Those who have a home, job, car, be thankful. So many do not. I am more thankful every day for what I have, which I never thought was much. Now, I feel blessed.
Yes, I am a retired senior, I have a very affordable, quiet nice apartment, and an old car that runs great. I have a 15 hour a week part-time job. So, so grateful. Don't forget to tithe, people. As you can. It's super important, and it makes you feel good too.
I saw this coming, and bought a house last year, 10 minutes after it went on the market. I did not hesitate. Not the best house in the world, but I knew I'd better do something, or we'd be in a world of hurt with the rental prices going up and up. My youngest son has high functioning autism, but he does live by himself, with minimal supervision. I'm going to leave this house to him in my will. In the future families will have to come together to survive. We have to take care of each other.
Good for you to have the insight to prepare for the future!!!! Having a home takes a lot of pressure off your back. I own a home and multiple rental properties, all of it is going to my family to provide generational wealth for my kids, grandkids great grandkids not yet born to make their lives easier.
We continue to ignore the senior citizens. I remember my grandma had the same issues. She had to do a reverse mortgage just to keep the roof over our head. In the end, after she passed, we weren’t able to keep the house. I feel so bad for the disabled family. Ugh.
Your grandma didn't have the same issue because she owned her own property and the fact she was eligible for a reverse mortgage means she had a significant amount of equity in her home. The folks in this video are in a much more desperate situation because they're not homeowners with a fixed mortgage. They're renters with landlords who can double their rent.
Your feeling of pity only go so far. How many of the distressed elderly are YOU taking in? Have those children double up and invite a couple of those elderly in to live with YOU! Now THAT would be constructive! I don't suppose having twelve million illegal aliens living in this country could be contributing to housing shortages? Biden seems to be bring in more every day. The cartels smuggle people across the border and hand them off to the Border Control officials, who take charge of resettling them across the country.
Infuriating and heartbreaking. I'm terrified that my rent will be tremendously raised at the end of my lease in Nov. I can barely afford my rent now. I'm disabled, in a wheelchair, live alone. I don't know what I'm going to do if that happens.
Early in my marriage (2003 - 2010) me and my wife rented a 2 bedroom apartment in Sunrise, FL for about $850 per month. I recently called the leasing office of that complex to ask about a 2 bedroom and was told $2,250 per month. I currently own a home in PA, but I don't know how people can afford these prices. The families that make too much for assistance, but not enough to afford these prices are the ones this is really affecting. I feel bad for those who struggling and have no way out.
@@naturelover2292 Exactly. Yes, it sucks for them to work until 72 and 68 and can't have the retirement that they wanted. That's life. There were people who worked for Enron and lost all their retirement. At least they have their social security. They let the rent ran away from them 50% and did nothing. They can move to a small town in Texas where rent is 1000 a month instead of 1650 which will continue to go up.
By this time next year...central and south Florida will begin looking like L.A., Seattle and other cities with a ginormous homeless population. It's Sad.
@@consumerdebtchitchat I live in Tampa as well and it’s starting to feel like NYC, the state of Fl convinced people that homelessness doesn’t exist here but just wait and see in the upcoming months.
Developers followed techies out of west coast cities, they largely landed in Phoenix, Atlanta, and Tampa, Tampa is already losing them because the quality of life they expected just doesn't exist there. I have never seen a city loose so many new residents, its rather fascinating. Of course rents aren't adjusting, the market is rigged.
True. Ones I applied for food stamp in I was making $5.50 in 1997 the front desk lady said I made to much to qualify for food stamp um $5.50. First and last time for me. I never step foot at the DES again.
Sending prayers to all the people suffering from this crisis. May God have mercy on this single mom. My heart hurts for her. This is so sad 😞 God Bless everyone
It's sad to say we live in a place where our elderly population are forced to work into their seventies, eighties and beyond to provide basic needs of life (shelter, clothing, medication). While i get that raising the rent is not against the law, raising it by 50% to 100% is excessive. I live in NJ and even with inflation my bills have not doubled. This is greed But then again, this is the American way. So many of these families have worked and have paid into the system all their lives just to end up needing a hand up. That's not ok on any level.
Not if the elderly prepared in their youth. Between the ages of 18 and 65 there are 47 years of adulthood to make adult decisions, school, work, part time jobs, overtime to buy a very affordable house back then what was easy to qualify for and to invest. I did as a single mom as a hairdresser. So many back then simply didn't bother to prepare. My friends laughed at me for putting a few dollars into my savings vs going out for happy hour. Today is a totally different world than we had back in the 1980s. So much opportunity then, but so few took advantage of it. I did. I'll pass my investments on to my kids, grandkids and great grandkids that aren't born yet.
What are you talking about? The elderly that live in my town have high $$$ pensions they retired on from up North. ALL that money those states like NY will have to pay for the rest of that persons life will now be spent right here in SW Florida! HAHAHA
You do realize people used to die in their 60s that was considered old age. Now with technology and advancements in the medical field people are living longer than before. You know this is happening and should be saving up for retirement. You should have a paid for home. If you have a home in your 30s and just do the minimum payments you will have a paid off home in 30 years.
Can you imagine being a military vet and the landlord says he is thankful for giving him his "Freedom" and the telling you GTFO if you can't pay the 75% rent increase.... Sad
I ended up homeless myself, I just live in a tent in the woods. I got a full-time job but can't afford rent. Got gym membership to shower and laundromat to do laundry.
Been there, done that for three summers in my college years to save money. I had to work my way through on my own. My folks couldn’t help. There were nine of us, well, six still at home. Jimmy was killed in Vietnam, 1968, Marsha got leukemia and died at age 12, and I turned 18 and was expected to move out and take care of myself.
@@mariekatherine5238 ya I've been on my own since 18 also, me I'm a country boy so I left looking for more opertunity where I was there wasn't nothing. But didn't realize rent was so high before I lefy
P.S. I grew up going camping, hiking, canoeing, from an early age, with my older siblings, Dad when he was on leave, my cousins, etc. We did it for fun, but I learned lots of skills and enjoyed it. So when I decided to camp out for the summer in college, it was by intent, not default. Figuring out how much money I could save was the clincher. The tent was set up in a grove of pines in a place typical college kids wouldn’t find. There was no trail and I went some length not to create one. I had a friend fix up an old balloon tire bike I’d found in somebody’s trash, added front and back racks and panniers, a plastic milk crate in back and there was my transport. It was about six miles from campus in a direction college kids just didn’t go. There was nothing but a scattered homes or two, the next town, 14 miles away. There was nothing there for the college crowd. A cluster of rundown houses, a tiny post office, a very small, decrepit single pump gas station with a one-bank auto repair, tools and parts all jumbled up. For sale was an assortment of lifesaver’s candy, Three Musketeers bars, and M&Ms, cans of Coke, root beer, and 7-Up beside the ancient cash register. There was one nicely fixed up Victorian home with freshly paved pull through driveway and a small parking lot on the side. It was the home/office of a recently graduated dentist opening his own practice. It was many miles until the next little group of homes. I actually did a lot of productive studying living out there. It was quiet, only the noise of wind in the pines, birds, an occasional bobcat scream in the distance at night. I liked it so well, I repeated it the nest two summers.
I lived in a broken car as I couldn't pay rent. Students from the local beauty school would come to the convince store where I worked for snacks and talked me into going to cosmetology school. I went to school on my days off for almost 2 years. I quadrupled my minimum wage income as a hairdresser. I had to become more so I could earn more. It was very hard but I'm so glad I did it.
Yes, we are. And all the subsidized housing is being taken by illegal aliens. Go look around and you will see. The government is letting them live rent-free. Let's let more in. We don't need a Southern wall. These people just want to come in, take your job, work for cheap, and the government will take care of you.
If I were the elderly couple, I'd move out of the country to somewhere like Panama, Costa Rica or Portugal. Somewhere where you can live like a king on as little as $1k per month. Their only other option is to go back to work, something that might not even be possible, based on their physical condition. As for the woman with the three kids, she's in a tough situation. She's not earning money from social security and even if she were, she has a special needs kid. Honestly, I don't know what the solution is for her.
In Canada you can't increase the rent beyond 4% a year unless the landlord can validate a higher increase due to proven investment and upgrades in the rental property. Even if this is the case, increases of 10-15% is usually the max. 50% increases simply can't be done here for lease owners.
Before I was able to find another place when priced out of another. But now I need to move out of Florida. Can't get help while working for affordable housing. Knew this would happen rent has increased non stop. The greed needs to stop. And people don't make 3 times the rent.
God is watching 👀 how we treat each other and He is going to make us accountable .. Rent pricing renters out is greed..greed is one of the deadly sins..I know what it feels like..keeping everyone in prayer 🙏🏽
Imagine the emotional toll on children in these situations! And the negative psychological impact on seniors who have never before had to struggle to have a roof over their heads! God help us all!!
The couple that worked until they were 68/72. why didn't they buy a house decades ago when housing was cheap and easy to qualify for? They obviously didn't save or invest for retirement. I was a hairdresser single mom with 2 children and I invested and bought a house. I'm 69 now and amazed so many my age never did get around to buying a house. My house payment decades ago was $118. a month. Now my taxes and insurance are only $107. a month. People my age had ample time and opportunity to prepare for retirement at least by buying a small affordable house that were so plentiful decades ago. Unlike the young today who are stuck. I feel so sorry for the kids today.
Agree with you. My grandparents never bought a house because they didn't want to have to deal with the upkeep. They could have easily afforded it. Crazy
We rented a small house with a tiny pool in arizona several yrs ago for a week, we were stunned to find an older couple living in a shack in the back yard. they were very quiet and kept to themselves, no trouble at all, but it was an eye opener.
Where those the owners? When I bought my first rental unit I ended up renting out my house too and moved into an apartment as I could make more money renting my home out than living in it.
In my area, anyone can go to the food pantries. It’s not determined on income. We get food like that. I suggest finding out if you have food pantries near you and make use of them. That’s why they’re there. Best to everyone! ✌🏻
It's moments like this I'm thankful I own my home on a fixed interest rate. I can't imagine raising prices like this if I owned rental properties - they know folks aren't getting compensatory raises. Pricing themselves out of the market.
This is so heartbreaking and frustrating. I blame the government and these greedy landlords. I know the governors and the AG can do something about this.
Lets say you sell apples at a farmer's market. Typically you sell apples for $1 each. The next year, all the other vendors are selling apples for $3 each. Are you still keeping your pricing $1? Do you know how much expenses have gone up? Insurance, taxes, repair men, building materials, etc? Please understand economics before blaming landlords.
@@paragshah5265 I do know about economics, and some landlords are just being outrageous with the rent. I know everything has gone up, I am a landlord as well. And raising rent by a 1000 is just out right robbery
Florida has elected charlatans and grifters for the last couple of decades. Rick Scott literally frauded hundreds of millions from Medicare and got elected governor, is now a senator. DeSantis thinks he is a banana republic dictator, and FL is out to prove him right. All its going to take is a good hurricane or two and there won't be much left of the state.
I’m 40. I’ve been told my entire life Social Security is not enough to retire on. You are going to see a lot of homeless elderly in the coming years. Did they not know this?
they know this. I'm 32 and I've heard such a million times just in passing. ppl have this "think positive" approach but get nothing but negative results
@@allaboutroofing2 the old guy in the story retired at 72 and his wife at 68, so early retirement wasn't the issue there. The issue is that FL in particular has become a hub of real estate speculation. Prices will only go down when nobody can afford to pay the exorbitant prices (and it seems that's happening). ...at the same time, I think places like FL are sustained by richer people moving there from other states, so it may just be the case that the poor (like the people in this piece) will be displaced.
Of course they know this, but what are they to do? The system is rigged against them, the system is setup for a select few... there are no winners without the losers...
I saw this coming. Should have bought a house a long time ago and paid it off. Renting forever is not a good idea, especially when being old and on fixed income.
My question is, since many Americans can’t find a home to rent or buy or can’t afford the place they currently rent, where will the government be putting all the Ukrainian’s - why haven’t they spent the hundreds of millions of dollars they spent on Ukrainians on housing for America’s seniors, disabled and families? It’s not making sense, how do they have housing available for immigrants but not available for the hardworking American 🇺🇸 ppl
I live in Florida. I'm on the same boat. I'm not a religious person but in the Bible it says greed is a mortal sin and people that practice it will die of a slow painful death. Everyday I wish that it's true and it will happen to the greedy real estate corporation. I'm hoping it will happen to crooked politicians too
There needs to rent control. This rent gouging is taking advantage of honest good working people. Not to mention age discrimination for the elderly who have fixed income. Prayers that the government gets involved and rent control laws are passed in all states. 🙏
One of the problems in Florida is that as property values increase property taxes increase . What’s an owner to do? When the taxes go up so much. They need a law there that protects owners from such substantial increases in taxes. Like in California. They have a proposition that property taxes can only be increased by about two percent a years.
@@MsArtistwannabe we are the majority and our voices need to be heard. Look what happens to California and how long it took to pass the law for rent control. We need to act on now to prevent the ugliest times of getting worst. Something need to get done now.
@@concernedcitizen7781 I'm an LA native and saw RENT CONTROL evolve, first started in tony Santa Monica. Even Beverly Hills has an RC ordinance and of course the mega City of LA (units built before '77). Rent Control works and is a just remedy. Landlords still do OK, but can't gouge.
This should be illegal Period 2,400 for one bedroom where homeless folks live at library. WRONG Homelessness is working folks out of cars 20% addicts. Heartbreaking disabled folks homeless.
Wow! She gets 60 days? I got five in NY after 26 years. My job was not amenable to do on computer, not considered “essential” although it was working with preschool and primary grades special needs children. The city (NY) gave us three days to evacuate the building which was later condemned as being unsuitable for spec. needs children. It’s gone as is our whole organization. We’d have to purchase or rent a place all on one floor with modern air circulation, HVAC facilities. I just had a feeling the city wasn’t going to let us back in, so I grabbed as much important materials as I reasonably could, to put in my car. Nearly everything in my room was purchased with my money in the 20 years I’d taught there. I had to do the same thing in my studio apt. leaving behind most of my furniture and an old book collection, thousands of dollars of things like air conditioners, microwave, bake oven, mini fridge, all but a few of my dishes and cutlery, I managed to disassemble my large cedar closet, wrap it in a tarp and strap it to my roof, sealed with chains and padlocks. I also managed to remove the top of a treadle sewing machine, fit the bottom in the trunk and stuff things all around it including the actual machine. I sawed the legs off my antique cedar chest to slide it into the back seat, pack it full, the legs inside it, put other stuff all around it. The rest of the car was filled with books, clothes, pictures, family mementoes. I lived in the car for a month, soon realizing it wasn’t safe for a single woman to sleep in her car at night, so I switched to taking cat naps parked in various parks, on service roads to highways, etc. Anywhere to not attract attention. I stayed awake at night, usually parked in front of a Staples, a Dunkin Donuts, Starbucks, McDonalds, anyplace that had accessible WiFi. Staples was best because it was basically the same people every night, an ambulance driver, Uber and Lyft drivers on their breaks, a few guys living in an electrician service box truck, and a young couple living in an old VW van. They spent their nights with the doors open, smoking pot from a huge bong. I kept my distance from them. Other than the stoned woman, I was the only female there. People ran round the back of Staples to answer the call of nature except some of the guys just peed out their vehicle doors or windows. It wasn’t good. My ankles started swelling so I found a crate and a pillow to prop up my feet. I had to pretty much stay in the driver’s seat because if the cops came around, you couldn’t be caught sleeping in your car. I had to be able to quickly move the crate aside and drive off. Hygiene was a real problem. Anyplace homeless people went to take a dump or wash up was closed. No gym showers, no public restrooms, just sanitizer, baby wipes, a spray bottle with a little deodorant soap and dry shampoo for hair. I took to wearing a hat or a bandana most of the time. After a month, I realized despite my efforts, I had B.O. So disgusting! I bought gas cans and filled enough for three tanks, and filled the car’s tank and drove off in the middle of the night, taking secondary and tertiary roads so as not to be detained by the Covid cops at a state line. I also pulled another few tricks which shall remain unmentioned. I took to dirt roads on state land by day, and took pictures of nature if someone drove by. It took me five days to go what would normally be a ten to eleven hour drive. I slept in the car one last night and moved into my ex-bro-in-law’s hunting camp. That was early May of 2020 when Covid was raging in NY. I’ve been here ever since-with his permission. He doesn’t use the place hardly at all, but wants to hold onto the land as an investment. He’s glad to have me in the cabin which I’ve winterized, fixed up a lot on the inside, left the outside rustic. I’ve got a little farm going, and live mostly off-grid. My tablet is powered by a car battery. I traded in the car for an old pickup with a raised cap. I’ve adopted two dogs, mother and son mastiffs, and kept the cat that wandered in. She’s my rodent control officer! The dogs are body guards and warning alarms. The people in the videos, they should look to get hold of a large tent, Army surplus made of canvas are best. Get some tarps, large as they come, some shock cord, flashlights, a freezer chest for food, heavy duty aluminum foil, kerosene lamps, blankets, pillows, a five gallon bucket with tight lid and a toilet seat, two jumbo sized rain umbrellas. They’re great for rain, sun, and for privacy screens. Lean one in front of the bucket and poop out of sight. Or leave your tent door open for coolness and put up an umbrella to prevent people from gazing inside. Use the umbrellas to strap to a picnic table for rain or shade. Watch lots of camping and wilderness survival videos online. Pick and choose what works for you. Do not join a homeless encampment unless you’ve really observed the people. If you see any drugs or drunkenness, steer clear! Avoid street or public parks because most municipalities will haul away your stuff the minute nobody’s home, or even when you’re home. Special for Carlos! You can become a doctor even if you become homeless. Stay in school, but if you can’t because your Mom has to work or needs help, you be the man and step up to help with your brother. You’ll learn confidence and leadership. Keep a journal about your experiences. If you can’t do traditional school, and doing regular school online doesn’t work for you, either, educate yourself anyway. There’s loads of videos on every imaginable subject. Watch medical and videos about people with disabilities. Make a program for yourself. For example, watch a math lesson until you understand it, write down, unsolved. Next day, solve it, then check your work against the video. Do the same sort of things with other subjects. Do science experiments. And read,bread, read! Don’t waste your time with video games or watching worthless TikTok videos. Unless they are practical or educational, don’t follow any “influencers.” Most of them influence their followers to be stupid. Believe in God. Read from the Bible. Go to church, if you can. Pray every day, nothing fancy, just talk to God in your heart. Find people you admire. Try to act, speak, and carry yourself as they do. Don’t look like a freak. Forget the tattoos, (unless they’re fake and can be washed off.). Don’t wear earrings, get piercings in your face or nipples or bellybutton. Keep your hair trimmed and well groomed. Don’t make a bizarre hair style like shaving half your head and dyeing the other half blue or some such thing. (If you were rushed to the OR for emergency surgery and the doctor had earrings in his eyebrows, tattoos all over his arms, and purple hair peeking out of his head covering, would you trust him? Or think him unprofessional?). Never give up your dream to help people like your brother. Make your mother proud. And take a break every day to have some fun and exercise, even if it’s short.
I was in tears 😭 to see this cases This is the richest nation on earth 🌍 Imagine the rest of the world 🌎 Definitely greediness is the # 1 problem of Humanity. We are the worst 🥺
Yes and our government has no problem giving billions to other countries and when people in the USA are homeless living on the street. What the hell is wrong with this S😱I 😠
Florida wished for a CALIFORNIAN economy, and now it got CALIFORNIA'S high rent along with homelessness and unaffordable home price all at NO EXTRA cost
@@ozzyoz1495 isn't DeSantis a REPUBLICAN?????? He's a hardcore Cuban-American Republican..... Republicans used to laugh at CALIFORNIA, Oregon, and Washington for the homeless problems and blame it on Democrat leadership..... hahaha, now Texas, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Utah and poor kkk Republican states all have the same housing affordability problems, high rent, out-of-control homeless encampments, etc... the only difference is the Republican states are poor and can't dig out the cash to pay for their social illnesses------------> when compared to the way CALIFORNIA and Washington have dealt with their social illnesses..... it's funny how Florida huffed and puffed out only $50,000,000 to help with high rent crisis for the homeless people...... even Los Angeles alone has a budget way more than $1,000,000,000 to deal just the homeless problem in th city..... overall, CALIFORNIA spends billions of dollars to deal with the high rent problems that cause homelessness, and we still have homeless encampments.....
It's so sad to see that. I just want to cry. Are we going to all live in a Van on the road? I was so lucky to be able to get a mortgage before the rate raises. I wish you all the best.
@@Simon-je7ko The Fed raised it .75% recently. 5.97% is still very cheap historically for a home mortgage. During the Carter years it was 18%. Yes, the plan is for a lot of people to lose everything. That is the Build Back Better plan of the UN agenda 2030. "You will own nothing and be happy". Soon there will be no jobs, fuel, or food on the shelves. Then we will begin to look like Venezuela. People better wake up and FAST!
For all the money gurus who prefer the "freedom" of renting over being "tied down" with a mortgage - this is why it's better to own than to rent. My taxes, utilities, and insurance go up every year - but not like this!!!
True we wouldn't be able to own a home if we waited and not bought our home few yers ago. Rent started to increase 2017 for us. We were paying $850 in 2015 our last rent payment was $1200 in 2017 ones we got another increased noticed end of 2017 we ran for home hunting lol . Thank god we did then.
From young adulthood I have always owned, not rented. My furniture at one time consisted of wooden pallets supported by cement cinder locks. One pallet, a coffee table, four pallets, a bed. But I owned my little hovel and worked my way up the housing ladder. I now live and own my home in a gated community, free and clear. I pay $166 HOA fees per month which covers water, trash and common areas maintenance. My daughter stands to inherit a million dollar property. I never made more than $50k per year, but, through investing, owned properties that others, the fools, paid rent to me. I'm sorry about the people in Florida and rising rent costs, but a little better estate planning when they were younger would have prevented the problems they have now.
Gosh you're smug. The fools paid rent to me you write. Fools. The fools who put food on your table. Arrogance. You think that others are stupid who rent. Not everyone can afford to buy. But you don''t get that as you talk about how much money your daughter will inherit. Who cares. I am worth more than you and yet I don't consider my tenants fools.
I started out dog poor. Living in my car. No family. On my own. I worked hard and saved my money in the bank and NEVER EVER missed paying a bill. Little by little and with a lot of hard work and SACRIFICE, I bought and fully paid for my home. I was at work while I saw others with new cars, adult toys, vacations, having a good time. I was that person missing. I was working. I was boring and dull to others. I am very old now and at least I can live on my small pension and social security. I knew this was coming. The handwriting was on the wall. Why didn't other people read it? I don't know.
Love this. I just had a relative make a snide remark about me not spending money. This same relative have been in bankruptcy more than once and in perpetual foreclosure. We are both in our 50s. I looking forward to a comfortable retirement.
@@jimmyday9536 - Inflation isn't at an all time high, it was almost twice as high in 1980. Rent didn't raise as bad, or as quickly as it has now. Part of the reason for today's inflation is due to Russia's ongoing attacks.
Shit like this why I'm still scared to move out of my mom's house, no matter how badly we argue. I'd rather help her pay this 1100 rent than move into my own place and have to pay almost all my monthly...just to end up suffering like these poor people who don't deserve this shit.
While people are on TH-cam watching this video. Look up all the video's on People living in their cars, because they are priced out of housing options all over the USA. People telling their stories and instructing others how to manage living in a vehicle. It's a sad country that forces it's own citizens to have to live like that. Yet provides billions in payments to other countries to benefit them.
I never had much respect for the state of Florida to begin with. It to me is a disgusting greedy state that pays its workers thelowest wage it can get away with. Not to mention the state does nothing to attract decent paying employers. The days of low cost living in FLorida are over. It is a very high cost area with a low class feel. The state does absolutely nothing to help people such as shown in the video. The seniors are left to live in their cars as they have no where to go, and no way to get out of their situation. As they mentioned they are disqualified for senior housing.. Reason being the income to get in is so ridiculously low, it is set so most will not qualify. Yet the fools in that state love DeSantis who should be putting effort into laws to curb the outrageous rise in rents in that state. He does nothing other than what serves him and his followers. Which is run for President. How about he enact laws in the state to stop this greed by these landlords. It sickens me Floridians just sit back and allow this disgrace to go on. Of course many just care about riding around in their golf carts, or going to the beach rather than their fellow citizens. That elderly couple would be very wise to tell Florida to F Off and leave the damn state. Really that is exactly what they need to do to survive, because Florida doesn't give a rats rear end about them.. Its sad to say but its true when it comes to Florida. If they were my parents I would be leaving for Florida today, and getting them the hell out of there.
this is why young people need to save , buy a home and have it PAID for ( not use it as a cash cow) before retirement. If you cant do it now where you live , look to an area that is affordable where you and your children could have a future, these people look smart, why oh why didnt they buy years ago , ( they should have learned from 2008 recession and saved) while interest rates were so low.
Exactly right. I see young families buying more house than they need, taking expensive vacations several times a year and buying new expensive SUVS....most of this being on credit. I remember a time when a family of 4 kids, mother, father lived in a 3 bedroom 1 bath home.
@@deva190 My first house was far under what we could afford. We fixed it up and paid down the loan balance. We sold it for almost double and bought a house twice as big with land. We fixed it up. Been there since and have paid it off. How did we do it...we bought 3 to 4 year old cars instead of new, went to the river/beach instead of Disneyland, ate at home, I ate packed.lunches, and always paid off credit cards...while my Wife stayed home...now my Wife works, we buy fancier cars, eat out, and travel with the kids to all sorts of places (Hawaii, Europe, Disneyland, etc.)
@@deva190 it is ridiculous how big homes have gotten, just to heat, window coverings, furniture, decorations .... used to be 3 bed 1 bath 1100 sq ft. . Plenty for young family, but lately what I see in places like Watsonville, Los Banos, et a. building these giant 2 or 2 1/2 story homes on postage stamp size lots. Crazy Especially if you are married to a woman who likes to change things frequently. No way to save. used to be standard everyone had at least 6 months wages put aside. but todays people got to spend it before they even earn it. Credit card hell. The world was much better before credit card mind set. If you didnt have a little chit at the grocery store , every thing was cash, Many times as a kid I had mustard and onion sandwichs for school lunch.
@@Tony-hx2fj Right. Home sizes have at least doubled from the former 1,100 sq.ft. These are the same people who say it takes two incomes just to make it and want taxpayers to subsidize their child care costs.
They don’t have to be homeless, they do have a place to go. It’s just might not be in Florida . The retired couple on a fixed income can live ANYWHERE because they are not living in Florida for a employment . I got priced out of California 2 years ago , moved to AZ and never locked back.
It's very expensive to relocate. Not everyone has the ability to look in other states, apply for a place to live, pay to move all your stuff, hire movers to help, etc. It takes a LOT of money to move. People on fixed incomes just don't have the money. when I see elderly in this situation, I wonder if they have families. We are going to have to return to that old model where multiple generations live together as no one can afford to make it on their own.
My husband and I are both working disabled, he is a senior. We were both high earners and sold both of our homes. Last year, the rental home we lived in doubled in market value in a single year. We made an offer that was refused. They accepted one six months later for 50k over ours. The market has settled some, and now the lady who bought it is upside down in equity. CA is ruined.
Was just told gotta be out by next month. House being sold, same story as the rest. Haven't figured out how to explain to my kids we gotta leave the city they grew up in.
Landlords using price hikes to throw people out & sell the property before prices tank. Worse still the local government slaps a compulsory purchase order on him & he gets what he gets. Landlords are being bought out.
No rent control. No gun control. It’s nice that America watches out for it’s mass killers and predatory landlords. Hey, they’re people too...right republicans? In Democratic Oregon, we have state-wide rent control-it’s not a solution, but it helps balance the scales. Greedy people HATE the law. So I recommend you lobby for it in your state.
I'm an Oregonian who lives in Florida and I made similar comments on a couple posts. You can't be a die hard republican and scream you want democrat socialism in rent control - LOL.
@@consumerdebtchitchatThat’s they’re so confused. And that’s exactly the goal of the grifters who fill the ranks of that party. Every day I’m thankful that I’m not that gullible, and that there are tens of millions that also aren’t.
@@mariekatherine5238 Because of the inequality which is a part of our economy, and because we’re a country with too many heartless and selfish people. A person who is in desperate need won’t receive any help in a red state, or from heartless people, and certainly not from any religious fanatic. The numbers of homeless Americans is rising every day, in every state.
Wow! My rent is just $700 for a 2 bed 1 ba. I recently price shopped in my area and others are going for as much as $3200. I just could not afford to move at this point.
why didn't that elderly couple stay in their house and get a reverse mortgage if they needed extra cash? reverse mortgages don't need to be paid back until they sell their house or pass away.
This is what people get when they keep voting against their own intrests. No regulation means no protection for the little guy. In the end, many will suffer.
@@dcg590 the land lord is the little guy as well. Regulation would protect them too. Lobbyists bribes Politicians to block or pass legislation to benefit Corporations or Rich CEO's. Those same lobbyists use their dirty money to misinform the uniformed to vote against their own interests. They easily keep us divided by their misinformation. Our ignorance is their power.
Renting in a state with no rent control, where else do you think your rent is gonna go? In my city, I can only raise rent 1.5% every 12 months while the runaway inflation is @ 8%. Do you hear me crying about my retirement?
There needs to be nation wide rent control everywhere. Excessive greed is the issue with inflation in all areas except wages,smh. This is their goal. I'm starting to believe in those Georgia guide stones.
Young people listen up and listen well if you are working quit because if you keep at it you will end like this elderly couple. Get in the habit of acquiring and building assets and businesses.
This is going on every we're so my question is why do this company s think people have this kinda of money. Soon the rents will get so high they won't have any one to rent them and they will lose the buildings but in the mean time the homeless count will continue to go up and up and up and want people don't realize no address no income nice country we live in these days
I have been a homeowner in Ft Lauderdale, Fl for 22 years. Today I received my new homeowner’s insurance policy. Last year it was almost 3K, but this year they have raised it to $6,000 for a 1,000 ft sq ft home. As a retiree on a fixed income, this will be the reason I will be forced to sell. I feel as if this life is one big scam on the middle class.
There should be a law against landlords being able to raise rent on tenants and the courts should be able to fully make the decision to raise the rent or not this pandemic is enough for a law like this to be put in place this will help people a lot because the judge wouldn’t just raise the rent so quick especially during a crisis 🤷🏾♀️
We need a good recession to set things right.....rent and new homes have gotten way out of hand...they should be paying about 1000 k for that little unit in normal times...
I'm north of San Diego. That price seems to be about the norm for a house around here. Sounds high for an apartment. But on the other hand, I don't look at apartment prices. I could a see a nice spacious apartment with views getting that much.
Those who have a home, job, car, be thankful. So many do not. I am more thankful every day for what I have, which I never thought was much. Now, I feel blessed.
So very true
yes, be very thankful! if you have all those I recently lost my job and lost my car and now I got my rent raised for the next coming month :/
@@Anas-jv3tw I have lost about 25 jobs but I'm still getting by.
Yes, I am a retired senior, I have a very affordable, quiet nice apartment, and an old car that runs great. I have a 15 hour a week part-time job. So, so grateful. Don't forget to tithe, people. As you can. It's super important, and it makes you feel good too.
Amen
Greed is destroying mankind, and greedy people have no mercy on no one. It’s a shame.
Shameful indeed.
It is terrible. I’m hoping to die soon because I cannot afford to live.
Why didn't they own a house?
@Diego Gaspar The color of Byron Donald's skin didn't hold him back.
@@francismarion6400 Stupid comment. People rent because they can't afford to buy a house. Use the few brain cells if you can.
I saw this coming, and bought a house last year, 10 minutes after it went on the market. I did not hesitate. Not the best house in the world, but I knew I'd better do something, or we'd be in a world of hurt with the rental prices going up and up. My youngest son has high functioning autism, but he does live by himself, with minimal supervision. I'm going to leave this house to him in my will. In the future families will have to come together to survive. We have to take care of each other.
You were smart but most people are stupid. Not everyone can do what you did and it is not their fault. I bet you are a republican.
I think "Coming together" will be the solution. Didn't anyone watch 'Golden Girls'. (I'm serious).
💯this for sure
Me too. I did the same thing last year.
Good for you to have the insight to prepare for the future!!!! Having a home takes a lot of pressure off your back. I own a home and multiple rental properties, all of it is going to my family to provide generational wealth for my kids, grandkids great grandkids not yet born to make their lives easier.
Sick world we live in. Outright attack on the middle and lower class.
huge point. who has been doing the attacking, do you have a theory?
We continue to ignore the senior citizens. I remember my grandma had the same issues. She had to do a reverse mortgage just to keep the roof over our head. In the end, after she passed, we weren’t able to keep the house. I feel so bad for the disabled family. Ugh.
Your grandma didn't have the same issue because she owned her own property and the fact she was eligible for a reverse mortgage means she had a significant amount of equity in her home. The folks in this video are in a much more desperate situation because they're not homeowners with a fixed mortgage. They're renters with landlords who can double their rent.
Your feeling of pity only go so far. How many of the distressed elderly are YOU taking in? Have those children double up and invite a couple of those elderly in to live with YOU! Now THAT would be constructive!
I don't suppose having twelve million illegal aliens living in this country could be contributing to housing shortages? Biden seems to be bring in more every day. The cartels smuggle people across the border and hand them off to the Border Control officials, who take charge of resettling them across the country.
How about preparing for retirement? Most dont then this happens. They had decades
@@dcg590 yes that is true as well
@@dcg590 but many maybe made enough back in the day but then had families to raise and then less money to set aside for retirement.
Infuriating and heartbreaking. I'm terrified that my rent will be tremendously raised at the end of my lease in Nov. I can barely afford my rent now. I'm disabled, in a wheelchair, live alone. I don't know what I'm going to do if that happens.
@GR2007 Tampa.
There are highway overpasses waiting for you! :(
@@glasslinger did you think that was funny?
@@ItssDomoDoee ofcourse he did because he is evil and unworthy.
@@Repentedandsaved his judgement day is coming..
Early in my marriage (2003 - 2010) me and my wife rented a 2 bedroom apartment in Sunrise, FL for about $850 per month. I recently called the leasing office of that complex to ask about a 2 bedroom and was told $2,250 per month. I currently own a home in PA, but I don't know how people can afford these prices. The families that make too much for assistance, but not enough to afford these prices are the ones this is really affecting. I feel bad for those who struggling and have no way out.
@Mark Stewger Not Surfside, that was where the condo collapse was.
@Mark Stewger I agree on the paper divorce, thought the same thing while I was watching the video.
@Mark Stewger or move to another warm or a state where the weather that’s more affordable.
It's all greed.dont forget some of the apartment complexes cheat the residents with bogus charges.
@@naturelover2292 Exactly. Yes, it sucks for them to work until 72 and 68 and can't have the retirement that they wanted. That's life. There were people who worked for Enron and lost all their retirement. At least they have their social security. They let the rent ran away from them 50% and did nothing. They can move to a small town in Texas where rent is 1000 a month instead of 1650 which will continue to go up.
By this time next year...central and south Florida will begin looking like L.A., Seattle and other cities with a ginormous homeless population. It's Sad.
I live in Tampa and no one can say we weren't warned. I think you may be right.
@@consumerdebtchitchat I live in Tampa as well and it’s starting to feel like NYC, the state of Fl convinced people that homelessness doesn’t exist here but just wait and see in the upcoming months.
Developers followed techies out of west coast cities, they largely landed in Phoenix, Atlanta, and Tampa, Tampa is already losing them because the quality of life they expected just doesn't exist there. I have never seen a city loose so many new residents, its rather fascinating. Of course rents aren't adjusting, the market is rigged.
@@notverynotoriousg5674
So you believe Tampa is actually losing new residents?
What type quality of life are they looking for?
@@consumerdebtchitchat
I live in Tampa as well...I can see it happening within the coming months.
I know the pain. As a single dad I was told I made too much money for any type of assistance but I could not afford daycare.
What city are you in?
True. Ones I applied for food stamp in I was making $5.50 in 1997 the front desk lady said I made to much to qualify for food stamp um $5.50. First and last time for me. I never step foot at the DES again.
Sending prayers to all the people suffering from this crisis. May God have mercy on this single mom. My heart hurts for her. This is so sad 😞 God Bless everyone
amen!!!
This "crisis" is Biden!!!!
Ameen
God isn't real. If he/she was real, they wouldn't be suffering
Yes thoughts and prayers!!!
It's sad to say we live in a place where our elderly population are forced to work into their seventies, eighties and beyond to provide basic needs of life (shelter, clothing, medication). While i get that raising the rent is not against the law, raising it by 50% to 100% is excessive. I live in NJ and even with inflation my bills have not doubled. This is greed But then again, this is the American way. So many of these families have worked and have paid into the system all their lives just to end up needing a hand up. That's not ok on any level.
Not if the elderly prepared in their youth. Between the ages of 18 and 65 there are 47 years of adulthood to make adult decisions, school, work, part time jobs, overtime to buy a very affordable house back then what was easy to qualify for and to invest. I did as a single mom as a hairdresser. So many back then simply didn't bother to prepare. My friends laughed at me for putting a few dollars into my savings vs going out for happy hour.
Today is a totally different world than we had back in the 1980s. So much opportunity then, but so few took advantage of it. I did. I'll pass my investments on to my kids, grandkids and great grandkids that aren't born yet.
What are you talking about? The elderly that live in my town have high $$$ pensions they retired on from up North. ALL that money those states like NY will have to pay for the rest of that persons life will now be spent right here in SW Florida! HAHAHA
You do realize people used to die in their 60s that was considered old age. Now with technology and advancements in the medical field people are living longer than before. You know this is happening and should be saving up for retirement. You should have a paid for home. If you have a home in your 30s and just do the minimum payments you will have a paid off home in 30 years.
Where are their families
No one is forced. They a decades to prepare. Now all of the sudden it’s a landlords problem? Nope
Can you imagine being a military vet and the landlord says he is thankful for giving him his "Freedom" and the telling you GTFO if you can't pay the 75% rent increase.... Sad
I am a retired military, I did not waste my money while in. Retired and bought my home payed off in 5 years.
@@anthonylagunas6737 yeah not everyone thinks like you..... Because yeah they should of thought of getting a house than wasting money on apartments
@@hacatan24 Why pay someone for something you will not own.
@@anthonylagunas6737 exactly
Yes. It’s your job to prepare for retirement, not a landlords job to house you because you wasted decades
I ended up homeless myself, I just live in a tent in the woods. I got a full-time job but can't afford rent. Got gym membership to shower and laundromat to do laundry.
Been there, done that for three summers in my college years to save money. I had to work my way through on my own. My folks couldn’t help. There were nine of us, well, six still at home. Jimmy was killed in Vietnam, 1968, Marsha got leukemia and died at age 12, and I turned 18 and was expected to move out and take care of myself.
@@mariekatherine5238 ya I've been on my own since 18 also, me I'm a country boy so I left looking for more opertunity where I was there wasn't nothing. But didn't realize rent was so high before I lefy
P.S. I grew up going camping, hiking, canoeing, from an early age, with my older siblings, Dad when he was on leave, my cousins, etc. We did it for fun, but I learned lots of skills and enjoyed it. So when I decided to camp out for the summer in college, it was by intent, not default. Figuring out how much money I could save was the clincher. The tent was set up in a grove of pines in a place typical college kids wouldn’t find. There was no trail and I went some length not to create one. I had a friend fix up an old balloon tire bike I’d found in somebody’s trash, added front and back racks and panniers, a plastic milk crate in back and there was my transport. It was about six miles from campus in a direction college kids just didn’t go. There was nothing but a scattered homes or two, the next town, 14 miles away. There was nothing there for the college crowd. A cluster of rundown houses, a tiny post office, a very small, decrepit single pump gas station with a one-bank auto repair, tools and parts all jumbled up. For sale was an assortment of lifesaver’s candy, Three Musketeers bars, and M&Ms, cans of Coke, root beer, and 7-Up beside the ancient cash register. There was one nicely fixed up Victorian home with freshly paved pull through driveway and a small parking lot on the side. It was the home/office of a recently graduated dentist opening his own practice. It was many miles until the next little group of homes. I actually did a lot of productive studying living out there. It was quiet, only the noise of wind in the pines, birds, an occasional bobcat scream in the distance at night. I liked it so well, I repeated it the nest two summers.
I lived in a broken car as I couldn't pay rent. Students from the local beauty school would come to the convince store where I worked for snacks and talked me into going to cosmetology school. I went to school on my days off for almost 2 years. I quadrupled my minimum wage income as a hairdresser. I had to become more so I could earn more. It was very hard but I'm so glad I did it.
@@eckankar7756 good for you! The only way out of poverty is education!
This is not acceptable. We are supporting foreigners and the natives are being displaced by design.
Plot twist what if the natives are also the foreigners and we are really the invaders.
Yes, we are. And all the subsidized housing is being taken by illegal aliens. Go look around and you will see. The government is letting them live rent-free. Let's let more in. We don't need a Southern wall. These people just want to come in, take your job, work for cheap, and the government will take care of you.
Everything is out of control there is no normal anymore when you have to watch others suffer.
If I were the elderly couple, I'd move out of the country to somewhere like Panama, Costa Rica or Portugal. Somewhere where you can live like a king on as little as $1k per month. Their only other option is to go back to work, something that might not even be possible, based on their physical condition.
As for the woman with the three kids, she's in a tough situation. She's not earning money from social security and even if she were, she has a special needs kid. Honestly, I don't know what the solution is for her.
Portugal Costa Rica I agree but not Panama
Problem is prices are going way up everywhere, so doing something as radical as moving to Central America isn't going to solve their problem.
James H youre wrong Living in the states is suicidal
This is sad. We are slowly slipping into an apocalyptic world
Could this be the end of the world?
@@bmoshareholderappleshareho855 No, people are silly and childish, a terrible combination.
They prefer to Support Ukraine and not their own mess. It's happening allover the world!
In Canada you can't increase the rent beyond 4% a year unless the landlord can validate a higher increase due to proven investment and upgrades in the rental property. Even if this is the case, increases of 10-15% is usually the max. 50% increases simply can't be done here for lease owners.
One less thing to worry about, eh?
@@Babu-kr3cr pretty much.
Well that sucks for business owners
25% of the foreign home purchases here in Florida are by Canadians. Thanks for your wisdom now stay up there!
Welcome to corporate America
Before I was able to find another place when priced out of another. But now I need to move out of Florida. Can't get help while working for affordable housing. Knew this would happen rent has increased non stop. The greed needs to stop. And people don't make 3 times the rent.
But we can send 40 Billion to Ukraine, WTH 🤦🏽♀️
God is watching 👀 how we treat each other and He is going to make us accountable .. Rent pricing renters out is greed..greed is one of the deadly sins..I know what it feels like..keeping everyone in prayer 🙏🏽
Why is this happening? Greed! Profit! WTF!!! Where is the humanity?
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How 'bout YOUR humanity? How many of the distressed elderly have YOU taken in?
It's a dog-eat-dog world, unfortunately.
God help us all.
My heart breaks.... It could be me. I have been homeless and my faith in God kept me and my children. Praying for everyone.🙏😢
Imagine the emotional toll on children in these situations! And the negative psychological impact on seniors who have never before had to struggle to have a roof over their heads! God help us all!!
The couple that worked until they were 68/72. why didn't they buy a house decades ago when housing was cheap and easy to qualify for? They obviously didn't save or invest for retirement. I was a hairdresser single mom with 2 children and I invested and bought a house. I'm 69 now and amazed so many my age never did get around to buying a house. My house payment decades ago was $118. a month. Now my taxes and insurance are only $107. a month. People my age had ample time and opportunity to prepare for retirement at least by buying a small affordable house that were so plentiful decades ago. Unlike the young today who are stuck. I feel so sorry for the kids today.
Agree with you. My grandparents never bought a house because they didn't want to have to deal with the upkeep. They could have easily afforded it. Crazy
We rented a small house with a tiny pool in arizona several yrs ago for a week, we were stunned to find an older couple living in a shack in the back yard. they were very quiet and kept to themselves, no trouble at all, but it was an eye opener.
Where those the owners? When I bought my first rental unit I ended up renting out my house too and moved into an apartment as I could make more money renting my home out than living in it.
@@eckankar7756 why wd i care where the owners were?
@@Lauren-vd4qe Idiot, I was asking if the old people in the shack were the owners.
So they were living within their means and you were not? Rich peoples problems smh.
@@francismarion6400 why wd u assume we were not living within our means?
In my area, anyone can go to the food pantries. It’s not determined on income.
We get food like that. I suggest finding out if you have food pantries near you and make use of them. That’s why they’re there.
Best to everyone! ✌🏻
Greed. Greed. Greed. Deadly Sin. Landlords karma will not be pretty.
It's moments like this I'm thankful I own my home on a fixed interest rate. I can't imagine raising prices like this if I owned rental properties - they know folks aren't getting compensatory raises. Pricing themselves out of the market.
This is so heartbreaking and frustrating. I blame the government and these greedy landlords. I know the governors and the AG can do something about this.
Lets say you sell apples at a farmer's market. Typically you sell apples for $1 each. The next year, all the other vendors are selling apples for $3 each. Are you still keeping your pricing $1? Do you know how much expenses have gone up? Insurance, taxes, repair men, building materials, etc? Please understand economics before blaming landlords.
@@paragshah5265 I do know about economics, and some landlords are just being outrageous with the rent. I know everything has gone up, I am a landlord as well. And raising rent by a 1000 is just out right robbery
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@@paragshah5265 In this case landlords are usually developers, your model is nonsense.
Florida has elected charlatans and grifters for the last couple of decades. Rick Scott literally frauded hundreds of millions from Medicare and got elected governor, is now a senator. DeSantis thinks he is a banana republic dictator, and FL is out to prove him right. All its going to take is a good hurricane or two and there won't be much left of the state.
I’m 40. I’ve been told my entire life Social Security is not enough to retire on. You are going to see a lot of homeless elderly in the coming years. Did they not know this?
they know this. I'm 32 and I've heard such a million times just in passing. ppl have this "think positive" approach but get nothing but negative results
People retired too early. Should have kept working well into their 70s.
@@allaboutroofing2 the old guy in the story retired at 72 and his wife at 68, so early retirement wasn't the issue there. The issue is that FL in particular has become a hub of real estate speculation. Prices will only go down when nobody can afford to pay the exorbitant prices (and it seems that's happening). ...at the same time, I think places like FL are sustained by richer people moving there from other states, so it may just be the case that the poor (like the people in this piece) will be displaced.
What you earn isn't enough either. 7 out of 10 people don't make 100k so who can afford it especially if you have a family.
Of course they know this, but what are they to do? The system is rigged against them, the system is setup for a select few... there are no winners without the losers...
This is bullshit , They help people coming into our country 🤬 when our people need help they turn their backs 😡😡😡
how are you going to selectively say only the elderly and “working families” need help? what about disabled people??
If the governor wanted to do something, he would have initiated a rent freeze for the entire state.
I saw this coming. Should have bought a house a long time ago and paid it off. Renting forever is not a good idea, especially when being old and on fixed income.
I hope you get a chance to get one soon!
Evil, evil, evil, evil...did I mention EVIL?!
My question is, since many Americans can’t find a home to rent or buy or can’t afford the place they currently rent, where will the government be putting all the Ukrainian’s - why haven’t they spent the hundreds of millions of dollars they spent on Ukrainians on housing for America’s seniors, disabled and families? It’s not making sense, how do they have housing available for immigrants but not available for the hardworking American 🇺🇸 ppl
Thank biden for that. Illegals and other countries are more important than our own…
I live in Florida. I'm on the same boat. I'm not a religious person but in the Bible it says greed is a mortal sin and people that practice it will die of a slow painful death. Everyday I wish that it's true and it will happen to the greedy real estate corporation. I'm hoping it will happen to crooked politicians too
Rent around Tampa has gone up 45% in the last 2 years
There needs to rent control. This rent gouging is taking advantage of honest good working people. Not to mention age discrimination for the elderly who have fixed income. Prayers that the government gets involved and rent control laws are passed in all states. 🙏
Definitely age discrimination
One of the problems in Florida is that as property values increase property taxes increase . What’s an owner to do? When the taxes go up so much. They need a law there that protects owners from such substantial increases in taxes. Like in California. They have a proposition that property taxes can only be increased by about two percent a years.
@@MsArtistwannabe we are the majority and our voices need to be heard. Look what happens to California and how long it took to pass the law for rent control. We need to act on now to prevent the ugliest times of getting worst. Something need to get done now.
This need to be addressed all across the whole United States.
@@concernedcitizen7781
I'm an LA native and saw RENT CONTROL evolve, first started in tony
Santa Monica. Even Beverly Hills has an RC ordinance and of course
the mega City of LA (units built before '77). Rent Control works and
is a just remedy. Landlords still do OK, but can't gouge.
This should be illegal Period 2,400 for one bedroom where homeless folks live at library. WRONG Homelessness is working folks out of cars 20% addicts. Heartbreaking disabled folks homeless.
What??
its not inflation its florida taking advantage of Northerns money.
PRAYING FOR YOU GUYS. 🙏
Wow! She gets 60 days? I got five in NY after 26 years. My job was not amenable to do on computer, not considered “essential” although it was working with preschool and primary grades special needs children. The city (NY) gave us three days to evacuate the building which was later condemned as being unsuitable for spec. needs children. It’s gone as is our whole organization. We’d have to purchase or rent a place all on one floor with modern air circulation, HVAC facilities. I just had a feeling the city wasn’t going to let us back in, so I grabbed as much important materials as I reasonably could, to put in my car. Nearly everything in my room was purchased with my money in the 20 years I’d taught there. I had to do the same thing in my studio apt. leaving behind most of my furniture and an old book collection, thousands of dollars of things like air conditioners, microwave, bake oven, mini fridge, all but a few of my dishes and cutlery, I managed to disassemble my large cedar closet, wrap it in a tarp and strap it to my roof, sealed with chains and padlocks. I also managed to remove the top of a treadle sewing machine, fit the bottom in the trunk and stuff things all around it including the actual machine. I sawed the legs off my antique cedar chest to slide it into the back seat, pack it full, the legs inside it, put other stuff all around it. The rest of the car was filled with books, clothes, pictures, family mementoes. I lived in the car for a month, soon realizing it wasn’t safe for a single woman to sleep in her car at night, so I switched to taking cat naps parked in various parks, on service roads to highways, etc. Anywhere to not attract attention. I stayed awake at night, usually parked in front of a Staples, a Dunkin Donuts, Starbucks, McDonalds, anyplace that had accessible WiFi. Staples was best because it was basically the same people every night, an ambulance driver, Uber and Lyft drivers on their breaks, a few guys living in an electrician service box truck, and a young couple living in an old VW van. They spent their nights with the doors open, smoking pot from a huge bong. I kept my distance from them. Other than the stoned woman, I was the only female there. People ran round the back of Staples to answer the call of nature except some of the guys just peed out their vehicle doors or windows. It wasn’t good. My ankles started swelling so I found a crate and a pillow to prop up my feet. I had to pretty much stay in the driver’s seat because if the cops came around, you couldn’t be caught sleeping in your car. I had to be able to quickly move the crate aside and drive off. Hygiene was a real problem. Anyplace homeless people went to take a dump or wash up was closed. No gym showers, no public restrooms, just sanitizer, baby wipes, a spray bottle with a little deodorant soap and dry shampoo for hair. I took to wearing a hat or a bandana most of the time. After a month, I realized despite my efforts, I had B.O. So disgusting! I bought gas cans and filled enough for three tanks, and filled the car’s tank and drove off in the middle of the night, taking secondary and tertiary roads so as not to be detained by the Covid cops at a state line. I also pulled another few tricks which shall remain unmentioned. I took to dirt roads on state land by day, and took pictures of nature if someone drove by. It took me five days to go what would normally be a ten to eleven hour drive. I slept in the car one last night and moved into my ex-bro-in-law’s hunting camp. That was early May of 2020 when Covid was raging in NY. I’ve been here ever since-with his permission. He doesn’t use the place hardly at all, but wants to hold onto the land as an investment. He’s glad to have me in the cabin which I’ve winterized, fixed up a lot on the inside, left the outside rustic. I’ve got a little farm going, and live mostly off-grid. My tablet is powered by a car battery. I traded in the car for an old pickup with a raised cap. I’ve adopted two dogs, mother and son mastiffs, and kept the cat that wandered in. She’s my rodent control officer! The dogs are body guards and warning alarms.
The people in the videos, they should look to get hold of a large tent, Army surplus made of canvas are best. Get some tarps, large as they come, some shock cord, flashlights, a freezer chest for food, heavy duty aluminum foil, kerosene lamps, blankets, pillows, a five gallon bucket with tight lid and a toilet seat, two jumbo sized rain umbrellas. They’re great for rain, sun, and for privacy screens. Lean one in front of the bucket and poop out of sight. Or leave your tent door open for coolness and put up an umbrella to prevent people from gazing inside. Use the umbrellas to strap to a picnic table for rain or shade. Watch lots of camping and wilderness survival videos online. Pick and choose what works for you. Do not join a homeless encampment unless you’ve really observed the people. If you see any drugs or drunkenness, steer clear! Avoid street or public parks because most municipalities will haul away your stuff the minute nobody’s home, or even when you’re home.
Special for Carlos! You can become a doctor even if you become homeless. Stay in school, but if you can’t because your Mom has to work or needs help, you be the man and step up to help with your brother. You’ll learn confidence and leadership. Keep a journal about your experiences. If you can’t do traditional school, and doing regular school online doesn’t work for you, either, educate yourself anyway. There’s loads of videos on every imaginable subject. Watch medical and videos about people with disabilities. Make a program for yourself. For example, watch a math lesson until you understand it, write down, unsolved. Next day, solve it, then check your work against the video. Do the same sort of things with other subjects. Do science experiments. And read,bread, read! Don’t waste your time with video games or watching worthless TikTok videos. Unless they are practical or educational, don’t follow any “influencers.” Most of them influence their followers to be stupid. Believe in God. Read from the Bible. Go to church, if you can. Pray every day, nothing fancy, just talk to God in your heart. Find people you admire. Try to act, speak, and carry yourself as they do. Don’t look like a freak. Forget the tattoos, (unless they’re fake and can be washed off.). Don’t wear earrings, get piercings in your face or nipples or bellybutton. Keep your hair trimmed and well groomed. Don’t make a bizarre hair style like shaving half your head and dyeing the other half blue or some such thing. (If you were rushed to the OR for emergency surgery and the doctor had earrings in his eyebrows, tattoos all over his arms, and purple hair peeking out of his head covering, would you trust him? Or think him unprofessional?). Never give up your dream to help people like your brother. Make your mother proud. And take a break every day to have some fun and exercise, even if it’s short.
I would suggest moving out of Florida to another state where rent is not so high. Do some research, hope you will be okay.
Move to low rent State of Maine.
I was in tears 😭 to see this cases
This is the richest nation on earth 🌍
Imagine the rest of the world 🌎
Definitely greediness is the # 1 problem of Humanity.
We are the worst 🥺
Yes and our government has no problem giving billions to other countries and when people in the USA are homeless living on the street. What the hell is wrong with this S😱I 😠
@@shiwan45 remember nothing is for free. 🇺🇸 American companies profit from resources from other countries
Like oil and minerals.
We are the worst?🤭 Go live in the 3rd World , snow flake, you wouldn't last a day.
"Richest country in the world" "Best in the world" " Land of the Free" is all BS, the USA is a Third World Country for the working class
@@tonimartin6167 I will not argue that
Florida wished for a CALIFORNIAN economy, and now it got CALIFORNIA'S high rent along with homelessness and unaffordable home price all at NO EXTRA cost
I don't know a single person that wanted California anything, including the idiot voters who let their law makers destroy their economy.
If only we had a republican leading the state of Florida. God bless
@@ozzyoz1495 isn't DeSantis a REPUBLICAN?????? He's a hardcore Cuban-American Republican..... Republicans used to laugh at CALIFORNIA, Oregon, and Washington for the homeless problems and blame it on Democrat leadership..... hahaha, now Texas, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Utah and poor kkk Republican states all have the same housing affordability problems, high rent, out-of-control homeless encampments, etc... the only difference is the Republican states are poor and can't dig out the cash to pay for their social illnesses------------> when compared to the way CALIFORNIA and Washington have dealt with their social illnesses..... it's funny how Florida huffed and puffed out only $50,000,000 to help with high rent crisis for the homeless people...... even Los Angeles alone has a budget way more than $1,000,000,000 to deal just the homeless problem in th city..... overall, CALIFORNIA spends billions of dollars to deal with the high rent problems that cause homelessness, and we still have homeless encampments.....
Rents are still 800 bucks here in Pittsburgh. I didnt want to be here but I did it. Stop complaining and just move
It's so sad to see that. I just want to cry. Are we going to all live in a Van on the road? I was so lucky to be able to get a mortgage before the rate raises. I wish you all the best.
The low rates are still here.
@@francismarion6400 Good for you. Here it's close to 6-7%. A lot of people will loose everything.
@@Simon-je7ko The Fed raised it .75% recently. 5.97% is still very cheap historically for a home mortgage. During the Carter years it was 18%. Yes, the plan is for a lot of people to lose everything. That is the Build Back Better plan of the UN agenda 2030. "You will own nothing and be happy". Soon there will be no jobs, fuel, or food on the shelves. Then we will begin to look like Venezuela. People better wake up and FAST!
It's praying time, PEOPLE! I keep telling my sister who is in this same situation. Please have faith in God!
Monday/May/30/2022
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Amen !
I believe in having faith, cause faith moves God.
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@@vanessamillican8447 Amen 🙏
Sorry but you cannot afford to live in Florida. The midwest, south, other areas affordable.
For all the money gurus who prefer the "freedom" of renting over being "tied down" with a mortgage - this is why it's better to own than to rent. My taxes, utilities, and insurance go up every year - but not like this!!!
True we wouldn't be able to own a home if we waited and not bought our home few yers ago. Rent started to increase 2017 for us. We were paying $850 in 2015 our last rent payment was $1200 in 2017 ones we got another increased noticed end of 2017 we ran for home hunting lol . Thank god we did then.
From young adulthood I have always owned, not rented. My furniture at one time consisted of wooden pallets supported by cement cinder locks. One pallet, a coffee table, four pallets, a bed. But I owned my little hovel and worked my way up the housing ladder. I now live and own my home in a gated community, free and clear. I pay $166 HOA fees per month which covers water, trash and common areas maintenance. My daughter stands to inherit a million dollar property. I never made more than $50k per year, but, through investing, owned properties that others, the fools, paid rent to me. I'm sorry about the people in Florida and rising rent costs, but a little better estate planning when they were younger would have prevented the problems they have now.
Gosh you're smug. The fools paid rent to me you write. Fools. The fools who put food on your table. Arrogance. You think that others are stupid who rent. Not everyone can afford to buy. But you don''t get that as you talk about how much money your daughter will inherit. Who cares. I am worth more than you and yet I don't consider my tenants fools.
I started out dog poor. Living in my car. No family. On my own. I worked hard and saved my money in the bank and NEVER EVER missed paying a bill. Little by little and with a lot of hard work and SACRIFICE, I bought and fully paid for my home. I was at work while I saw others with new cars, adult toys, vacations, having a good time. I was that person missing. I was working. I was boring and dull to others. I am very old now and at least I can live on my small pension and social security. I knew this was coming. The handwriting was on the wall. Why didn't other people read it? I don't know.
Love this. I just had a relative make a snide remark about me not spending money. This same relative have been in bankruptcy more than once and in perpetual foreclosure. We are both in our 50s. I looking forward to a comfortable retirement.
OMG no rent control laws? Terrifying
Don’t even report on insurance companies raising their fees astronomical which also drive’s rents higher.
Plus they're conveniently canceling policies or not covering damage from storms JUST before hurricane season!🤦♀️
You'd think gouging people with unrealistic rent hikes would be against some law.
How do you know these rent increases are "unrealistic"? Have you noticed inflation is at an all time high?
@@jimmyday9536 - Inflation isn't at an all time high, it was almost twice as high in 1980. Rent didn't raise as bad, or as quickly as it has now. Part of the reason for today's inflation is due to Russia's ongoing attacks.
Man that's sad I hope and pray someone helps those family god will bless them lord Jesus here our prayers and help those family's please 🙏 ❤ 😢
Shit like this why I'm still scared to move out of my mom's house, no matter how badly we argue. I'd rather help her pay this 1100 rent than move into my own place and have to pay almost all my monthly...just to end up suffering like these poor people who don't deserve this shit.
When are people going to stop being so greedy. We are destroying this worth at God gave us.
The free market. Landlords should charge as much as they can.
While people are on TH-cam watching this video. Look up all the video's on People living in their cars, because they are priced out of housing options all over the USA. People telling their stories and instructing others how to manage living in a vehicle. It's a sad country that forces it's own citizens to have to live like that. Yet provides billions in payments to other countries to benefit them.
Congress need to do something. This is ridiculous
I never had much respect for the state of Florida to begin with. It to me is a disgusting greedy state that pays its workers thelowest wage it can get away with. Not to mention the state does nothing to attract decent paying employers. The days of low cost living in FLorida are over. It is a very high cost area with a low class feel. The state does absolutely nothing to help people such as shown in the video. The seniors are left to live in their cars as they have no where to go, and no way to get out of their situation. As they mentioned they are disqualified for senior housing.. Reason being the income to get in is so ridiculously low, it is set so most will not qualify. Yet the fools in that state love DeSantis who should be putting effort into laws to curb the outrageous rise in rents in that state. He does nothing other than what serves him and his followers. Which is run for President. How about he enact laws in the state to stop this greed by these landlords. It sickens me Floridians just sit back and allow this disgrace to go on. Of course many just care about riding around in their golf carts, or going to the beach rather than their fellow citizens. That elderly couple would be very wise to tell Florida to F Off and leave the damn state. Really that is exactly what they need to do to survive, because Florida doesn't give a rats rear end about them.. Its sad to say but its true when it comes to Florida. If they were my parents I would be leaving for Florida today, and getting them the hell out of there.
It’s even better when your own family rather have you on the street than their house…
this is why young people need to save , buy a home and have it PAID for ( not use it as a cash cow) before retirement. If you cant do it now where you live , look to an area that is affordable where you and your children could have a future, these people look smart, why oh why didnt they buy years ago , ( they should have learned from 2008 recession and saved) while interest rates were so low.
sage advice...
Exactly right. I see young families buying more house than they need, taking expensive vacations several times a year and buying new expensive SUVS....most of this being on credit. I remember a time when a family of 4 kids, mother, father lived in a 3 bedroom 1 bath home.
@@deva190 My first house was far under what we could afford. We fixed it up and paid down the loan balance. We sold it for almost double and bought a house twice as big with land. We fixed it up. Been there since and have paid it off. How did we do it...we bought 3 to 4 year old cars instead of new, went to the river/beach instead of Disneyland, ate at home, I ate packed.lunches, and always paid off credit cards...while my Wife stayed home...now my Wife works, we buy fancier cars, eat out, and travel with the kids to all sorts of places (Hawaii, Europe, Disneyland, etc.)
@@deva190 it is ridiculous how big homes have gotten, just to heat, window coverings, furniture, decorations .... used to be 3 bed 1 bath 1100 sq ft. . Plenty for young family, but lately what I see in places like Watsonville, Los Banos, et a. building these giant 2 or 2 1/2 story homes on postage stamp size lots. Crazy Especially if you are married to a woman who likes to change things frequently. No way to save. used to be standard everyone had at least 6 months wages put aside. but todays people got to spend it before they even earn it. Credit card hell. The world was much better before credit card mind set. If you didnt have a little chit at the grocery store , every thing was cash, Many times as a kid I had mustard and onion sandwichs for school lunch.
@@Tony-hx2fj Right. Home sizes have at least doubled from the former 1,100 sq.ft. These are the same people who say it takes two incomes just to make it and want taxpayers to subsidize their child care costs.
They don’t have to be homeless, they do have a place to go. It’s just might not be in Florida . The retired couple on a fixed income can live ANYWHERE because they are not living in Florida for a employment .
I got priced out of California 2 years ago , moved to AZ and never locked back.
It's very expensive to relocate. Not everyone has the ability to look in other states, apply for a place to live, pay to move all your stuff, hire movers to help, etc. It takes a LOT of money to move. People on fixed incomes just don't have the money. when I see elderly in this situation, I wonder if they have families. We are going to have to return to that old model where multiple generations live together as no one can afford to make it on their own.
My husband and I are both working disabled, he is a senior. We were both high earners and sold both of our homes. Last year, the rental home we lived in doubled in market value in a single year. We made an offer that was refused. They accepted one six months later for 50k over ours. The market has settled some, and now the lady who bought it is upside down in equity. CA is ruined.
I hope they have found places..I'm worried for them
Was just told gotta be out by next month. House being sold, same story as the rest. Haven't figured out how to explain to my kids we gotta leave the city they grew up in.
Landlords using price hikes to throw people out & sell the property before prices tank. Worse still the local government slaps a compulsory purchase order on him & he gets what he gets. Landlords are being bought out.
No rent control. No gun control. It’s nice that America watches out for it’s mass killers and predatory landlords. Hey, they’re people too...right republicans?
In Democratic Oregon, we have state-wide rent control-it’s not a solution, but it helps balance the scales. Greedy people HATE the law. So I recommend you lobby for it in your state.
So why is Oregon filled with homeless camps, just like CA and WA?
I'm an Oregonian who lives in Florida and I made similar comments on a couple posts. You can't be a die hard republican and scream you want democrat socialism in rent control - LOL.
@@consumerdebtchitchatThat’s they’re so confused. And that’s exactly the goal of the grifters who fill the ranks of that party.
Every day I’m thankful that I’m not that gullible, and that there are tens of millions that also aren’t.
@@mariekatherine5238 Because of the inequality which is a part of our economy, and because we’re a country with too many heartless and selfish people. A person who is in desperate need won’t receive any help in a red state, or from heartless people, and certainly not from any religious fanatic.
The numbers of homeless Americans is rising every day, in every state.
At this age why didn’t they buy a house in their younger years. should of bought a house long ago. So sad 😞
My dad did the same, he didn't want to buy a house he would be stuck with, renting was alot easier back then buying a house.
Then they wouldn’t be able to afford the property tax not everyone wants to own a house & be responsible for repairs
Wow! My rent is just $700 for a 2 bed 1 ba. I recently price shopped in my area and others are going for as much as $3200. I just could not afford to move at this point.
why didn't that elderly couple stay in their house and get a reverse mortgage if they needed extra cash? reverse mortgages don't need to be paid back until they sell their house or pass away.
This is discussing but it's happening in Europe as well where I live now.. Why? Government gives no appropriate action against rent increases
that lady with the special needs kid seems like a nightmare
This is what people get when they keep voting against their own intrests. No regulation means no protection for the little guy. In the end, many will suffer.
Kind of like no protection for the landlords when people got to live for free for 2 years
@@dcg590 the land lord is the little guy as well. Regulation would protect them too. Lobbyists bribes Politicians to block or pass legislation to benefit Corporations or Rich CEO's. Those same lobbyists use their dirty money to misinform the uniformed to vote against their own interests. They easily keep us divided by their misinformation. Our ignorance is their power.
Renting in a state with no rent control, where else do you think your rent is gonna go? In my city, I can only raise rent 1.5% every 12 months while the runaway inflation is @ 8%. Do you hear me crying about my retirement?
So people are getting greedy for money, but forgetting that if people can't afford to pay, you're just losing money by losing tenants.
Sad, but the elderly couple should probably be looking into becoming expats for cheap housing and healthcare.
We are headed down a very bad path. We are imploding slowly financially and worst off morally.
Landlords are destroying humanity
Meanwhile people are coming across the southern border and making it worse.
There needs to be nation wide rent control everywhere. Excessive greed is the issue with inflation in all areas except wages,smh. This is their goal. I'm starting to believe in those Georgia guide stones.
Right! It's another strategy to reduce the population.
This should be illegal!
Young people listen up and listen well if you are working quit because if you keep at it you will end like this elderly couple. Get in the habit of acquiring and building assets and businesses.
This is going on every we're so my question is why do this company s think people have this kinda of money. Soon the rents will get so high they won't have any one to rent them and they will lose the buildings but in the mean time the homeless count will continue to go up and up and up and want people don't realize no address no income nice country we live in these days
It’s not the landlords responsibility move in with children
Apply for foodstamps
Apply for rent grants
Apply for senior flex card
CHECK YOUR INSURANCE FOR OVER THE COUNTER CARD.
That’s Florida! How in the heck are you going to raise rent by 50 percent?
Ridiculous!
I have been a homeowner in Ft Lauderdale, Fl for 22 years. Today I received my new homeowner’s insurance policy. Last year it was almost 3K, but this year they have raised it to $6,000 for a 1,000 ft sq ft home. As a retiree on a fixed income, this will be the reason I will be forced to sell. I feel as if this life is one big scam on the middle class.
Small midwestern towns have affordable homes - if you are willing to make the change.
how is this even happening .... what a world
There should be a law against landlords being able to raise rent on tenants and the courts should be able to fully make the decision to raise the rent or not this pandemic is enough for a law like this to be put in place this will help people a lot because the judge wouldn’t just raise the rent so quick especially during a crisis 🤷🏾♀️
Some attorney general's are bringing charges against landlords for gouging because of this
We need a good recession to set things right.....rent and new homes have gotten way out of hand...they should be paying about 1000 k for that little unit in normal times...
This is just horrible. I feel so sad for this couple.
My friend rent a 3 bedroom apartment in channelside and he pays 6.000 a month.
I was in disbelief when he told me that
Imagine 72.000 a year 😩😩😩
is it a brothel? Who could afford that?
@@eckankar7756 yes
I'm north of San Diego. That price seems to be about the norm for a house around here. Sounds high for an apartment. But on the other hand, I don't look at apartment prices. I could a see a nice spacious apartment with views getting that much.
@@yankinwaoz is a nice apartment with an impressive view to the ocean 🌊 but still is overpriced but people is paying with no problems
@@yankinwaoz oh sure. That's the solution. Everybody needs to find a three-bedroom apartment and $6000.00 per month
How can the government allow this