renting is more complicated these days

Lavinia said:
The landlord arranged for the rubbish to be removed but then added the charge to our rent. I don't know where the law stands on this.
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Any surcharge not explicit or even generally implied in the rental agreement, if not requested by the tenant, must be reasonable and mostly neccessary. Notice of intent must be generally given by the LL, so the tenant can make a decision.
 
Murrmurr said:
We pay just a little over $400/mo. The 4-br apts are only about $900.
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I'm in central North Carolina and moved (last November) into a new 55+ Senior Affordable/Low Income apartment complex with 68 units (about 1/2 are 1 bedroom and 1/2 are 2 bedrooms. Just finished the recertification for 2023 and our income brackets are (this is gross income -- no deductions):

80% = $44,940 - 59,920
60% = $37,450 - 44,940
50% = $22,470 - 37,450
30% = minimum - 22,470

The rent does not change in the event your income drops during the recertification. Example is I came in 60% last year and this year income dropped which would put me in the 50% bracket. However, my rent will stay the same (975) instead of dropping (810). Explaination was they built the complex with x number of 80% and 60% apartments to pay for the 50% & 40% apartments. We do take Section 8 as we as have x number of apartments set aside for Veterans.

Patsy
 
YodaRules in NC said:
I'm in central North Carolina and moved (last November) into a new 55+ Senior Affordable/Low Income apartment complex with 68 units (about 1/2 are 1 bedroom and 1/2 are 2 bedrooms. Just finished the recertification for 2023 and our income brackets are (this is gross income -- no deductions):

80% = $44,940 - 59,920
60% = $37,450 - 44,940
50% = $22,470 - 37,450
30% = minimum - 22,470

The rent does not change in the event your income drops during the recertification. Example is I came in 60% last year and this year income dropped which would put me in the 50% bracket. However, my rent will stay the same (975) instead of dropping (810). Explaination was they built the complex with x number of 80% and 60% apartments to pay for the 50% & 40% apartments. We do take Section 8 as we as have x number of apartments set aside for Veterans.

Patsy
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My rent has gradually gone up over the 6 yrs I've lived here, from $350 to $402, but my income didn't change until this year. Management told me it has to do with utility usage - the cost of utilities is sort of spread out among all 52 units so that the largest families don't pay over a certain amount. A 4-br apt pays way more than we do in our 1-br apt, but as with the rent, the state doesn't want their bills to exceed a certain % of their income. The state subsidizes utility costs, too, but it's a fixed amount year after year no matter what the economic situation is.

Calif is phasing out the Section 8 program because fewer and fewer owners of rental properties want to participate, and they don't want to participate because Sec 8 rules favor tenants and are a financial burden for property owners. So, basically, state legislators want someone clever to create a whole new program.

I assume they're having trouble finding someone clever. That wait-list is about 10yrs long already.
 
NorthernLight said:
At the time, it wasn't about money. I was suddenly considered a bad person because I had a child and no husband. It was a shock. The bad-neighborhood apartment cost as much as a decent apartment. Anyway, it was a long time ago.

I wouldn't want to be a landlord though.
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I managed some apartments and a couple houses for my boss as a side thing about 25 years ago. It was awful and there isn't enough money to make me do anything like that again! Ever!
 
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