may vary according to location, or involvement by organizations, but it can be done for the price of 6 months rent.
I think this comment is not true, but I'd be interested in seeing one of your builds that has materials at only $1300. Also, are you saying the foundation is included in this rate? - Either way, to truly utilize a unit 1 utility line alone runs this much or more.
@nm3547 Think what you will. I mill the flooring, trim, and paneling. I build windows and doors in the shop, where I also build the cabinetry. The use of salvaged materials, such as barn wood and metal roofing on interior walls also is a money saver.
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Might as well rent a real house for that price. Living in a tiny shack for full house prices is not a deal.
That guy is a real piece of work charging that rent for those tiny homes. I don’t care what the average rent is, these are TINY. Greedy people like him are destroying the middle class.
This is not greed, this is a result of people wanting to live in Austin and not commute, higher demand items go for a higher price.
You slow thinker.......
just because there's high demand does not necessarily mean there has to be high prices. It is all about greed.
B&R in East Austin 78702 & still here. My neighbor across the street pays 6k monthly to RENT a 1bdrm house. That's double what we pay on our yearly property taxes & we own our home.
@@MissCertifiedKicks Spending that kind of money is his prerogative. And if he wants to waste his money like that, that's up to him.
@@Roy-yu4kg go troll someone else🤡🤣 Idk where you got that from what I stated but what I do know is that you are a negative type of person & likes to attack others for no reason.
Btw, I was just stating an "example" of how high rent has gotten here. Honestly, Idc what that person or the next person does or spends their money on. So next time before you go making an a** out of yourself, think before you reply or you'll look like an idiot living in idiocracy. Bye felicia!
Didn't she say that utilities were included in the rent when she first moved there now they're not. 350 was the utilities 😮
the greed of these property management companies is killing people and it is greed of property managers... I know as my rent has gone up almost 100% since a property manager is now who I deal with not the actual owners that I dealt with for years, there was always a little increase but now there is a huge increase and I now am left selling off my belongings and shortly will be in my car
You shouldn't have dropped out of the 2nd grade lol.
YES MR CEO A TINY HOUSE SHOULD BE TINY RENT. Should it be huge rent for a tiny space?
Ever heard of supply and demand?
And people all over the world pay huge rents for tiny spaces.
$2000 a month for a shed???
Sounds like the developer took a big risk building those tiny homes with a variable rate loan and now he's passing the risk to the tenant.
He's doing bait and switch to be frank. Sold them as though they were going to be cheaper then apartments. Then a year later starts to jack them up.
Unfortunately, you can't take people at their words now a days because everyone is baiting and switching and it's actually seen as a great business strategy.
This is the other possibility!!!
All slumlords do that. Think they gonna cha-ching, but they the little guy in the cartel money game. So they pass it on to tenant who then skips
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When I lived in North Austin my apt complex raised my rent after 5 years to almost a monthly mortgage payment. So I thought, if I'm almost paying mortgage amount payments then why am I renting? Ended up buying a house one month before my lease renewed.
Bait and switch.
Exactly.
She's free to move when her lease was up.
Jesus!!! She’s paying $200 less than me and I have a 3br home. I wonder what my increase is going to be. I’m dreading it! This is exactly why I signed a 2 yr lease.
She can get a 3 bdrm home in downtown SA for this rate.
Single Mother had nothing to do with it lol. I tried to expose what myself-and others who live felt here were unethical practices of Casata! That’s why I called and what my point of this was but this became the focus and story. Bottom line the market around us is lower for more sq ft with actual amenities. The cost of living should not take over half a persons income. Read my large post in comments!
Think the channel removed that post but I got the gist. I'm afraid this is ultimately a bait and switch new business strategy.
Yes they did remove it unsure why and that exactly what happened.
Married, single, young, old, male and female, most people know what you were expressing.
Be at peace with that. Journey well. ♥
is he really saying that they built affordable housing in an area no one can afford to live in an its their fault for wanting access to the world?
Yes, and he's right. You aren't entitled to a mini San Francisco and fair-trade coffee shops lol.
I know exactly where they place is. Used to live down the street from the house that got torn down and turned into a tiny home community. They're making bookoo money on that investment, liars..
I hope she can find an affordable place but maybe not in Austin.
I have to tell you... this is the norm in Travis Co.
We saw the writing on the wall years ago when project connect was first passed by voters...
Not only did we sell our home for THREE Times the price we originally paid, we moved to another southern state, and we were able to buy a same size home outright.
This isn't a case of developer's greed. This is a case of government run amok.
The taxing authority for project connect can raise taxing rates at will.
No vote, debate, or audits - thanks.
This is all due to Austin City Council, as well as the Travis County Governmental Board. It's their policies of tax/spend, demand more, that is affecting the populace of this area.
In the 1800's Real Texans would have run them out on a rail.
The entire country is grappling with their entire paycheck going to rent... That's what happens when the top squeezes out the middle....
It's not helping either that the home insurance companies are raising insurance premiums 40% in Texas.
We're all in the same boat...unfortunately.
Robbery, its simply robbery!!!
That is ridiculous price to pay for a tiny home. I assume most of the increase costs is in property taxes. That is what the people of Austin voted for with Project Connect, then when the bill comes they complain it not affordable.
Project connect still hasn't happened, so it is frustrating to pay for something and not get it. Also, a lot of the taxes are from real estate agents gouging on prices and raising the tax assessment values.
@@lfeb RE agents don't raise anything. It's determined by the appraisers, buyers, and sellers
The tax rates are set by the local taxing entities. They could choose to lower rates while values go up, but instead keep rates nearly the same and take in more taxes.
@@safeandeffectivelol It's amazing how many ignorant people are out there who think that REAL ESTATE AGENTS somehow affect home values.
Texas just passed a property tax reduction bill that came into effect this year. Most homeowners got a discount for the first time in a long time of high annual increases. Whether bc of the upcoming election or not, this year, homeowners finally got a little bit of relief. 30-55$ ish of monthly decrease or so.
Why I moved back to San Antonio.
WA state 1 bedroom apt $1800. Sadly this is all common everywhere
It's a sad state of affairs when rent prices are so high.
Kudos to the journalist who covered the story. I hope there is a follow up story interviewing Texas state legislators on what they are doing to help Texans like single parent Ms. Illing who are genuinely trying to support their family. Especially at a time like this in winter no less. Time to call Capitol and see where everyones tax dollars are really going to in those law makers paychecks. They should not be living comfortably with so many suffering and struggling.
Our tax payer dollars are being spent at the border. This gal needs to look at the local governing.
If taxes and fees inflation go up so does rents and utilities food and goods.
What this woman needs to work on is getting a mortgage of her own. That's how you control your budget.
When I moved in they said they were going to offer first time home buyer an option to buy there is a lot left out in this and this was not supposed to be about me at all.
State legislators earn $7200/yr. Most of them own a business or have full-time jobs.
Blame inflation, not the state. We can't afford to put everyone on welfare
@@safeandeffectivelolwell said!
Too expensive for many. I agree
Bait & switch.
This is why I rent a room than a whole house
@Bad_News_Bear Rent control does not work, if when the variable costs of property taxes and insurance go up. If you control the rent by say 5%, but the people vote for a 20% increase in city taxes for Project Connect, do we think the landlord would just eat it?
@@anthony19721 1- property taxes has pretty much been at the max the last few years. It is not going up that much more. 2- If your insurance increases with market value, you need to look into a different insurance plan.
Who is creating these ‘market values’. Just because everyone else is charging $2k-$3k, doesn’t mean you should.
Real Estate agents, Developers and management companies.
The market value around us is not this. Apartments are 1300-1400 for a 2bedroom 900-1300 sq ft. A 3 bedroom is 2300$ but they offered one person renewal at 2400$ for his 2bedroom 750sq ft
LOL. Peasants say the dardnest things.
Peasant to employer: Well, sir, if you take a look at the chart, the market rate for someone of my experience is $85,000 annually. I expect you to match this rate or else I'll go elsewhere. Don't be greedy!!!!!!
Peasants to landlords: Yes, I know the market rate for homes in my neighborhood is $2,800/month but just because it's that high doesn't mean that's what I should pay. Don't be greedy!!!!
@@pearlsswine be true to your name and go back to your sty
It would appear to me that *this particular tiny house village* is unlike other *tiny house villages* in other areas of the country. Always read your lease people, you may think you're signing up for one thing when in fact you're signing up for something else...
If you think a single parent can compete with illegal migrants splitting the rent x4 ? You’re sadly mistaken. It’s the same thing that happened to NYC and California rent .
Lol! That's not the problem! Greed on the part of the real estate and development industry is the reason. It's not competing with others
These people want to blame everything on migrants, while the real culprits eat us alive.
in Sf Cal 1 bedroom starting April first will cost 3,500 monthly 😑 😒 and of course not the best area either, ,,hunter point ,,,very sad ,,
@@karladario9603shout out to RBL posse. 🎶don’t gimme no higher rent, we won’t pay that xhit if you add a cent🎶
California and New York were primarily driven by DEMAND. And not by illegals Tina. Stop living in the world where your tiny towns are better and the only ones that go to cities or states such as those are illegals.
It is demand and real estate agents creating the price increase by playing with homeowners and forcing them to do sell off competitions. Basically coercing one to view a house with another potential buyer there and creating the competition and interest.
This also happened with affordable housing in dever and portland.
This ceo uses market rent to justify raising rent. What happens to affordable micro home? Can he get City to give him a break on property tax because he provides affordable housing?
A case of just because you can doesnt mean you should.
If the whole point of the micro home community is to make Austen affordable, then why tie the price to full sized apartment prices? Sounds like a scam.
That is so sad and cruel
It's getting hard for everyone and I don't pay rent groceries have gotten bout of hand
If you work remote and want to move, I can refer you to a nice 3 bedroom home for $185k in NC. Affordable living is still out there, just not in these more coveted areas like Austin.
Micro homes should have micro prices to rent, who wants to pay $1500 for 750 sq feet….. that’s ridiculous, what in the world😮
This CEO "taking a loss" .. HIGHLY doubt that!
The entire rental housing market is absolutely rediculous!!! I live in downtown Las Vegas in one of the worst crime neighborhoods in the city with drive by shootings during the day and homeless folks as well as police activity and trash!!! My rent has doubled in the past 2.5 years!!!!
But you still decided to burden your budget even more by getting a dog. I swear, poor people just wake up every morning and think "how can I ruin my life even more today".
Um yes. If I am renting a tiny home I expect to pay tiny rent.
Unfortunately so many are in the same situation. Vote better, and make sure you put people in office who put our people first. It’s sickening what’s happening.
Yes, vote for people that will give you welfare. Totes
@@pearlsswine: vote for people not in the pockets of the corporations, but maybe the like the increasingly brutal conditions on their plantations.
Is she on a month to month lease? If so, just submit a 30 day notice to vacate the tiny home to your landlord.
A lease with your landlord isn't adoption papers, your landlord is not your new caregiver. Stop having children you can't afford. Get your life in order before bringing in a new life to the world that you will need to provide for. It's not the landlord's responsibility to provide for your daughter.
The rental market greed is what made me pack up and move to an area i could afford to buy a house. I was lucky i actually got a job paying more money. Now my mortgage payment will be $675 for the next 30 years. There are places in the midwest where homes are cheaper to buy than rent
I hate that response of the rent is comparable to the market- that does not make it affordable. Who is the company following that sets the rates? Why cant they be the one to set the rate and not budge?
insane, but simple. Move. Austin is cool but you gotta pay
Welcome to America. The Land of the "Greedy".
The problem is don't depend on rental rates to stray the same
Glad I own my home.
It's definitely like that in Utah it's getting harder every year because everything goes up every year.
Texas is getting to be like other states that are expensive to live in. My house isn't my dream house, but I'm glad I bought when I did and got paid it off. I wouldn't be able to afford a house in the current market and I don't have a tolerance for renting.
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Wow crazy i would move That's a house payment in Wisconsin
Ridiculous 💔💔💔
A micro home? that’s a manufactured home! Rent on manufactured homes used to be $500. Why is the government not setting a lot against property companies? Investment firms and corporations to set. A lot of rent should be at a minimum according to the wage. Now people are going to be living in cars. Nobody’s gonna be able to afford a house.
Did they do any upgrades? Rent increased for what? Smh
The same everywhere
Live in texas myself can't wait to move out of the u.s.
Prices really went up a lot since the lockdowns
This is both demand increasing and quite frankly price gouging by owners. But the moment one asks for rent control, we know what word gets tossed out.
What's the point of getting a tiny home? A fad? You are buying it to not pay the price of an apartment. It shouldn't be comparable. This is greed. And an american population that easily accepts private enterprise price gouging on them. Everyone there should be leaving and forcing the company to shift their price structure. Pretty sure the company did something "shady" and just wants to offset their risks that they shouldn't have done on the tenants.
Corporation being greedy.
Ridiculous rent for such a small place. "Tiny" homes should be less.
The cat's house looks pretty nice. Maybe she could move into that.
But you call it affordable! To the owner who was acting smug,
Wow...$1,690 a month for rent, might as well say $1,700...that's a 3 bedroom apartment rent price... don't blame her, move.
Like rental plots in mobile home communities based on a surplus of suburban “luxe sprawl” apartment communities with no consumer base demand so how was it able to manipulate a national market!
So sad! 😢😢😢😢
Wow.
tiny home should come with a tiny cost thats what the selling point of a tiny home what was this guy talking about u can til hes living off his residents cant stand people like that
Austin became very popular around the time of the pandemic and many left more expensive states as remote working became possible. That landlord took advantage of the surge in relocations.
B GOT THAT car and all them cats and all that other junk she could sell.. Lordy yall
Not that much for that box of matches!!!! I’d sooner love out a storage unit like that tiktok couple 😂😂
There is no way the population of Austin increased 150,000 people every ten years ? I don’t remember Americans having a baby boom 💥
It increased more than that and it's not a baby boom, Californians moved here for the tax break like it was the key to survival and brought big businesses from around the world that wanted to get away with not paying their fair share with them and their employees
Yep! Population in greater Austin area grew three times+! @@lfeb
It's called migration. A shitload of Californians and Latin Americans
Did you forget about Tesla moving in?😂
Where I live the rent is raised every year by $200-$300 it’s ridiculous. There really should be rent control like they have in New York the raising food and rent costs are getting out of hand
How can they put controls on rent, when the people vote for increase property taxes (+25% with Project Connect). Landlords have to pass down the costs.
@@anthony19721 it’s a mess property taxes also are another thing that is getting nuts I didn’t know people voted to do that though in Texas I don’t live there
@@angeo3830 yes in Texas cities, counties and school districts can have elections to issue bonds for various infrastructure projects. Austin recently passed a 8 cent per dollar of $1K property value tax increase for various infrastructure projects. They make it sound inexpensive, but people dont realize the costs until years later after rents or escrow accounts are adjusted to pay for it.
Rent control has downsides: It reduces the supply of decent housing since landlords would rather convert a building to condos or adapt it to commercial use than abide by a law that limits their profits.
Investment in new rental housing screeches to a halt.
Maintenance of buildings under rent control is lax or nonexistent because of the poor return on investment.
Rent control removes the efficiency of the open market system.
There can be severe restrictions on what, if any, rent increases are permitted.
It reduces the mobility of the tenants to avoid a significant rent increase.
To compensate for the lower rent on rent-controlled apartments, landlords may charge higher prices on unregulated units.
Rent control discourages landlords and developers from investing in rental property.
This list is the first thing that came up on Bing.
@@-OBELUS- I would agree that rent control is not the answer, but was wondering in places like NY and CA that implemented rent control, how do they account for rising costs of increase property taxes and insurance. If taxes and insurance increases on a property, can the landlord increase the rent to help pay for the increased costs?
It's a rip off then. The point of the microphone was to reduce costs therefore it should be less than a regular house.
This is just a scam.
Where’s baby daddy’s portion! If he was contributing then maybe …..?…
He pays for her private school :)
It not his job to pay my bills regardless of being a mother everyone in this community is outraged at what has happened here.
They literally advertised as keep Austin affordable and live in a community.
@@elizabethi86 Unless her private school tuition is very expensive, your thinking is wrong. You are the one providing shelter, food, and care for your daughter. That's worth something. Pencil out what you could get in child support against what he is currently paying for her schooling.
That's absolutely ridiculous and wrong!
We can all thank Black Rock and companies for a lot of this.
Whats the issue importance of saying single mother.?
The "empathy" vote. Or the "poor me" vote.
Many, many single mothers do not receive child support.
Austin is extremely overpriced for what you get, the fact that this man says their prices are comparable to everybody else well, that is proof that what you were getting five years ago three years ago it’s no longer what it is now.
The scam eventually is exposed!
Rent increases 25% each year along with other inflationary pressures when yearly raises (of you get them is less than 1%
The founders of the nation started a revolution over taxes, today we bend over and say you can take even more.
Classic Bait and switch scam
That CEO is clueless. Looks like Austin is only for the wealthy to afford now.
There's actually a lot of cheaper housing in austin if you're willing to drive a bit. Sounds like that place just jacked up the rent on her. There shoudl be some sort of rent control to prevent people from having to move so quickly. $350 clearly is just the landowner taking advantage of someone already being moved in, and knowing there's interia to moving out.
Lol "the landlord is evil for exploiting the tenant's laziness"
@@pearlsswine Maybe not evil, but definitely exploitative. If landlords are able to just get people in at low cost and then jack up the rent, it really is a pain. Moving usually costs 2k and a few weekends of work.
She could build a tiny home for what she’s paying.
Maybe so, but the bank won't give her a loan to do so.
I was wondering why she wasn't living with roommates, but she has a daughter. Still though, there are studio or small 1br apartments for $1,400 and less in Austin...just not in desirable areas. That's how it works. In-demand areas/towns/cities cost more.
Just because she has a daughter does not mean she cannot have a roommate. I was a single dad. I had a son. And when times got tough. I took in a roommate.
Ew roommates
It's not safe to take in a roommate when you have children.
location location location
I assumed she was in a 1 bdrm.
Tiny homes ARE NOT THE ANSWER!
Lotta money!
This woman really thought she could just RENT a place and that the price would magically stay the same for rest of her life. Perfect example of a person incapable of planning for the future.
And bruh, if you can't afford $1,600 in rent (utilities included lol), then you're not doing what society says will make you successful. Guarantee she has a minimum wage job or some low pay, low-skill administrative job.