Massachusetts Has a Huge Waitlist for State-Funded Housing. So Why Are 2,300 Units Vacant?(www.propublica.org)

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Tinnitus@lemmy.world

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1 year ago

While this program doesn’t relate to my situation, I did just move to the Boston area, and know first hand how shitty the rental market is here. I’m not even talking about the overall monthly rents you need to fork over (which is insane), I’m talking about brokers fees when signing a lease. It seems like 90% of the places for rent require first + last months rent, security deposit, AND a brokers fee equaling one months rent. Sure, you can use a broker yourself, so it would make sense that you would pay them for their services, but the landlords are the ones using them, and passing the fees on to the renter.

Coming from the western US, this was shocking. No wonder so many people are at risk of losing their housing - they can’t even afford to move to a better situation.

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gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works

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1 year ago

From someone who’s been here for over a decade: it’s a paywall, pure and simple.

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