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  • Опубликовано: 10 мар 2022
  • More and more tenants face skyrocketing rents, forcing some to move, while others struggle to find apartments they can afford.
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  • @MyThoughtzAndOpinionz
    @MyThoughtzAndOpinionz 2 года назад +120

    Single households have it the hardest. These days you need two incomes to live almost anywhere.

    • @seventhchild7270
      @seventhchild7270 2 года назад +17

      King Luciano.....single households, no children, ...I'VE experienced that for me, that living within my means, saving money for emergencies( income tax refunds, overtime, pay/etc)....NOT having credit card debt, loans, expensive vehicle, or possibly working a PART time job or side gig...doing so, gives extra cushion for increased /unexpected expenses..

    • @luciamixon8119
      @luciamixon8119 2 года назад +4

      Yes, maybe two roommates. I just got $188 more a month. My last hike was $10. 14 months ago. They made up for it. Omg. I waiting to see if they approve much less but doesn't seem likely......I hear it's greed.

    • @luciamixon8119
      @luciamixon8119 2 года назад +4

      Very very true. I just got a $188 hike. I told them what will be next time. I will be priced out! She says it will stabilize. At what? So if they make a one bedroom apt $2000. That is many peoples total salary. ???? Ugh one day at a time.

    • @elainewilliams362
      @elainewilliams362 2 года назад +10

      Two incomes people are still struggling as well. U really need a small business these to keep up with the cost of living in America. Because the cost of living done out price jobs. Unless you have a top professional career. Jobs today will have u homeless and starving as well.

    • @CoCo-yv3hl
      @CoCo-yv3hl 2 года назад +1

      FACTS

  • @Shazzy1228
    @Shazzy1228 2 года назад +57

    To all Californians and New Yorkers: TEXAS IS FULL! WE ARE AT CAPACITY! Please stop moving here! I heard great things about....South Dakota. Yea thats it South Dakota. Its so cheap with no state income tax either. Go over there instead, please.

    • @brattygalore9330
      @brattygalore9330 2 года назад +10

      Thank you so much for letting them know 😂😂

    • @AlmaMartinez-
      @AlmaMartinez- 2 года назад +13

      I still don't understand why they keep moving down here when the crime is going up like crazy!! I want to move out & these people coming over here doesn't make it any better

    • @Shazzy1228
      @Shazzy1228 2 года назад +11

      @@AlmaMartinez- Because they didn't do the proper research. People are told how affordable Houston is and all the jobs we have. For some reason, they didn't check the uptick in crime. That uptick is now reaching the precious suburbs. The affordable COL, which is no more. My neighbor from Chicago said our crime is reaching his city's levels and he regrets moving here. He said we also pay less than his hometown, which makes the higher rents unbearable. He only been here 9 months and is shocked. He thought Houston was safe and family friendly. Where he got that idea from, I dunno.🤔

    • @Shazzy1228
      @Shazzy1228 2 года назад +4

      @@brattygalore9330 They better listen though sis and catch the next flight 🤣🤣. I can't be sitting in traffic trying to get to the Turkey Leg Hut no more😒😆😆.

    • @CeeSparks
      @CeeSparks 2 года назад

      😅

  • @Erick-wq8ld
    @Erick-wq8ld 2 года назад +87

    Crime and Rent are getting higher and higher in Houston

    • @brendaniebel1355
      @brendaniebel1355 2 года назад +10

      That's why I moved.

    • @tybarker5038
      @tybarker5038 2 года назад +1

      @@brendaniebel1355 same

    • @GSM92
      @GSM92 2 года назад +2

      @@brendaniebel1355 please come back. The 4th largest city misses you

    • @CoCo-yv3hl
      @CoCo-yv3hl 2 года назад

      This is all over

    • @thelastminmom5251
      @thelastminmom5251 2 года назад

      Everywhere

  • @rosegarcia5069
    @rosegarcia5069 2 года назад +55

    Yeah and how do you pay for utilities and water...those have increased too.

    • @raincoleman6305
      @raincoleman6305 2 года назад +2

      U got that right. Time's are getting really hard right now. Some of these people need a stimulus checks. Cause this is so crazy

    • @reynanregaladonow6426
      @reynanregaladonow6426 2 года назад +2

      @@raincoleman6305 stimulus checks, printing money out of nothing caused the inflation. You want more inflafion lol?

    • @genericamerican7574
      @genericamerican7574 2 года назад +1

      @Journey Starts Now
      How does this have anything to do with with the stimulus checks? Why? Please explain why you think it does?

    • @luciamixon8119
      @luciamixon8119 2 года назад +1

      I am currently try Im my to negotiate my $188 a month hike. From all these videos I will be surprised if it goes through......we are being squeezed from everywhere! Be careful out there. People on edge.

    • @bearrally888
      @bearrally888 2 года назад

      Play stupid games and win stupid prices. Idiots voted for Brandon, this is their reward.

  • @omgmono
    @omgmono 2 года назад +27

    Stop moving to Texas !!😩

    • @fvfr6294
      @fvfr6294 2 года назад +6

      Say it louder for the people in the back!!

  • @nopenope3206
    @nopenope3206 2 года назад +32

    These days it's not safe to get a roommate.

    • @tybarker5038
      @tybarker5038 2 года назад +5

      It’s the only way to not be homeless…

    • @nopenope3206
      @nopenope3206 2 года назад +6

      ,@@tybarker5038 I understand it just seems like most people can't be trusted anymore. But I understand it's the only way for a lot of people. I've been rooming with of my son right now and honestly don't see a way out any time soon. We only came to prevent him from losing his apartment after he was in a serious accident and could not work. But with the cost of everything going up I don't see us leaving anytime soon.

    • @Poshgardenherbs
      @Poshgardenherbs 2 года назад +2

      After that Netflix series you might be right 😭

    • @Katlady001
      @Katlady001 2 года назад +4

      I was considering a roommate, my rent has went up. I vowed to never have another one but since this pandemic, I’ve changed my mind. So much isolation has effected my mental health.

    • @thetruesoulofanaquarius9302
      @thetruesoulofanaquarius9302 2 года назад +4

      I will never have a roommate ever again.
      I'll work 2 or 3 jobs or sell dr*gs. Lol

  • @aquarius4life
    @aquarius4life 2 года назад +64

    People moving from California and New York and all those other expensive states think this nothing. They will gladly pay those rates. Remember they pay about $5,000 average for a studio apartment. So this is nothing to them. But US LOCALS SUFFER!!! 😟

    • @empressleesa2252
      @empressleesa2252 2 года назад +7

      How can that be nothing to New Yorkers the pay rate is different in other states..so it's a pay cut and now still mayb running into the same issue.

    • @aquarius4life
      @aquarius4life 2 года назад +15

      @@empressleesa2252 I respectfully disagree most come to Texas with high salaries already in place with their employer. Taxes are lower and many other benefits come with moving to TX. Those who can afford to move do so for a better and cheaper living.

    • @danapb
      @danapb 2 года назад +13

      $5K for a studio?! Where? I live in Silicon Valley and I think you're exaggerating just a little (or a lot!).

    • @vagabondaloner5650
      @vagabondaloner5650 2 года назад +7

      They may in fact she'll out more dough; but $5,000 for a studio is a bit of a stretch😂🤦🏽‍♀️

    • @djones3021
      @djones3021 2 года назад +7

      @@vagabondaloner5650 for real in the bay area a studio would only be around 2900 max

  • @jacquelynn2051
    @jacquelynn2051 2 года назад +36

    Finding a congruent roommate ain’t easy. They better increase their police force making suggestions like that because anyone that I’ve ever spoken to that had a roommate it was ALWAYS some bull crap involved. Home should be your safe, peaceful haven not a place where you come home and ya roommate has gone through your belongings, or didn’t clean up after themselves etc or having questionable company over..no thank you.

    • @theblackknight9783
      @theblackknight9783 2 года назад +6

      I was a police officer back in the mid 2000’s. Pretty much all the domestic calls I went on involving roommates was one of the roommates, family member(s) or friend(s) who come come to visit starting issues with the other roommate.

    • @CeeSparks
      @CeeSparks 2 года назад +1

      Right@ Jacquelynn

    • @michaelmullin7941
      @michaelmullin7941 2 года назад +6

      That's why I never had a roommate when I was young and renting. I was poorer, but the peace of mind made up for it.

    • @CeeSparks
      @CeeSparks 2 года назад +4

      @@michaelmullin7941 right! Can't bunk with any or everybody. On top of that, the company they keep may even be more of a problem 😏😒

    • @yolandas.6193
      @yolandas.6193 Год назад +3

      A friend of mine took in a roommate to help make ends meet. His roommate was a older gentleman from South Africa who was working as a substitute teacher. He was renting a room only charging him $400 dollars a month. Everytime it was rent time there was an emergency. He had to leave town suddenly, or he was sick, or someone died. Literally, several member of his family passed away suddenly back to back, month after month, right when it was time to pay rent. My friend is a nice guy and even let the man close out his storages and bring his remaining belongings in the house. The guy was a hoarder. He had his old broke down cars towed to the house and begged my friend to let him put them under the garage (because the HOA wouldn't alow them out with flat fires and not working). He said he would have them repaired in one week. One week turned into two years. He had the entire garage loaded with a brokedown car and boxes and clothes. He had the kitchen loaded with stuff from wall to wall. I was sent a picture of the inside of his bedroom and he had the room filled wall to wall where you had to turn sideways to get through. I was shocked. Completely shocked. Finally my friend told him to remove the car. You couldn't even sit in the car. It was filled to the top with clothes. He begged for a few days. He refused to allow himself to be served paperwork to remove the car and belongings from the garage. Finally my friend had the car towed. With all his clothes in it. It was a violation of his lease. But I told my friend that he allowed the lease to be altered when he let the man move all his crap in. Just wow. His hoarding roommate took over the entire house for $400 a month. I told my friend that he is only paying for one room and he should only have one room. Roommates are the worst.

  • @Sandy-dd5jz
    @Sandy-dd5jz 2 года назад +30

    Is ridiculous living in Houston.
    Apartments are too expensive like we living in New York

  • @gokoronkwo
    @gokoronkwo 2 года назад +27

    It’s hard to live with one income under one roof these days. Society isn’t built for that anymore with the rising cost of everything. Sometimes even with two incomes it’s still a struggle. I’m a small time landlord and local Houston infill lot developer. Rising property taxes are making affordable rent impossible. I haven’t raised rent in years but now I have to continue to make things work. Construction material is through the roof so it’s literally impossible to build affordable housing without free money/land or both from the government.

    • @chelseaap
      @chelseaap 2 года назад +2

      Society is literally pricing out people. Society is supposed to be for the people, but some how its against it.

  • @carlpeacock5517
    @carlpeacock5517 2 года назад +45

    People paying these ridiculous prices for housing is pathetic . Hold your government accountable .

    • @mslove7798
      @mslove7798 2 года назад +4

      Absolutely 💯👍

  • @edwardfletcher8158
    @edwardfletcher8158 2 года назад +5

    Even a little Debbie snack cake that weighs 2 oz is $1.69 at a corner store.. I put it back I remember when they were 25 cents... 🤺

    • @DB-vt1kk
      @DB-vt1kk 2 года назад +1

      Yes chips too. You could get four snacks for a buck 😧

  • @marioavila1559
    @marioavila1559 2 года назад +92

    I just leased out my 3/2/2 fully remodeled house in Spring for 1685. I will not raise their rent if they are good tenants and take care of the place. This damn inflation is ridiculous and I feel so sorry for us all. Thanks to all the 10 trillion dollars the government printed for COVID relief. I knew this was gunna bite us in the a$$ one day.

    • @caribdoll1800
      @caribdoll1800 2 года назад +3

      Yep, people were out here spending it. No free lunches

    • @joyaustin6581
      @joyaustin6581 2 года назад +1

      Even if taxes increase?

    • @CeeSparks
      @CeeSparks 2 года назад +3

      @@joyaustin6581 we've gone a yr or (sometimes 2 yrs) without raising rent at renewal if they were "good" tenants(paid on time, didn't tear up our house, etc). If taxes increase by a minimal amount(of course that's relative across the country), we can suck it up, that's y it's common to rent above the actual mortgage amount. Landlords have to consider things wear out over time or break. Sometimes it's tenants fault, but typically it's wear and tear as homes do eventually age, things have to be replaced. Also, another plus of course, is a profit. It's like an investment/business. But at the same time, we are very fair

    • @BMHBW1950
      @BMHBW1950 2 года назад +4

      Things were inflating way before the relief payments. Start coming at the corporate mf that makes the prices rise why tf are tagging on your fellow American for getting relief? That’s why y’all scrambled now! Get a grip people needing help isn’t the reason prices rise. I bet you a Republican or trashy holier than thou liberal. Either way. Capitalism is why. Start loving your fellow human ass

    • @DarkManSonian
      @DarkManSonian 2 года назад +1

      Yeah let’s focus on the average person getting money and not the rich who refuse to be taxed.
      Lmao you are a sheep.

  • @truckingwithtobee
    @truckingwithtobee 2 года назад +19

    Rents in Vegas have went up 30% in one year. Landlords in Vegas have been questioned as to why they have raised their rent and they said simply because they can. It has nothing to do with raising taxes or insurance rates. Our insurance rates haven’t went up at all and our taxes have went up very little on our properties here in Nevada there’s no excuse for it other than greed.

    • @truelies3690
      @truelies3690 2 года назад +2

      Greed! Greed! Greed! They can raise rent, leasing fees to the Stratosphere if they want and they the slum lord's know it. They will get a new tenant if old one moves out at any price! $3000 for 1 bedroom apt. in Las Vegas Nevada is now very possible, and probably way more in nicer clean HOA neighborhoods. No tenant laws there to protect any renter, leasee from getting gouged! Lived there from January 1978 to September 2011 and my rent for that same apt. went from $150 a month with all utilities paid to $800 a month with no utilities paid in 2011! Not any greed there yet then. Now, it's a free for all for greedy slumlord's. Good bye and good luck to all paying those back breaking rents there. $9 a gallon gas coming soon in late May.

    • @senster45
      @senster45 2 года назад +2

      First of all the eviction moratorium hit many landlords. There were a lot of no boating tenants. Landlords lost money as they still have to pay for mortgage property taxes, maintenance, etc…. Additionally, property taxes have gone up, insurance went up, repair costs including part cost went up. All this is due to eviction moratorium. The eviction moratorium should have been handled better.

    • @truelies3690
      @truelies3690 2 года назад +1

      @@senster45 yup, that is truth too. Another reason or reasons to hike up rents. Owners expenses always have gone to the renter's, tenants, leasees as rent hikes! Nothing new there. Good luck all, $9 gallon of gas coming this summer.

    • @april_dawn
      @april_dawn 2 года назад +3

      @@senster45 So, none of these Landlords got the PPP nor the EIDL grants or loans. I call bs. P.S. I paid my rent on time throughout all of this, so don’t try to come for me on that note.

    • @senster45
      @senster45 2 года назад +1

      @@april_dawn sure some landlords did but you can just look at state statistics. Only a small percentage has been paid out in many states therefore many landlords who applied with tenants have not yet seen funds. Just look up the numbers. Of course this does not include the tenants that refused to apply for state funds let alone those tenants that do not even qualify for state funds yet they got to live free without proof oh hardship. Eviction moratorium was handled poorly.

  • @malenaferina
    @malenaferina 2 года назад +62

    People are getting more poor every year, it wasn't like this 20 years ago, also requirements are more strict, no dogs, no more than 2 ppl per bedroom, etc. I heard many horror stories about renting, good luck everyone

    • @CeeSparks
      @CeeSparks 2 года назад +3

      Dogs tear up ya ish. Ppl too, but dogs, kids, sorry nasty tenants.. .something gotta give, typically landlords say no to dogs.

    • @malenaferina
      @malenaferina 2 года назад +6

      @@CeeSparks irresponsible people let dogs cats and kids tear up stuff, i never had dogs till i bought my own place cus i knew i needed money to buy something for me and i was killing my time working and saving but now i can have horses if i want lol

    • @CeeSparks
      @CeeSparks 2 года назад +3

      @@malenaferina but that's the thing, they all claim to be responsible, until your stuff is torn up. Luckily we've never had those type of tenants. But we've seen many unlucky landlords. It's a clause in our contract, no animals, unless fish.

    • @malenaferina
      @malenaferina 2 года назад +2

      @@CeeSparks my neighbors had damage from renters $5000, no deposit will cover that, am selling my first house i refuse to rent it out now I will invest in comercial building or more land

    • @CeeSparks
      @CeeSparks 2 года назад +3

      @@malenaferina we require renters insurance "in case" we get in an unfortunate situation like that. It's so cheap to buy here in Tx. We never have problems getting tenants to buy it. We tell them it protects them as well as us, which is the truth

  • @schawnettarobinson8584
    @schawnettarobinson8584 2 года назад +10

    Adulthood is very tough right now.

  • @tybarker5038
    @tybarker5038 2 года назад +68

    Can’t believe even a city like Houston is seeing booming rents…

    • @RedLeo-pf9yo
      @RedLeo-pf9yo 2 года назад +12

      People r moving there like crazy.

    • @finalchapter24k
      @finalchapter24k 2 года назад +7

      "Even a city like Houston" What are you talking about? All of Texas is booming especially the big cities DFW, Austin, Houston.

    • @teerich2011
      @teerich2011 2 года назад +13

      @@finalchapter24k even with so many people moving to Texas over the past 20 yrs, rent has never jumped so high within a span of a year or two. Most I experienced was $25-50/month. Now it's probably going up $100-300/yr

    • @elainewilliams362
      @elainewilliams362 2 года назад +5

      All cities across America have rents increases it is universal.

    • @MSaleh-vy8rr
      @MSaleh-vy8rr 2 года назад

      Landlords taking advantage of the higher paying people from California, especially those working with big tech. Look at LA and SF. Unfortunately they don’t care about the middle working class people.

  • @alejandrohernandez7340
    @alejandrohernandez7340 2 года назад +5

    It’s been 2 years since I’ve been In Austin and every corner even 20 miles out of the city are giant apartments. I remember Austin had much more green spaces and more affordable rent and housing. It’s also sad to see my home city Houston go through the same problem.

  • @RedLeo-pf9yo
    @RedLeo-pf9yo 2 года назад +11

    Average rent in Austin Texas right now is $1700 a month and climbing fast.

  • @lionesslisa8000
    @lionesslisa8000 2 года назад +25

    Congress just gave themselves a 12% raise. Do your research.

    • @ayyo84
      @ayyo84 2 года назад

      Thats all that increase was. Nothing to do with who's moving to Houston. There is a law that only the 1% or property owners are aware of which allows them to profit from rent control in California. Houston is leaning towards that direction. Very evil.

    • @mariahsmom9457
      @mariahsmom9457 2 года назад

      Their office budgets increased 21%, but their pay has been frozen since 2009.

  • @mariahsmom9457
    @mariahsmom9457 2 года назад +9

    She is wrong about one thing- they would not rather keep any tenant at a lower rate. They'd rather find a new one at a higher rate. They don't have to pay to find them when they are lined up at the door.

    • @trafficjam.
      @trafficjam. 2 года назад +1

      right, the first thing they say "the increase is non-negotiable"

    • @FC-hj9ub
      @FC-hj9ub 2 года назад

      Yup and they take penalties for kicking the old one out. Win win money money

    • @yolandas.6193
      @yolandas.6193 Год назад

      true.

  • @tdawg5671
    @tdawg5671 2 года назад +14

    My rent in Utah went up 18% from last year --and thats after downsizing to a smaller place!

  • @NAmorS73
    @NAmorS73 2 года назад +46

    Yeah I’m up in Oregon, the rent up here is $1650 - $3500 pending where you live. It’s happening everywhere, what I’m noticing is when Californians move up here - they drop cash on home or rent like it’s nothing. I personally know several who sold their homes for high 6 figures then said bye we’re moving to Texas, Tennessee, Kentucky- they’re doing the exact same thing but in those states. Buying up homes with cash or able to afford the rental asking price.

    • @Liz-bg3yu
      @Liz-bg3yu 2 года назад +5

      Yep, story of a Texan too.

    • @wwater443
      @wwater443 2 года назад +11

      Yep that's happening in TN! Lots of people from out west buying whole neighborhoods. My old apartment was 575 in 2018 when I brought my house. Now the apartments are 950 a month! Cheaper to own than to rent!!!

    • @NAmorS73
      @NAmorS73 2 года назад +10

      @@wwater443 it’s a sad reality. We’ve got people here who are struggling to make ends meet yet they keep raising rents, housing prices are honestly so ridiculous. We already have a HUGE homeless problem up here, it only adds to it.

    • @KIDMACC
      @KIDMACC 2 года назад

      looks like we all need to start investing in some rental properties and other ventures.

    • @Utriedit215
      @Utriedit215 2 года назад +3

      Anybody paying 3500 for rent! is you stupid you could easily get a mortgage for less than that

  • @weekendnomad5038
    @weekendnomad5038 2 года назад +13

    Whyyyy is this happening

    • @konichiwa3744
      @konichiwa3744 2 года назад +1

      Lazy voting all Democrat. Soros got his Latin girl in and now it's arkham.

    • @tybarker5038
      @tybarker5038 2 года назад +1

      Crooked politicians and corporations making deals with each other or picking fights with each other. People being petty, greedy, rich, poor, etc. crashing market, war in Ukraine, inflation is high from that unlimited money printing and spending incompetent government does, companies like Blackrock being way too enormous and buying up all the new housing and renting it out to the people… it’s all a mess. If you’re not frustrated, you aren’t paying attention

  • @xoxoxoxoxo7997
    @xoxoxoxoxo7997 2 года назад +6

    Tent cities popping up everywhere

  • @nopenope3206
    @nopenope3206 2 года назад +48

    Florida has seen a 40 to 50% increase in rent depending on where you live.

    • @MBT372
      @MBT372 2 года назад +15

      Rents in Miami have increased by 50%!

    • @Shazzy1228
      @Shazzy1228 2 года назад +1

      @@MBT372 😯

    • @steve48
      @steve48 2 года назад +3

      Fort myers/Naples is crazy right now

    • @Shazzy1228
      @Shazzy1228 2 года назад

      @@steve48 😯😯

    • @elainewilliams362
      @elainewilliams362 2 года назад +2

      So have Las Vegas Nevada. An all cities in America rents have went up alot as well.

  • @eckankar7756
    @eckankar7756 2 года назад +19

    I have 5 rental units, not raised rent in 6 years. All my tenants are retired. 2 of the 5 tenants decided to jump on the moratorium bandwagon and not pay even though they've not worked in a decade and still have their Social Security and investments. I'm out $31,000 due to these two. I couldn't wait to finally evict them. I am raising rent 10%, it will take many years to make back what I lost in the moratorium. Tenants forget that millions didn't pay rent for 2 years, now it's time to pay the backlash

    • @jmcnally647
      @jmcnally647 2 года назад +5

      No. That's the wrong way to think about all of this. Renters and owners pointing fingers at each other won't solve this crisis. This world is whacked out, way too much craziness everywhere right now. I'm sorry you lost out some money, I know you have bills too and property taxes. I'm a renter who did pay my rent even though I was out of work for a year. I didn't get relief for months, I'm lucky I only lost a few thousand dollars after it was all said and done. The way things are going, I'm very nervous we will see something akin to the French Revolution because the class divide is so severe and the working class has been wiped out under all the inflation on everything. All it will take is the weather to get hot and a few RUclips videos of starving Americans dying off in tent cities across the country. It's scary how close so many are right now to that point. If things keep going the way that they are what's coming will make the Summer 2020 riots look like a playground altercation during the 4th of July.

    • @seventhchild7270
      @seventhchild7270 2 года назад +4

      I was raised that you ALWAYS pay your rent/mortgage, first!....because You need a roof over your head and also it maintains your good rental history or credit!...I'm retired from State Service (which is taxed by the federal government) and receive Social Security retirement. ...I downsized my life about 15 years ago, live nice but simple, debt free, healthy, spirtual!.....I find that it's IMPORTANT to save money for emergencies!...(my income tax refunds, extra money each month, etc)...OTHERS can get a part-time job, side gig, overtime, etc.......This is what I did for 10 years preparing for my retirement....If I need to, I will go back to work a few days a week if the situation calls for me to do so!...I just love living a simple, debt free life!...it's more peaceful, hopeful, better sleep and health!

    • @yolandas.6193
      @yolandas.6193 Год назад

      @@jmcnally647 So True. I also foreshadow a very scary future if the inflation doesn't get under wraps and soon.

  • @jasminewatson8547
    @jasminewatson8547 2 года назад +9

    I’m tired of the price increase excuse… “High demand” “ Housing shortage” as a reason to throw prices up! Then have requirements like x3 rent, no evictions, etc. Why would a middle income(3k+)/college graduate want to live in a crap neighborhood ?!?! High crime, pathetic schools etc.
    Where is the justification and reason behind this ?

    • @DarkManSonian
      @DarkManSonian 2 года назад +2

      It’s odd that most of these areas still have people who want to move to them.

    • @pearlperlitavenegas2023
      @pearlperlitavenegas2023 2 года назад +1

      Because they work closely by

    • @senster45
      @senster45 2 года назад +3

      That is a landlords criteria. That’s standard. That’s how we can have a better chance of getting a paying tenant. I would never accept anyone with an eviction because it meant - they refused to leave or work with landlord. NEVER!

  • @JuanGonzalez-wc3hd
    @JuanGonzalez-wc3hd 2 года назад +20

    Now imagine the cost of living in los angeles lol

    • @tybarker5038
      @tybarker5038 2 года назад

      My friend pays $1000 for a studio in koreatown

    • @arias6720
      @arias6720 2 года назад

      @@tybarker5038 he does? that’s hella cheap. Good for him.

    • @arias6720
      @arias6720 2 года назад

      LA 😎

  • @345mrse
    @345mrse 2 года назад +7

    SoCal, TX (formerly Houston).

  • @enitahofstrom6027
    @enitahofstrom6027 2 года назад +5

    Las Vegas use to be affordable but with all the people moving here from California, Texas and New York houses and apartments are no longer affordable.

  • @2-old-Forthischet
    @2-old-Forthischet 2 года назад +7

    When I bought my first house (a total fixer) the monthly mortgage payment was 16% higher than the monthly rent payment. It was a stretch but I decided to take the jump into home ownership.
    If you keep renting, the longer you rent, the more you're going to lose. Find a way to get out of renting, even if it means reinventing yourself. You're not getting any younger.

  • @marcusoneal2069
    @marcusoneal2069 2 года назад +22

    All of y'all complaining about rent probably are the ones who voted for Joe Biden

    • @mslove7798
      @mslove7798 2 года назад +2

      Shut the hell up trump wasn't any better who only help the rich get richer and poor gets poorer. The man only paid $800 in Taxes. And he is a billionaire. 👎🤮

    • @CeeSparks
      @CeeSparks 2 года назад

      @Marcus Another dummy, I see. And you think the poor would be richer if a rethuglican was in office too I see.

    • @definitelyMad
      @definitelyMad 2 года назад +1

      First gas prices, now rent.... The constitution has granted this man more power than ever!

    • @population-_-420
      @population-_-420 2 года назад +1

      I like presidents that don't flush important documents down the toilet 🚽

    • @CeeSparks
      @CeeSparks 2 года назад

      @@definitelyMad you must be either new to America, dumb, or very young. He can't control most of that. Rent and gas have been going up , particularly rent. Some of this is a state issue

  • @daniihawaii5713
    @daniihawaii5713 2 года назад +14

    we are all going to be homeless soon. This situation is insane

  • @Aikynbreusov
    @Aikynbreusov 2 года назад +2

    Texas wanted CALIFORNIA'S high tech companies and now it got all the high rent and housing affordability problems at NO EXTRA COST....

  • @heidinewsom4694
    @heidinewsom4694 2 года назад +7

    Thousand dollars is still too much come to Tennessee

  • @lilpinkbubbles6592
    @lilpinkbubbles6592 2 года назад +3

    Landlords will take the loss of a good tenant for a profit.

  • @thehoustonian8984
    @thehoustonian8984 2 года назад +9

    My coworker told me she paid 750 per month and now 1060 per month

    • @Shazzy1228
      @Shazzy1228 2 года назад +4

      OMG!! that is huge increase! She better be living in a nice area at least.

    • @thehoustonian8984
      @thehoustonian8984 2 года назад +2

      @@Shazzy1228 I don't know where she is living but I know she is working in a job that just paid 12 usd per hour.

    • @Shazzy1228
      @Shazzy1228 2 года назад +2

      @@thehoustonian8984 it's so hard now. 😔

    • @FC-hj9ub
      @FC-hj9ub 2 года назад

      Fucking criminal

  • @evelynshaw3932
    @evelynshaw3932 27 дней назад

    We live in North Carolina and were planning to retire due to age but I my job comes with a apartment and when I retire I have to look else where for housing. Our social security is not enough to live on but we had saved enough to by an acre and build two or 3 Tiny homes also to help

  • @FC-hj9ub
    @FC-hj9ub 2 года назад +1

    It's called gouging not inflation. Plenty of empty lots no one can afford.

  • @priscillawilliams2576
    @priscillawilliams2576 Год назад

    In south FL the average one bedroom is now 2000 due to inflation. Because so many people from California and NY are moving here and working remotely.

  • @spg5658
    @spg5658 2 года назад +15

    It's so odd to me that the demand is so high in such a terrible place. I'm dead serious. Anyone who wants to live there is beyond my understanding. Wow. You could not pay me to live in such a dangerous place.
    I really don't get it.

    • @cosmicllama6910
      @cosmicllama6910 2 года назад +2

      sheer desperation of trying to survive. Rent refugees.

    • @Amor1990
      @Amor1990 2 года назад +1

      It’s being done on purpose to segregate an area.

  • @amshyllsekhmet6631
    @amshyllsekhmet6631 2 года назад +1

    Yea we went from 703 to 949, they just said they know cost of living has gone up so that's why they are raising our rent. It's supposed to be low income housing.

  • @numtot2172
    @numtot2172 2 года назад +1

    Corporate price gouging and greed is not inflation

  • @TreeofLife_111
    @TreeofLife_111 2 года назад +1

    The price of everything goes up and jobs wages either stay the same or you get layed off and your wages go down..:

  • @antoinemoorman5754
    @antoinemoorman5754 2 года назад +11

    Compared to places like Atlanta, Houston’s rent increases aren’t that bad. Rents at certain places in ATL have DOUBLED

    • @unitedforcash5294
      @unitedforcash5294 2 года назад +2

      Ya'll gotta realize that the prices supposed to match the cost of living. That's why it's easy to compare houston to other cities, Atlanta is more full than Houston is

    • @unitedforcash5294
      @unitedforcash5294 2 года назад

      But the population is less

  • @curtisthomas3598
    @curtisthomas3598 2 года назад +8

    Damn shame. Elections have consequences

  • @verticalintegration5222
    @verticalintegration5222 2 года назад +3

    Now everybody who moved to Texas a year ago are hurting damn 😂

  • @clover4702
    @clover4702 2 года назад +3

    They can charge what they want it's there property

  • @eveskey7982
    @eveskey7982 2 года назад +47

    Guess the lower income people need to bunk up and room up with friends and family. People have done this forever. You do not hear people from other countries complain about it so much. They know the benefits of family generations living together and thinking and planning smarter.

    • @weekendnomad5038
      @weekendnomad5038 2 года назад +26

      Our families also don’t make this an option … a lot of Americanized parents don’t care what you have to deal with financially and believe as an adult you should have your own place and be able to take care of yourself / live alone

    • @KS-cl8br
      @KS-cl8br 2 года назад +23

      Not right. Americans should be able to afford a home by themselves. We need rent control.

    • @vonchow185
      @vonchow185 2 года назад +8

      @@weekendnomad5038 They are right! What? Are you going to live w/ your parents forever. Being an adult. Means responsibility. Are you waiting for a man or somebody to take car of you?

    • @mslove7798
      @mslove7798 2 года назад +15

      Some people... Because you are so privileged and had a silver spoon in your mouth doesn't mean you can frown on poor people. This for the person who says get a job with responsibility. This earth will perish soon because people don't care about nobody that's poor and struggling

    • @kevinsouza7744
      @kevinsouza7744 2 года назад +4

      @@vonchow185 Everything they said went over your head.

  • @cHernandez6449
    @cHernandez6449 2 года назад +1

    14% is not that bad,here in Miami the rent increased 60%

  • @flacthadoc4587
    @flacthadoc4587 2 года назад +7

    Try living in a 2 bedroom apartment in Sacramento. Been paying 1350 for 2 years and they just raised it to 1450 and this is cheap compared to others paying 16-1700 for same units who are just moving in.

    • @sleepmoneyken9234
      @sleepmoneyken9234 2 года назад +1

      You dam Californians just keep moving up the goal post smh disgusting what yall are doing to Texas just pitiful !

    • @genericamerican7574
      @genericamerican7574 2 года назад +1

      @SLEEP MONEY KEN how is the fear mongering going? How many comments did you leave about the same thing today?

    • @jmcnally647
      @jmcnally647 2 года назад

      Central Florida has the same prices

  • @evelynshaw3932
    @evelynshaw3932 26 дней назад

    The zooning department made it so hard to build from scratch and of the grid the cheapest way possible. You can not live on your own land in a camper, single trailer or in a tent. It would have to be a newer version of double wide manufactured house or a brand new house from the ground up. Wherever you buy land please check with their zoning department.

  • @arias6720
    @arias6720 2 года назад

    Thanks Heather

  • @cable30
    @cable30 2 года назад +1

    As some or many moving from any states for cheaper times it causing states to fill up to make rent go up due to moratium and other reasons.

  • @A-t-r-u-s
    @A-t-r-u-s 2 года назад +1

    Also another contributing factor ---- migration.

  • @rogueldr642smiythe9
    @rogueldr642smiythe9 2 года назад +29

    Yet people vote democrat and expect different results.

    • @paul9626
      @paul9626 2 года назад +2

      Nah, it's the Repubtards with their tax cuts for the rich that believe trickle-down economics will cure everything. THAT'S why inflation is through the roof. When you have no ideas & aren't interested in governing, this is the result. Kinda like Greg Abbott declaring Texas has an independent energy grid, because...Freedom!, but is actually useless in a heavy rain, or worse.

    • @rogueldr642smiythe9
      @rogueldr642smiythe9 2 года назад +1

      @@paul9626 Wow you really bought into the lefty talking points. Tax cuts for rich??? How many poor people have employed you? Left policies do nothing but destroy ALL classes. But hey keep your head buried in the sand.

    • @rogueldr642smiythe9
      @rogueldr642smiythe9 2 года назад

      @@paul9626 As for the power grid. When Your state was using coal fire and nuclear your grid was in good shape. Then along came “wind” which once implemented after federal subsidizing made billions for “greenie” and vastly weakened your grid.

  • @itsjustmeflo8684
    @itsjustmeflo8684 2 года назад +3

    Oh you mean to tell me they can’t use the PEBT y’all been selling to cover that!?! 😅😅😂🤣😂 ladies and gentlemen this is exactly what happens, when they keep voting to give out ALL THIS free money!!! It has to come from somewhere!!!

  • @carlpeacock5517
    @carlpeacock5517 2 года назад +23

    The rich needs to be taxed to hell!

    • @Crazy-Horse-Tx.
      @Crazy-Horse-Tx. 2 года назад +5

      Socialist

    • @dub3140
      @dub3140 2 года назад +9

      @Aj Weatherbee anybody who pays taxes pays for that as well.Not just the rich.

    • @dub3140
      @dub3140 2 года назад +2

      @@backrooms3907 explain instead of “LMAO”ing please 😒

    • @dub3140
      @dub3140 2 года назад

      @@backrooms3907 oh ok I thought you were saying something else lol

    • @carlpeacock5517
      @carlpeacock5517 2 года назад

      Rich needs to pay their fair share of taxes ! AND give good bonus to your employees .capitalism is not fair if you are not sharing .

  • @jboepro1
    @jboepro1 2 года назад

    As of last week the numbers are %40 increase in Memphis

  • @Rondo392
    @Rondo392 2 года назад

    arizona went up a whole 88% from 900-1800 dollars and thats depending on where u live some places is over 2300 dollars and thats for a one bed room

  • @Ken-zl4ic
    @Ken-zl4ic 2 года назад +7

    I had a feeling this might happen since so many landlords was losing out on rent since covid hit. Now some individuals was unable to work since businesses closed/had layoffs and there was others who choose not to pay rent and continue to work. Alot of landlords right now are trying to play catchup on the mortgage or face foreclosure.

  • @ifeelbetterabouthis.louis3
    @ifeelbetterabouthis.louis3 2 года назад +3

    There's gonna be no affordable housing in the future

  • @carmenfarine3580
    @carmenfarine3580 2 года назад

    No more eating out no more vacations no more expensive phones

  • @blksheepdogtonyg.6453
    @blksheepdogtonyg.6453 2 года назад +21

    Thank your local Democratic voter

    • @mslove7798
      @mslove7798 2 года назад +1

      No the Selfish Republicans Texas is a red state dummy

    • @population-_-420
      @population-_-420 2 года назад

      Build back better clean up 45 mess 🌊 🇺🇸

  • @trafficjam.
    @trafficjam. 2 года назад +1

    houston doesnt have winters!

  • @thedude1666
    @thedude1666 2 года назад

    30% in Las Vegas

  • @chelsharp9076
    @chelsharp9076 2 года назад +3

    Negotiate??!! Yeah right....

    • @eckankar7756
      @eckankar7756 2 года назад +1

      I'm thinking she means sleep with the landlord.

  • @kyillamartin4871
    @kyillamartin4871 2 года назад

    I went from 1200 to 1400 and that’s not included light etccc… when I found out my rent went up I lost it I never wanted a room mate but I had no choice but to let someone close to me move In

    • @kyillamartin4871
      @kyillamartin4871 2 года назад

      And I don’t understand with these jobs paying 16 less an hour is crazy … I was working a job 15.50 a hour I left because a family issue I reapplied and they dropped it to 10 a hour even though I had experience and my manager knew I was coming back I’m like wow

  • @rachallearl1648
    @rachallearl1648 Год назад

    Even the apts in the Hood is skyhigh

  • @jacquelinegarvin4520
    @jacquelinegarvin4520 2 года назад +1

    If their going to do something about rent control they they better get to it, before things get even worse.

  • @Dumbluck14
    @Dumbluck14 2 года назад

    Supply and demand.

  • @angryBorderschick
    @angryBorderschick 2 года назад +3

    Landlords and apartment complexes have become the biggest criminals in the past few years.

  • @mikegio212
    @mikegio212 Год назад

    I pay $500 a month for a thousand square foot half house with my water included 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @imastatistic8347
    @imastatistic8347 2 года назад

    Yeah that “negotiation” thing wont work they can fill any spot in 5 days easy

  • @dark12ain
    @dark12ain 2 года назад

    Meanwhile my apartments just hit us with a $200 utility bill, out of nowhere talki about it was from years past

  • @senster45
    @senster45 2 года назад

    Absolutely not!!! No rent control! That will make it worse!

  • @secondone6833
    @secondone6833 2 года назад +5

    People need wages increased and I mean now!!!! Where is our government

  • @77barree
    @77barree 2 года назад +13

    Houston stop voting democrap. And kick them out of office.

  • @yodavis1376
    @yodavis1376 2 года назад +4

    🙏🏾FOOLISHNESS & SHENANIGANS 🙏🏾

  • @godschild2-yd3jy
    @godschild2-yd3jy Год назад

    The middle will eventually cease to exist because wages aren't keeping pace with inflation.

  • @carmenfarine3580
    @carmenfarine3580 2 года назад

    People tear your property up

  • @CoCo-yv3hl
    @CoCo-yv3hl 2 года назад +4

    Rent/mortgage used to take 1 check now it’s taking 2… this is why domestic violence is raising ppl can’t afford to live alone

  • @berlindamoustafa1887
    @berlindamoustafa1887 Год назад

    Rent freeze is to blame

  • @sherryduva5263
    @sherryduva5263 2 года назад

    That’s not just in Huston!! Check out Rhode Island

  • @micheleotero1516
    @micheleotero1516 2 года назад +1

    Sad

  • @moa3008
    @moa3008 2 года назад

    Landlords don’t like rent control.

  • @williewhite1901
    @williewhite1901 Год назад

    Why..

  • @happytomeetyou2047
    @happytomeetyou2047 2 года назад +5

    If you can not afford the rent then you need to move. Or move to a cheaper area of the country

  • @KIDMACC
    @KIDMACC 2 года назад +9

    This is sad everyone wake tf up Rent should be the same no matter how long you stay in a community it’s safer that way

    • @77barree
      @77barree 2 года назад +2

      You have no idea what it cost to own a property.

    • @KIDMACC
      @KIDMACC 2 года назад +1

      @@77barree i clearly do and i see some people settle for the same unit with no changes but are expected to pay more. that's a big disadvantage. I've watched my own apartments casa nube allow a small drip in the room turn into a waterfall and expected me to pay them more the next year for the same living conditions and boi.

    • @Utriedit215
      @Utriedit215 2 года назад

      That’s not true at the end of the day if I own my home and decide to rent it out I can rent it out for whatever price I want to because it’s my home For them to tell me what I had to charge somebody to stay in my home is not freedom what part of that don’t you get it

    • @musictosoothe
      @musictosoothe 2 года назад

      Will you gaurantee that expenses stay the same?? Taxes? Insurance? Maintenance? Didn't think so.

  • @desertsoldier41
    @desertsoldier41 2 года назад

    Subsidizing rents causes them to go up because it is free money.

  • @Aryanmdh
    @Aryanmdh 2 года назад

    Dfw area is about 30

  • @jeffshackelford539
    @jeffshackelford539 2 года назад +7

    They wrecked things with this moratorium.

    • @cosmicllama6910
      @cosmicllama6910 2 года назад

      this would still have happened anyway.
      remember all those house flipping shows and everybody embracing having an entire economy of home ownership and rent seeking as the only means of financial mobility?

    • @senster45
      @senster45 2 года назад +1

      @@cosmicllama6910 no this was due to pandemic snd the eviction moratorium. It would not have happened without these 2 factors

    • @cosmicllama6910
      @cosmicllama6910 2 года назад

      @@senster45 it was happening in the pacific northwest for at least two decades before covid was even a thing.
      I've spent most of my life listening to PNW natives bitching about californians moving here in droves and driving all the prices up, so yes it's false.
      This greed and the trend of californians all selling their parents houses and then retiring anywhere else in the country, combined with the top 1% colluding to turn us all into permanent renters STILL would have happened and spread like wild fire. covid has only sped it up a little.

    • @senster45
      @senster45 2 года назад

      @@cosmicllama6910 COVID didn’t exist until late 2019. Not sure what you mean…

    • @yolandas.6193
      @yolandas.6193 Год назад

      They did indeed.

  • @loveydovey1105
    @loveydovey1105 2 года назад

    I live in California i was going to move to Texas i decided to go to louisiana its so much cheaper

  • @ahdreabuckley7047
    @ahdreabuckley7047 2 года назад +2

    Stop renting apartments!!!

    • @twt000
      @twt000 2 года назад +4

      And do what smartypants?

    • @kevinsouza7744
      @kevinsouza7744 2 года назад +2

      Texas banned living in a tent so good luck.

  • @aussiekingofmongrels
    @aussiekingofmongrels Год назад

    Rent control? have we not learned our lesson? It doesn’t work

  • @Viggggggr
    @Viggggggr 2 года назад +1

    Ha welcome to San Francisco pain or LA where rent is expensive cuz people mee coming here

  • @karenjackson2009
    @karenjackson2009 2 года назад

    PURE GREED! When is enough money ENOUGH??

  • @micheleotero1516
    @micheleotero1516 2 года назад

    IAM glad they didn't raise our rent. 1 thousand for two bedrooms. Gas and electric keeps going up. Have a room mate my best friend of 20 years

  • @bubblegumpopvideo
    @bubblegumpopvideo 2 года назад

    That’s cheap Florida went 30% over 1600 for one bedroom