Okay, so I went to check out an apartment this morning.
I arrived right at 10am.
I waited a good 30 minutes before anyone saw me.
Great start.
Once I was served it went mostly smoothly except for one thing. The paper she handed me said that I need revenue 2.7 times the rent. (That's how it works in these here parts.) However, the text they send me yesterday said 2.22 times the rent. And when I called in Nov or Oct of last year, the person on the phone said 2.5 times the rent.
Now today, I get 2.7 times the rent. This seems to be set in stone, but man... why the contradictory answers?
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I mean.. I suppose as good a morning as it can be given the international circumstances.
Unfortunately I must add clutter to your already-crowded timelines with more digital panhandling because we're running out of time before #rent goes late. I'm trying desperately to avoid incurring late fees and undue attention from the leasing office. Moreso the latter than the former, if I'm being honest because we loathe "rocking the boat" and attracting scrutiny.
We have received a couple of #gofundme donations in response to my previous post which we sincererly appreciate and can definitely use to compensate for my hours at work having dipped now that we're past the holiday season, but sadly we won't see the funds for several days so I can't count them towards our running total (unless we don't make deadline. Going late would also burn most if not all the funds from those donations in rental late fees which would really suck).
Please forgive me yet again for the constant #MutualAid posts. I know it's getting very, very, very old. I want to say "I shouldn't have let things get this far", but the reality is, it's complicated; I tried to do everything I could. I don't really have the mental and emotional stamina to work multiple jobs -- everyone says, "You'll just get used to it", but I literally start to have emotional breakdowns and mental glitches when I try to work that much, and my #BPD becomes almost unmanageable -- and my partner was struggling so badly with his #PTSD trauma.
I don't want to be a burden to the community anymore, and I promise you we're working as hard as we can to achieve that. But we're not quite there yet. We adore this apartment and don't want to do anything to jeopardize it.
As an additional incentive for donating, I'm including a pic I took this morning from our balcony. If you donate or boost, you can look at it and vicariously enjoy the view that my partner and I have enjoyed for the past month and a half only because of the generosity of the fine folks of the #Fediverse. But only if you donate or boost.. otherwise sorry but you can't look. (kidding)
You all made this happen, and I'm sorry we haven't yet become self-sufficient. It feels like home here thanks to you. We're really, really trying even if it may not seem like it.
Thank you.
If you're willing AND able, please boost and if possible donate. If you can't donate, do NOT feel guilty for being in the same boat as us. Your feelings about it are valid but rest assured you needn't feel bad.
A landscape photo from the edge of a golf course, with some bare trees due to the winter season, and dark evergreens contrasting with the neatly manicured lawns of the course. Behind that you can see snow-capped mountains with the sun is peeking eerily over the horizon mostly obscured by clouds, producing a glow that makes it look like the mountain is on fire.
Soon after, we received a donation putting us less than $50 from the total needed for the "flexible payment" service, which could cost us upwards of $75 or more per month and doesn't have the most flattering reputation for reliability according to reviewers of the service's app -- only to postpone a portion of our monthly rent.
However, if we consider the total amount we still need to make a full payment for December, this donation already puts us a quarter of the way to having the funds to do so -- thereby saving money that would go to a sketchy payment service, ensuring we don't make a terrible impression on the leasing office crew, and avoiding another potential crisis when the rest of the rent becomes due in a few weeks (and also not long before we need to cough up the dough for January).
So.. while we're almost there to do a split payment, I'm now emboldened to try and raise the funds to skip that headache altogether and, by doing so hopefully keep us on track to finally, FINALLY, becoming self-supporting and maybe start giving back to the #Fediverse community from whom we've unfortunately had to take so much.
Therefore, I feel that I must request #MutualAid assistance from our online family one more time, one more miracle to keep us safe and fed.
Please forgive my hubris in expecting so much from the community, particularly after you've all given us such a great amount of funds the past couple of years. I have strived to allow my partner to make his journey out of the fog of #MentalIllness at his own pace and our friends here gave us the ability to do so; and now as he dips his toes into the water of functional society, I want even more to make sure he is insulated from the stress of covering rent until we know for sure he can handle it.
I want to cancel the flexible payment garbage before they charge us all these fees and we get roped into a service that is rumored to be exceptionally difficult to cancel and self-extricate.
I need the village's help one more time. Please bear with us. Or even buffalo with us, we're not picky.
Thank you everyone once again for your kindness, patience, and generosity. I know it's getting very, very old and I'm truly hoping we won't have to do it much longer.
If you're willing AND able, please boost and if possible donate. If you can't donate, do NOT feel guilty for being in the same boat as us. Your feelings about it are valid but rest assured you needn't feel bad.
The Department of Justice and Texas software-maker RealPage announced this week that they have reached a settlement in a case involving price-fixing allegations in some of the nation’s largest rental markets.
A 2022 ProPublica investigation showed RealPage was helping landlords decide rents in a way that legal experts said could result in cartel-like behavior.
On one level one might expect Councils that are already in crisis to be failing in the responsibilities around the regulation of the rental market....
but it also suggests that further regulation of renting may not be the panacea that many hope: a further set of unevenly enforced laws about landlords' practice(s) is all very well but what is really need is proper enforcement of rogue landlords in the first place!
America’s Largest Landlord to Stop Using RealPage Rent-Setting Software, Makes Deal With DOJ
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Greystar, which manages nearly 950,000 apartments, has agreed to stop using “anti-competitive” algorithms to suggest rents. ProPublica previously showed how such software lets landlords set rents in a way that could result in cartel-like behavior.
please help Dej! they're a #trans, #queer, #disabled#artist on the way to self-employment. they need #rent support while they work on covering back payments. they're at increased risk due to US #fascism
Hey zusammen, ich bin mal wieder richtig am Leiden. Mich hat der Eigenbedarf erwischt und ich muss meine Wohnung verlassen. Lustigerweise habe ich schon was neues aber der Vermieter will die Kaution + die erste Monatsmiete vor dem Einzug. Ich kann das mit meinem Lohn einfach nicht handeln und brauche dringend Hilfe.. Ich hasse es nach Geld zu fragen aber es geht gerade nicht anders.
Zielbetrag sind 1500€, ich habe bis zum 15.07 Zeit das zu bezahlen. Jeder Cent hilft! Danke an alle die Helfen :(
Hey everyone, I'm really struggling again. I've been hit with a notice to vacate due to the landlord's personal use, and I have to leave my apartment. Funny enough, I’ve already found a new place, but the new landlord wants the deposit and the first month’s rent upfront before I can move in.
I simply can’t cover that with my salary and urgently need help. I hate asking for money, but right now I don’t have another option.
My goal is €1500, and I have until July 15th to pay it. Every cent helps! Thank you so much to everyone who supports me :(
garnet perched on my bed at night, gently lit by a highly diffused white plastic Ikea lamp off camera to the left. her big green baby eyes basically just look like gigantic black saucers because she thinks the camera person (me) is holding treats. she is just as fluffy as before.
It was interesting how my view of Emily had changed. At first, I had found her humorless and grouchy, almost #cantankerous. She was definitely serious, but she had a humorous side and was perfectly capable of engaging in verbal sparring.
She was a bit sadistic too. I could tell by the way her lips turned up in a smile as I pushed my way through the thick forest growth, and by her uproarious laughter when a #pillbox-shaped bug as big as my fist caused me to shriek in surprise.
We eventually reached the “trail,” a muddy, trampled swath of land that ambled through the forest. Fallen trees littered the path, and huge footprints lurked in the dense ferns, threatening to break the legs of the unwary. The expedition clothes I had manifested soon turned into leather chaps and a jacket. Despite the heat, it was better than being #rent by the long dagger-like thorns that hid amid the foliage.
My attempts to transform my clothes into futuristic lightweight armor were a flop. There were clearly limits to my power. As an experiment, I tried to manifest money and then a gun. Again, the experiments failed. I had better luck with manifesting a machete.
My woes weren't limited to the heat and flora. Clouds of gnats followed me. A safari hat with mosquito netting helped, but hindered my movement through the brush. The machete and short stints of immateriality were helpful, but tiring. Indiana Jones, I wasn’t.
Day nine cont: The Opposition has a #candidate problem.
Not enough diversity. Amelia is a good candidate, The #AFR describes Amelia as bringing, a “#Millennial edge”. Right pedigree (Dicks Grand niece), #OxfordUniversity educated, lives locally. The problem, I’m a renter …and I’m also a home owner that I failed to disclose.
#PeterDutton (#LNP / #Liberal) has announced a $10bn tax cut measure, which would give #Australians who earn up to $144,000 relief of up to $1,200 in the upcoming financial year.”
What a load of horse💩. Where is the strategy to industrialise the housing Industry to drive down costs and increase quality? <https://www.youtube.com/watchv=36I6jCrWTvQ>
Does #Labor want people to #buy or #rent? Where is this discussion? If not where is the plan to rollback (middle class #welfare) house investment & #NegativeGearing? Where is the talk of #EducationalDebt? Free TAFE for Tradies won’t solve these problems.
REPORTER “Mr Dutton, you’ve brought your son Harry out here, he talked about how hard it is to save for a #deposit … Why won’t you support him a bit and give him a bit of help with buying a #house?
DUTTON “I haven’t finished the excellent points I was making. The next point, as to why people should vote Liberal, is we can manage the #economy well …”
#Disabled Latina Multidisciplinary #Artist Full Time Caretaker for elderly mother and their Emotional Support #Bunny whose sole income was from creating is now #Homeless & lost access to equipment - cannot work
Raising funds weekly for Hotel
‼️No A/C in their car so even if it's cold the sun makes it dangerous for elderly mother & bunny🐇‼️
Save three lives, please support
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$912 Minimum Needed
$962 Covers all Bills
$1912 to Cover All Needs
Research shows it costs taxpayers $31,065 a year to criminalize a single person experiencing homelessness while the yearly cost for providing supportive housing is $10,051.
Mark Zuckerberg personally lost the Facebook antitrust case ( pluralistic.net )
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