GodlessCommie@lemmy.worldM to Late Stage Capitalism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoLandlords are parasiteslemmy.worldimagemessage-square115fedilinkarrow-up1694arrow-down111
arrow-up1683arrow-down1imageLandlords are parasiteslemmy.worldGodlessCommie@lemmy.worldM to Late Stage Capitalism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square115fedilink
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·20 hours ago My private landlord never did any of that. Mine did. 22% increase in the two years after the pandemic.
minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 hours agoBut what about the previous years? At one point I happily took a 25% rent increase because there had been no increase for 8 years
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·15 hours agoWe did, yes. We had been trying to buy a house for years, and that pushed us to get serious. It took another year to find something we can afford, and we had to move out of the city, but we bought our own house!
Mine did. 22% increase in the two years after the pandemic.
But what about the previous years? At one point I happily took a 25% rent increase because there had been no increase for 8 years
Damn, that sucks. Did you move?
We did, yes. We had been trying to buy a house for years, and that pushed us to get serious. It took another year to find something we can afford, and we had to move out of the city, but we bought our own house!