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You gotta get creative. Walking down the street I met this one guy who's like 70, eccentric, military vet, owns the house, and rents it out individual rooms for
by novocantico 5y ago
You gotta get creative. Walking down the street I met this one guy who's like 70, eccentric, military vet, owns the house, and rents it out individual rooms for $550/month. He's paid off the mortgage, just needs to pay taxes, and he's clearly making a profit since he's retired and constantly has new projects working on the house. For context that's 1/3 asking price out here.
- jthrowsitaway 5y agoIt's great that worked out for you. It'd be great if people didn't have to get creative to find basic housing.
- sl3232323 5y agoSince when did housing become a right?
- zabzonk 5y agoSince the UN was founded, and human rights were stated.
- MikePlacid 5y agoA bit earlier than that, actually: [In 1917] the government spearheaded great changes in people’s lives, starting with housing. The Soviets nationalized private property and started the so-called “уплотнение” (housing compaction), giving rooms to working-class families in large central apartments that used to belong to [previous owners]. Note that renters were “compacted” too. This project officially laid the groundwork for the often bizarre kommunalka housing - a resilient symbol of the Soviet past. https://www.rbth.com/lifestyle/331621-lenin-putin-soviet-russian-housing https://www.rbth.com/lifestyle/331621-lenin-putin-soviet-rus... So you are having problems looking for a 2bd apartment for a family of 3? What about one room in an apartment with a bath shared by 4 other families?
- Veen 5y agoTo which court are you going to appeal for redress when those rights are not upheld? The UN declaration of human rights is nothing but an aspirational fiction.
- zabzonk 5y agoBetter an "an aspirational fiction" than nothing, or less than nothing under Putin.
- OJFord 5y ago1991: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_housing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_housing
- NullPrefix 5y agoYou mind if I crash on your couch for a while?
- OJFord 5y agoYes I do. But I also pay council tax and my local authority provides social housing.
- jahewson 5y ago1948 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Hum...
- newsclues 5y agoSince society decided it’s better to create housing than to allow an army of homeless people to burn the world to the ground.
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- dimitrios1 5y ago> It'd be great if people didn't have to get creative to find basic housing where they want to live FTFY. There is plenty of basic housing. It just happens not to be where people are looking most of the time.
- mdavis6890 5y agoIt would also be nice if we would stop voting for politicians that promise policies that limit supply - either directly and explicitly such as zoning laws, or as a consequence like rent control.
- sumedh 5y agoThat happens because most people are property owners so the politicians want to keep them happy first.
- aaaaaaaaata 5y agoHow is getting lucky walking down the street "creative", exactly?
- kreetx 5y agoHe perhaps asked every person that walked by? That would be more creative than looking at the post popular ad site.
- LudwigNagasena 5y agoHarassing strangers is not really something I would encourage no matter how creative it is.
- marcosdumay 5y ago"Harassing" doesn't seem like the right word to describe asking questions to strangers. But he probably just moved around looking for announcements.
- Jataman606 5y agoSpeaking to other people is now harassing?
- ranguna 5y agoWhat a world we leave in
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- novocantico 5y agoJust keep your eyes open is all I mean. Life is strange, you never know what you're going to find.
- throwaway675309 5y ago
- throwawayboise 5y agoIn the past I've done something like this: pick the neighborhood you're interested in. Go there and walk or drive around looking for "For Rent" signs. Look at public bulletin boards in markets and laundromats. Start making calls. That worked in the 1990s. Not sure it's viable today.