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Location: Midwest
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I'm being recertified and my rent is going up 150 dollars. I'm going to resubmit some forms and hope it goes down. But I know I can't afford that much of an increase. I don't know what to do. I couldn't sleep all night I was so worried. I only have a few days to get what I need and it's just not that easy. Seeing my arms worker today I hope she helps me.
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I'm sorry you're going through this. That's outrageous for a rent increase. Good luck on getting it reduced.
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What a massive increase. I am so sorry. Hopefully, there are some other options that won't move you too far away.
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Have you been working more hours or gotten a pay raise ?
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Fingers crossed you get it back down. That's a huge increase.
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Magnate
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Possibly working more hours but no pay raise. It's outrageous.
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It's up 112 starting next month. Sucks but I'm staying. I'll figure it out somehow.
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Find a roommate situation. A rent increase of $150 is illegal. Sorry you are going through this.
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Some landlords are slum lords. I rented a cute studio apartment across the street from a park in a walkable neighborhood that I just loved. But, every year, my slumlord landlord increased rent by $85.00 so I could only afford to stay in that cute studio for 3 years before I had to move out. |
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Wow. Is it subsidized housing? It’s not a normal increase.
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Subsidized housing is rent controlled and discounted because the tenant pays what they can afford. This sounds to me like a slumlord. There’s no rent control in any state unless the county or govt pays for the low income housing.
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We have rent control in many cities in California. That said, the rents are outrageously high.
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Our rent only goes up by few dollars and we aren’t in subsidized housing. You are in subsidized housing on disability. How can they raise that high???
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No idea but they did.
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I live in Southern California so I am not sure what the law is in the Midwest, where the OP lives.
But here, unfortunately, unless you are on a lease, it's perfectly legal for a landlord to raise the rent as much as they want. The landlord only has to give you 2 months' notice of the increase. There is really no limit on how much they can raise it. I looked into the legalities because my rent was raised $250 last October. It literally caused almost all of my hair to fall out from the stress. I was barely making ends meet before, and now I go into debt every month just because the landlord is greedy. I am on a month-to-month tenancy, so I don't have any rights. It's hard work being poor! I hate it. It's even worse trying to provide enough documentation to get food stamps and Medi-Cal. Ugh. I feel for you, I really do. But we are stuck. There are no rights for renters anymore. |
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