Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #therentistoodamnhigh, aggregated by home.social.
Founded in Detroit in 1982, the DSA advocates for a working-class democracy with public-funded education, as well as housing and healthcare paid for by taxing the rich and corporations.
Calls for universal rent stabilization resonate with Black renters.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/03/democratic-socialists-of-america-black-voters
"We’re talking about gas, groceries, good schools, and healthcare, because that’s what Michiganders keep asking about. It’s why I’m fighting to get money out of politics, money in your pocket, and Medicare for All.”
~Democratic candidate for U.S. Senator for all Michigan
#ProgressiveDemocrats
#kitchentableissues
#affordablehousing
#affordabilitycrisis
#TheRentIsTooDamnHigh
#M4A
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/25/abdul-el-sayed-criticism-affordability-message
In East Harlem, chants of joy, with many taking to the streets to celebrate
The horrors persist, but so do we.
Someone who lives in a makeshift forest shelter wants to join us in the bus soon.
The Vulpibus now has an air conditioning unit fitted. We have installed a longer 4G antenna.
We almost had somewhere to go and park a while, but the landowner backed out. Again. And the convoy we are trying to form is moving along.
So the bus is still in need of a diesel refueling, and the current prices make that a matter of about $400. Links below.
We would really love to convert this bus to an EV but that is going to need a much more generous level of help than most folks here can provide.
There are also many debts to deal with, including car loan and insurance, and bureaucratic needs that have fees to pay. Capitalism is ruthless the most when it is legally enforced and you still don't have the means.
If you want to help out with any specific thing, please let us know. Otherwise donations are put to the most pressing need.
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Wise and Xoom may be possible.
Other methods may be possible on request.
#mutualaid #murualaidsaveslives #vulpibus #communesandconvoys #help #helpfolkslive2026 #helpfolkssurvive2026
#fucktrump #fuckice #fuckauthoritarianism #fuckcapitalism
#crowdfund #crowdfunding #fundraising #moneyhelp #fedihelp #trans #transmutualaid #queer #queermutualaid #lgbtq #lgbtqia #lgbtqia2S #therian #otherkin #therianmutualaid #otherkinmutualaid #furry #furrymutualaid #solidarity #buslife #homeless #addressless #lifeontheroad #fuckkarens #unemployable #unemployed #fucklandlords #therentistoodamnhigh #abolishrent #abolishice #abolishcapitalism #thecivilwarstartsinasoupkitchen
"It is no wonder that affordability was a top issue for the Virginia voters last year, and it's our job to deliver. How can we talk about affordability without talking about rent stability?" https://www.richmonder.org/rent-stabilization-bills-backed-by-richmond-fail-in-virginia-general-assembly/
#Virginia #VALeg #AntiRentGouging #RentStability #inflation #TheRentIsTooDamnHigh
I often praise Jersey City because they are doing so much right in a region famous for getting it wrong. Still they have their challenges as this article notes. Most crucially they have been alone working to reduce displacement. I am hopeful that NYC finally waking up may turn the tide some. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/nyregion/jersey-city-housing.html?unlocked_article_code=1.DVA.SKh3.Q0S1GKZjdKI7&smid=nytcore-ios-share #GiftArticle #JerseyCity #housing #zoning #NYC #InclusionaryZoning #shortage #displacement #homelessness #inflation #construction #TheRentIsTooDamnHigh
https://www.arlnow.com/2025/11/17/county-board-seeks-ability-to-limit-rent-increases-in-contentious-vote/ it appears that “anti-rent-gouging” legislation has a fair chance of passing in Virginia next year. #RentControl #housing #inflation #Virginia #VALeg #ARL #TheRentIsTooDamnHigh
https://www.europesays.com/ie/176251/ 'A market starved': Rents now two-thirds higher than Celtic Tiger peak as supply slumps – The Journal #Business #CostOfLivingCrisis #Daft.ie #dublin #Éire #HousingCrisis #IE #Ireland #NewHousingPlan #renting #Tenancies #TheMorningLead #TheRentIsTooDamnHigh
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/cuomo-jokes-even-i-move-florida-mamdani-wins-nyc-mayoral-bid “He called Mamdani’s rent freeze proposal a "death sentence" for landlords” #NYC #housing #inflation #TheRentIsTooDamnHigh #USPolitics
If this election is fought on who can give the bigger tax cut, and not who can invest the most in increasing housing supply and reducing the impact of subsidies that favour corporate landlords, it will be a massive failure to show any empathy for the millions of people just trying to keep a roof over their heads.
#Budget #auspol #housing #TheRentIsTooDamnHigh
This. This. This. More apartments PLEASE! #housingcrisis #affordablehousing #housing #yimby #therentistoodamnhigh
Office-to-apartment conversions keep rising
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/22/office-apartment-conversion-metro
> Such flips take time, money, and, often, government help.
I sprained my pointing-leo muscle while watching this video by Justine Underhill. Maybe you will too?
Really wish it would've been published before I had a holiday dinner with my worst-uncle and housing prices/homelessness came up.
#Housing #BuildHousing #HousingBuildMoreOfIt #Urbanism #TheRentIsTooDamnHigh
https://www.axios.com/2024/12/17/realpage-rent-landlords-white-house “in Atlanta, 68% of landlords of multifamily buildings use this software — and renters in those buildings paid an additional $181, on average, per month, per the CEA's analysis.” #atlanta #housing #shortage #antitrust #realpage #therentistoodamnhigh #denver #dallas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2z941C_D2o
Father, working 2 fucking jobs and STILL having issues with rent because #TheRentIsTooDamnHigh !!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pn_lSQAj920
#THERENTISTOODAMNHIGH #NYC #NewYorkCity #housing
#globalhousingcrisis #housingcrisis
2800 banknotes for a fucking one-bedroom??????
Great ProPublica reporting. Links to their articles.
#RealPage #AIrentraisecollusion #TenantsRights #DOJ #RentMarket #TheRentIsTooDamnHigh
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/8/27/housing_realpage_election
#TheRentIsTooDamnHigh
#Housing
#PortlandOR
#PDX
Portland - Household Income and Housing Vacancy Rates (February 2024)
There is a striking relationship between the housing vacancy rate and income level in Portland, Oregon.
In some areas of the inner city, housing vacancy rates approach 40% (dark purple)...
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/8400514fcdd147da9a44ee02ba2e8a34
🚨 fundraiser for cat litter + rent
https://ko-fi.com/brentpruitt/goal?g=31
#MutualAid #MutualAidRequest #TheRentIsTooDamnHigh #RentAssistance #HousingCrisis #Housing #HousingInsecurity
i also hope that my short-short #Life stabilizes immediately after this #TheGreatConjunction
it's a bit ridiculous & i am exhausted…
making some progress on my #goal though i could still need help to avert my own #Apoceclipse
https://ko-fi.com/brentpruitt/goal?g=31
#MutualAid #MutualAidRequest #Housing #Rent #TheRentIsTooDamnHigh
ah, yes, bank fees have begun for not having a 'minimum balance'
evidently, the least possible amount is not actually minimal enough…
https://ko-fi.com/brentpruitt/goal?g=19
if you can assist, i would love it… April will be more difficult than March…
the #JobSearch for #WebDesign #WebDevelopment continues…
#CapitalismKills #IAmDead #MutualAid #MutualAidRequest #TheRentIsTooDamnHigh #Rent #Unemployed #Unemployment #Poor #FML
Our most valuable resource is our limited time, which we are currently wasting doing way too much work to pay rents that are too damn high, and what little time we have leftover is squandered either vegetating (literally or figuratively) over entertainment (which to some level is unavoidable for our mental health) or fighting amongst ourselves over second order effects instead of moving toward solutions that address the real problems.
#theRentIsTooDamnHigh #neofeudalism #climatecrisis #climatecollapse
@alanrycroft @chris Seattle’s agency, #DowntownEmergencyServiceCenter has pioneered and is a model of #HousingFirst policies, effective for people needing mental health support. However, in our city, in recent years, housing costs have increased beyond the means of working class people who are frequently one rental increase from eviction. In my neighborhood, half the recently built condos and apartments are empty. #TheRentIsTooDamnHigh #mentalhealth
My kids are either never leaving us, or not living in Vancouver. Those are clearly the only two options now.
From https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/housing-costs-soar-financial-analysts-30-per-cent-rule-1.6894375 #vancouver #HousingCrisis #TheRentIsTooDamnHigh
Let's accelerate our journey to end #HouseHoarding THIS year, in 2023! https://eugenerentstrike.org/
Deep sociological insight from an anonymous Google maps user -- although the physical beginning of the Walk of Fame is ten miles north of this spot, without a century of violence against South LA, including coercive rent extraction, there's no Walk of Fame, no Hollywood, no movie industry, no Los Angeles even. This is indeed where it all begins.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/CZR9ScJqUnKffDwP6
#LosAngeles
#SouthLA
#SouthCentral
#Hollywood
#WalkOfFame
#SlausonAvenue
#WesternAvenue
#TheRentIsTooDamnHigh
#ElRentoEsRobo
#PropertyIsTheft
There's a retail rental property development industry in LA that I don't see much written about. Developers buy distressed single family homes and replace them on spec with small by-right multifamily units, which they then sell to landlords to exploit. You can spot these because they're for sale rather than for rent. They aren't built by landlords but to sell to landlords.
This isn't exactly gentrification and it's not exactly new. Working class residential areas of LA are filled with these two and three unit structures, some more than a century old. But it's not exactly business as usual either. It runs on the scraps thrown off by the large scale engines of gentrification as they pulverize whole superblocks.
These structures are replacing single family homes, some of which were already rentals but others were owner occupied. The new tenants probably won't be gentrifiers at this stage, but the rents will be higher, which increases property values, which makes better loans possible, which makes more direct gentrification pencil out better, which reinforces the gentrification cycle. The cycle is also reinforced by replacing owners with renters, who are much easier to exploit directly.
I don't have conclusions or solutions, just information. Both of these buildings are on 55th Street between Normandie and Budlong.
#LosAngeles
#Gentrification
#RealEstate
#SingleFamilyHomes
#NormandieAve
#BudlongAve
#55thStreet
#Landlords
#Tenants
#LATU
#TheRentIsTooDamnHigh
Fixed a bug on amirentstabilized.com where the address geocoder stopped working due to NYC Planning Labs sun setting v1 of their GeoSearch API. Turned out to be a pretty simple fix to upgrade it to v2. Shout out to the friendly folks over there for making such an awesome #NYC specific #geocoder
#amIRentStabilized #geo #rentStabilization #tenantsRights #theRentIsTooDamnHigh
This is pretty shitty but unfortunately not surprising. It’s only going to get worse.
Landlords using tech to spy on tenants to help evict them and raise rents.
As if the housing crisis isn’t already bad enough. This is only going to compound things and make them much, much worse!
https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgy9k3/meet-the-spy-tech-companies-helping-landlords-evict-people
GS: BUY ALREADY, C'MON NOW TEAM! #TheRentIsTooDamnHigh http://t.co/J0Oc8JVGFV
