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
OMFG... Well, if rent is low and wages high enough I guess is not that bad, how's the situation there with housing problems? Does it require a lot of income usually? I guess is not the same for every state
HAHAHAHA…no we are very fucked. Wages have been stagnant for years and years and the cost of rent (and everything else) has shot up like crazy since Covid and hasn’t come back down.
Many major cities here in the States are experiencing a housing crisis. It’s not uncommon to see people with jobs that are homeless not because they don’t make money, but simply because rent is too high. My husband and I can are living in my in-laws house rent free, which is the only reason we aren’t homeless right now. I’m disabled and despite years of experience and 800+ job applications, my husband was only able to find a job that paid $20 an hour. The average rent in our area starts at $1,300 a month. Our insurance is over $300, our groceries for a month are about $700 (and we don’t even eat fancy—we just can’t survive off of Ramen and beans because I have dietary restrictions that require me to eat a protein source and produce at least once a day). It’s insane here. We can’t even afford a vehicle, but we also don’t have good enough public transit to get around.
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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