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The Cost of Living Crisis Is Ruining Sex
The financial meltdown isn't just hitting people's wallets – it's also wiping out their dating lives.
Rental Opportunity of the Week: Not a Bedroom, Not a Kitchen
The English language does not yet have a word for whatever this is, but if London landlords keep this shit up then it's going to have to.
Housing Advocates Release Database of Serial Evictors for Tenants
Evictorbook is meant to be a tool for tenant organizers in San Francisco and Oakland to fight back against corporate landlords.
The Unique Shitness of University Landlords
There is a special place in hell for landlords who exploit students who have yet to learn about tenancy rights.
Rental Opportunity of the Week: An Attic With an Ominous Hole For a Grand
“I do not know whether a small yellowing man with grey teeth might scuttle through there and hiss at you at night. I would have to check.”
Australia Is In a Housing Crisis. Is It Time For A National Rent Freeze?
Australia could have saved $7.1 billion if rents were frozen a year ago.
Rental Opportunity of the Week: Some Guy’s Sofa for £850
Ah, oh: The cost of living crisis is finally hitting London’s horny landlords.
Would a Two-Year Rent Freeze Fix Australia’s Housing Crisis?
With rental costs getting out of control, the Greens have proposed an emergency rent freeze that would look to stop the growing gap between wages and rent.
Economists Say Life Is Going to Be More Expensive Forever, Sorry
The price of essentials like rent and medical drugs will never come down to pre-pandemic inflation levels if corporate greed goes unchallenged.
All the Ridiculous Ways Landlords Have Stolen People's Deposits
“I had some cigarette butts outside my house and the landlord came around demanding a £10 cash fine.”
People Recount Their Most Horrible Experiences With Landlords
“They shoved me in the back of the car and started slapping me, tore my shirt and harassed me for about two hours while they were drinking in the car, parked under a bridge.”
Meet the Uni Students Working Full-Time Jobs Just to Survive
One student told me he works 48 hours a week during term time. “My mental health is through the cellar floor,” he says. “My grades have dropped.”