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lordsummerisle

(4,651 posts) Tue Mar 26, 2019, 09:26 PM Mar 2019

Many People Spend Most of Their Pay on Rent. Here's What It Can Do to Your Health

source: The Conversation

New data on health across the US shows that high housing costs are harming Americans' health – and that some communities are affected more than others.

The 2019 County Health Rankings, an annual collaborative report from the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, shows that 11 percent of US households are severely burdened by housing costs.

https://www.sciencealert.com/here-s-what-spending-most-your-paycheck-on-your-rent-can-do-to-your-health

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Many People Spend Most of Their Pay on Rent. Here's What It Can Do to Your Health (Original Post) lordsummerisle Mar 2019 OP

It's sickening. For me, I spend over 50% of my money on rent and I am about to smirkymonkey Mar 2019 #1

Same here eyeofnewt Mar 2019 #2

I know it's depressing, but sometimes I feel like life isn't worth the effort it takes to live it. smirkymonkey Mar 2019 #3

Exactly eyeofnewt Mar 2019 #4

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)

1. It's sickening. For me, I spend over 50% of my money on rent and I am about to

Reply to lordsummerisle (Original post)

Tue Mar 26, 2019, 10:17 PM

Mar 2019

spend more since my landlord is selling the apartment and I have had a good deal for the last number of years. I am looking at a good 60% of my income on rent, not to mention student loans, bills, etc. I haven't had a raise in years and it just keeps getting worse. Sometimes, I wonder what the point of all of it is.

eyeofnewt

(146 posts)

2. Same here

Reply to smirkymonkey (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 26, 2019, 10:47 PM

Mar 2019

I also spend most of my income on rent- about 60%. It’s distressing and tiring. Like you, smirky, I wonder what the point of it all is at times.

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)

3. I know it's depressing, but sometimes I feel like life isn't worth the effort it takes to live it.

Reply to eyeofnewt (Reply #2)

Tue Mar 26, 2019, 10:53 PM

Mar 2019

Sorry, I don't mean to be such a downer, but the last few days has really had me in a funk. I always feel like I am treading water and it never seems to get better. It would be nice to have a little extra to actually enjoy life every now and then instead of just trying to keep up. It's just exhausting and I thought that with my education and work history I would be in a much better position than I am right now.

Hang in there, eyeofnewt! Hopefully, things will get better for us!

eyeofnewt

(146 posts)

4. Exactly

Reply to smirkymonkey (Reply #3)

Wed Mar 27, 2019, 02:51 PM

Mar 2019

You expressed my thoughts exactly. I couldn’t have said it any better.
I don’t like to drag others down either but sometimes, it’s just overwhelming.
I’m hanging in for now.

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