Gah!!!!

[neotoma]

My lease is up at the end of July, so the housing office sent me a helpful letter saying that if I re-up, my monthly rent will got up by $127 -- which is 11%. WTF?! In December, when I had to talk to them about re-upping because they wouldn't give me a full year because I wasn't employed last July, they were only talking about raising it $20, which was annoying but bearable.

Christ on a cracker! The local government guideline is for rent fo go 4.4% -- not almost three times that! I'm going to have to find a cheaper/smaller place and move there. I am so not happy about this.

I still don't have a permanent job, so this is going to suck big-time. Plus, this means moving in July *again*. I might be able to swing a moving company this time, and hopefully I will be able to pare things better (sanj, come over and help me get rid of clothes, okay?) and have less to move -- or at least, not MORE.

The thing I am really pissed about is that this mail arrived the day before I have to make a decision -- nice of them to give me such a long time to decide things.

Comments

[twistedchick]

Aaugh! I'm so sorry! Can you complain to local government? or to a renters' association?

[neotoma.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure WHO I can complain to. The county? The recommended increase this year is 4.4%, but I don't know that I can do anything about the fact that my apartment complex has more than doubled it.

I don't suppose you know any good apartments downcounty? I'm thinking hat maybe I should consider moving toward Takoma/SilverSpring/Wheaton, considering most of my friends are down there.

[strangemuses.livejournal.com]

That's an outrageous increase, even for Montgomery County. How did they justify it?

[neotoma.livejournal.com]

They didn't justify it; they just said -- "we're offering you this huge increase in your rent, want it?"

I'm really not happy with them, because the timing is so bad. The fact that they want a response on May 1st, and I only got this letter today, April 30th. I'm a trifle peeved.

And ready to look for an apartment -- smaller but hopefully cheaper, downcounty. Something about a mile or so from a Metro station would be nice, because it's getting tiresome having to take a cab back when I visit my friends and stay a bit late.

[sanj.livejournal.com]

Oh, for crying out loud.

[neotoma.livejournal.com]

Combine this with my phone dying (went and got a new one that didn't cost me anything but a contract-renewal), the job hunt to nowhere, and my almost dead social life, this is just Too Much Crap at the moment.

I'm going to be *really* pissed if I have to move away from this area, because I do love the performing arts center and the library, not to mention two groceries and the deli of the gods.