I Think This Is A Good Place
To sound off. I’ve never been one to shy away from speaking my mind, and right now, I’m a boiling pot about to blow.
20 years ago, applying for a place to live was fairly easy. There were move in specials, incentives, and you were literally moving in by the weekend. Today? It’s downright TERRIFYING. The specials and incentives are hard to come by. Rental prices are absolutely insane and through the roof, you need to be able to cough up close to $5,000 oh and you need to make 3 or 4 times the rent, 0 evictions, pristine credit and what else am I missing? There are more people than not who fits into all of these. The jobs either don’t pay a reasonable wage, don’t give you full time, or both. Have you ever been evicted? YES! Are you surprised? I PROMISE YOU that we’re all doing our absolute best to keep a roof over our heads, the lights on and food on the table, BUT I am seeing more and more people looking for resources to help with rent and boy let me tell you that they are SWAMPED with applications from people desperate for help. This should not be happening! Motels are being used JUST to get a bed for however many days you can afford. Even “affordable” housing isn’t all that affordable, it’s really not.
Something needs to change. The homeless population has quadrupled and no one sees this as a problem? $50-65 EACH non refundable to fill out an application? With absolutely zero guarantee that you’ll be approved? People are scared to death, you can see it everywhere!
Something needs to change. Something needs to happen. I don’t know how we as a population can survive like this anymore! There USED to be a middle class. Nope! Not anymore! You’re either at the bottom or the top there is no in between.
I don’t know about you guys, but I am scared to death. My anxiety is through the roof, I toss and turn all night, and my brain absolutely refuses to turn off because I know that I am on the verge of losing almost everything.
We’re all not bad people, we’re not losers and we’re not lazy! We are just TRYING to survive the skyrocketing costs of living! What can any of us do? Is there even a way to fix this? I don’t know, but if I’m being honest I am sick and tired getting out of bed (if I even do some days because I’m just about ready to give up) and going through the motions of the everyday struggle.
This is not how I thought my older years would be. I am so much more than this and so are you. Thank you for letting me release this, I had to. Both of us have an income, but this isn’t the 80’s or 90’s anymore and it’s just not enough. I’ll say it one more time…EVERYONE deserves a roof over their heads and to not live in constant fear of the phone ringing or the wolves knocking at their doors.