Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoStudy: Half of Renters Paid Unaffordable Rates in 2022, a Record Hightruthout.orgexternal-linkmessage-square82fedilinkarrow-up1215arrow-down12
arrow-up1213arrow-down1external-linkStudy: Half of Renters Paid Unaffordable Rates in 2022, a Record Hightruthout.orgLee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square82fedilink
minus-squaremaness300@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down10·10 months agoThen move somewhere else that you can afford. You’re not exempt from supply and demand.
minus-squareBananaPeal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·10 months agoThat’s the answer? Uproot my family, change the school that works well for my kids, and likely change jobs because land owners are greedy. Makes sense to me.
minus-squaremaness300@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down5·10 months agoYeah. You can no longer afford to live somewhere, so you have to move somewhere cheaper. Other people are willing and able to pay more than you, so they get access to places before you do. It’s called “supply and demand,” and unfortunately people like you have convinced themselves they are immune to it.
minus-squareBananaPeal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·10 months agoSupply and demand shouldn’t apply to basic necessities like housing, food, water, and healthcare.
Then move somewhere else that you can afford.
You’re not exempt from supply and demand.
That’s the answer? Uproot my family, change the school that works well for my kids, and likely change jobs because land owners are greedy. Makes sense to me.
Yeah. You can no longer afford to live somewhere, so you have to move somewhere cheaper.
Other people are willing and able to pay more than you, so they get access to places before you do.
It’s called “supply and demand,” and unfortunately people like you have convinced themselves they are immune to it.
Supply and demand shouldn’t apply to basic necessities like housing, food, water, and healthcare.