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Half of US tenants can’t afford to pay their rent. Here’s what’s ahead (www.cnn.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Wanted to check in with my USian friends, one told me he was paying 950 before the pandemic, is 1400 go up to 1500 in a few months. I sent him my condolences.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

That is very cheap rent in the vast majority of places in the US with actual jobs. Anywhere you can get a job better then McDonalds in the US, the rent is easily 2,000-2,500+

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