Rec
🤮
Anti-rec: the commodification of housing
$1300 to $1700 in under 4 years of tenancy is nasty work
recommendation image
image
@kevvymetal
Jun 26, 2024
8
see likes

Comments

Make an account to respond.
By clicking "Join" you agree to our Terms and Privacy conditions.
image
@ricecinnamon
Definetly read the Right to the City by David Harvey extream recommended 🦆
Jun 27, 2024
3
image
@taterhole
This is how your landlord talks to you lmao? 😭
Jun 27, 2024
2
image
@kevvymetal
taterhole BAHAHAHA I got receipts it’s so fucking unhinged but also hilarious. One of my best friends from high school says it’s the lead poisoning 😭
Jun 27, 2024
3
image
@taterhole
kevvymetal stop LOLLL this is cracking me up I love it
Jun 27, 2024
1
image
@kevvymetal
taterhole I’m failing to see why I should stop lolololol I love amusing my friends and making them laugh
Jun 27, 2024
1
image
@royallmonarch
1700/1300 = 31% increase total, over 4 years thats 7.75% each year. average inflation over 2020-2024 inclusive is just 4.32%. the only motivation for this kinda stuff is supply/demand leading the landlords to safely assume that there are enough people willing to pay the inflated price that they can eat the cost of pricing out current tentants. rent price isn't cost of ownership/maintenence, it's price manipulation based on scarcity. it's pretty bleak, housing should be a right
Jun 26, 2024
3
image
@kevvymetal
royallmonarch facts on facts on facts, it’s so gross
Jun 26, 2024
3
image
@sloane_shark
portland is so fucked, this is wildly unsustainable
Jun 26, 2024
1
image
@sloane_shark
sloane_shark also hi fellow portland-maine-er
Jun 26, 2024
1
image
@kevvymetal
sloane_shark lmao we out here!! And yes it’s fucking bananas. Thankfully I’m able to afford this but if I’m gonna keep living here then I have to consider a cheaper place or move in with roommates or something
Jun 26, 2024
1
image
@sloane_shark
kevvymetal 👀👀👀 i may also be seeking roommate/s in the near future jsyk!! for similar reasons 🙃
Jun 26, 2024
1

Related Recs

Rec
🤬
(Self-own) I’m paying more than $2k
for a fugly beige 750-square-foot open concept ‘luxury’ shoebox with no bathtub just a shower in a busted suburban office park on the side of a freeway.
My neighbors act so rude and entitled to staff that I think they’re under the impression we live at the Ritz-Carlton. In summer they start crawling out of the cracks like cockroaches drinking and loudly cavorting in the shared courtyard outside of my window late at night even on weekdays.
But I’m moving in July to a 1,200 square foot 2 bedroom house with a bathtub and an office/sunroom in a walkable area for $1,400 a month 🥰
image
@taterhole
Apr 25, 2024
18
Rec
🏚
SQUATTING on a good deal but ready to blow this joint
I split a two bedroom apartment with a roommate. My half is $700. It’s fine and has a nice porch. The management sucks and raises the rent 12% each time there’s a renewal, so they can fuck off. Not a walkable area but my commute to work is excellent. Tired of living with a roommate. I’m going full court press at work to get a raise (which I very much deserve) so I can move into one bedroom where I can recline naked on the sofa in peace.
image
@lucius
Apr 25, 2024
15
Rec
⭐
ANTI-rEC: apartment hunting
GET ME OUT OF HERE EVERY BUILDING LOOKS THE SAME
image
@hughes
May 9, 2025
12

Top Recs from @kevvymetal

Rec
recommendation image
✨
sunlight reflecting off water ripples
How can you not be entranced and spellbound by her brilliant gaze?
image
@kevvymetal
Sep 10, 2024
68
Rec
recommendation image
🥦
Broccoli
think about it...
incredibly nutritious, more vitamin c than oranges (!!)
widely available and affordable
so easy to prepare, you can literally steam them in the microwave
and delicious! esp when roasted, i linked an easy recipe :)
plus they look like cute little trees and you can pretend that you're a brachiosaurus or some shit munching on them greens straight up goated vegetable
image
@kevvymetal
Mar 5, 2024
60
Rec
🥤
drinking landlord tears and knowing your rights as a tenant
I filed a complaint with a bunch of receipts to my city's rent board last month after my landlord notified me of another increase, and turns out she was in violation of increasing rent within 12 months following a previous rent increase
The city just told my landlord to reimburse me the excess rent, and my current rent must remain in place until next March for her to be in compliance (she wanted to raise it another 10% in October lol)
image
@kevvymetal
Jul 29, 2024
52