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Title: Fed Up With Consistent Rental Increases Post by whiteknight on Jun 24th, 2024 at 5:56pm
Homeowners turn on fed-up 29yo renter :(
A 29-year-old has revealed why she’s so “angry” as a renter but there’s a wild reason homeowners don’t feel sorry for her News.com.au June 24, 2024 Single mum Anina Moser is fed up with consistent rental increases that leave her furious and stressed, but homeowners aren’t offering her much sympathy. “The rental market is completely f**ked,” she shared on social media. Ms Moser, 29, lives in Melbourne and works part-time as a barista. “I just got another rent increase. I’m so angry. It makes no sense, it doesn’t make sense. What am I paying for?” she asked. The young mum said that her rental property had gotten worse, not better, since she’d moved in, and yet she was now paying an extra $180-a-fortnight. “When I first moved in during Covid this place was $680-a-fortnight. Guess what it is now? $860-a-fortnight. For what?” she questioned. New PropTrack data revealed in March across the combined capital cities in Australia rent has increased by 17 per cent over the past 12 month Rent in Melbourne has experienced an average increase of $70 a week. Median rent for houses have soared most in the northwest suburb of Aberfeldie The young mum is sick of rental increases. Paying more is making her angry. >:( Ms Moser said that when she first moved into her two bedroom apartment, she paid $680 a fortnight, which she thought was “worth it”. “It’s a very small two bedroom and is very old, terribly built, mould, etc.,” she explained. She’s been living in the property for two years, and although the conditions have certainly not improved, the rent has ballooned regardless. “Since then, every year, it has gone up and keeps going up. I have now received this year, and it’s at $860-a-fortnight now. It’s so frustrating and doesn’t seem fair, especially when things are already hard with everything else going up,” she said. Despite Ms Moser being a hardworking single mum, people online were divided on whether she deserved sympathy, particularly those with mortgages. “My mortgage used to be $500-a-week. It’s now $1000-a-week. Welcome to the real world,” one claimed. “Start saving from your first pay check, don’t do the coffees, holidays, music events, and fancy clothes, and trust me, you will own your own home. I did it, and it is all mine,” another homeowner advised. “That’s okay! I pay $820 per week as mortgages have increased,” one homeowner wrote. Homeowners online didn't offer much sympathy. She's a single mum. Fellow renters were much more understanding of the young mum’s predicament. “I get it girl. Our roof collapsed in the floods last year, and the second they fixed it, they put the rent up $1300 a week,” one shared. “Currently paying $770-a-week for a three bedroom apartment covered in mould and falling apart. I feel you, girl,” another wrote. “I feel you so much,” another admitted. Ms Moser said she’s now stuck in an “impossible” reality: She has no money left over to save for a house, and she fears she’ll be renting forever. “I’m just not being able to save at all anymore when before all the rent increases, I managed to save money to put away for things like buying a house or emergencies,” she told news.com.au. She explained that she worries it will keep on going every year, and eventually, she’ll be priced out of even renting. “I do stress that if things keep going like this I’m worried at a certain point I will be really struggling financially,” she said. “I do have some savings left, but not much. I try every pay to put money into savings, but most weeks now, I have to take it back out.” She said being a single-income household is “stressful” in 2024 because it all falls on her, and she can’t afford to shoulder the financial burden with housemates as she wants her daughter to always feel safe at home. “Having housemates isn’t possible as I have a daughter and her safety and comfort comes first. I will have to deal with the increases as I can’t move away because of my daughter’s school and my family is down here too,” she said. “I also couldn’t move anywhere else as I need to stay close to where her dad is so he can still see his daughter on the weekends.” |
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Title: Re: Fed Up With Consistent Rental Increases Post by Carl D on Jun 24th, 2024 at 6:13pm Quote:
Yes. Yes it is. And things like this are not helping: https://x.com/purplepingers/status/1805031468638576933 Quote:
Yep. And, this reply is brilliant: https://x.com/nukedelaware/status/1805057111094870473 Quote:
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Title: Re: Fed Up With Consistent Rental Increases Post by Bobby. on Jun 24th, 2024 at 6:18pm
In Melbourne - I blame Labor -
they put huge new land taxes on landlords so that was passed on to tenants - the poorest people ended up paying. High interest rates on home loans also contributed. |
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Title: Re: Fed Up With Consistent Rental Increases Post by Baronvonrort on Jun 24th, 2024 at 6:24pm Bobby. wrote on Jun 24th, 2024 at 6:18pm:
Dan increased land taxes on rental properties claiming it was a new tax for landlords and the sheeple believed him. Dan couldn't sell this new tax increase if he called it what it is a Renters tax |
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Title: Re: Fed Up With Consistent Rental Increases Post by aquascoot on Jun 24th, 2024 at 6:58pm
one doesnt even need to look to know this thread was started by "complainer in chief" white knight .
does he think that the movers, shakers, risk takers and action takers are not "fed up with whingebags" ::) ::) ::) ::) |
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Title: Re: Fed Up With Consistent Rental Increases Post by Grappler Truth Teller Feller on Jun 24th, 2024 at 8:59pm
... think about the poor investors!!!..... what would they live on? ... we won't even ask about this curing the shortage in housing supply ..... (falls on floor laughing) ....
Well - they could go out and get a real job and pay some taxes........ just for a change.... this failed experiment - along with quite a few other failed experiments such as affirmative action, feminism, Aboriginal special rights, immigration of masses, multi-culturalism, privatisation of public utilities into the hands of mates and selves, etc - should just die a natural death.. and be changed back ..... |
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Title: Re: Fed Up With Consistent Rental Increases Post by UnSubRocky on Jun 24th, 2024 at 9:26pm
So glad that my rent is cheap. Would have to get a job, otherwise.
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