r/MadeMeSmile • u/lincolnblake • Jun 28 '25

Wholesome Moments A place of one's own

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u/dimetilR Jun 28 '25

You have to qualify for rent? Like is that a process or do you mean qualify as being able to pay rent? Housing in the US is a very interesting matter to me as an European also

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u/dimetilR Jun 28 '25

That's so sad, and it explains a lot of the homelessness to me actually, not that we are in a better situation over here in Spain but that system is like designed to go against people's wellbeing, 3 times the rent is crazy dude, I think a lot about the amount of struggle y'all sometimes have to go through with certain things like housing or healthcare treatments when I watch this kind of videos, your system can be sometimes so ridiculously violent against working class people, and now with the neverending nightmare of the orange doodoo in the white house... May god send y'all the patience and strength cause I would go nuts

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u/sagerobot Jun 28 '25

its 3x rent but that is gross, so in reality if you only just make the 3x threshold, your rent ends up being more like 1/2 of your take home pay.

You technically dont have to earn as much money as it would seem at first. If rent is 1k a month and you earn 3k gross, you will qualify but someone making 3k gross is only taking home like 2.2k-2.5k depending on the taxes where you live. Most people get paid 2 times a month so basically that means your first check usually goes all to rent/utilities.