The Sri Lanka native, who moved to New York from London in 2022, shares his home in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, with more than two dozen people as part of a shared living space that is akin to a college dorm. It costs him a staggering $2,100 in rent each month. In a recent interview with CNBC, the 33-year-old lifted … Read more
A Hobart man who copped backlash after renting out a tent in his backyard for $125 a week has responded after being accused “shameful” behavior online. Mark, a renter, offered the tent as emergency accommodation for a single person and was met with a tidal wave of negativity from Australians. His friend Helen Quinn posted … Read more
Think your rent is just too damn high? Here’s a shocking reality check: Rents have actually been falling annually every month for nearly a year. Rents in America have declined year over year for the past 11 months in a row, according to a new Realtor.com® report. The median asking rent in the 50 largest metros … Read more
The housing market is booming, baby. As the cost of living remains dangerously high, and chronic loneliness continues wreaking havoc on singletons nationwide, Baby Boomers have devised a pennywise strategy towards combating both epidemics. Becoming “boommates.” The “boommates” trend sees members of the Baby Boomer generation move in with one another to combat the inflation and … Read more
DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend and I rented an apartment six weeks ago. A friend of his needed a place to stay due to some marital problems, so we decided she could stay with us. At the beginning, she offered us $500, and we agreed to that. Abby, she hasn’t paid us a dime. She has … Read more
Emily Webb is homeless, but according to her, she’s so hot that it doesn’t matter. Ms. Webb, 25, lives on the Gold Coast, Australia. Currently, all her most precious items are stuffed in her car while she rotates between couch surfing with friends or going on dates to find a good place to sleep for … Read more
Taste the rainbow. Live the rainbow. In honor of Skittles’ newest innovation, Skittles Littles, they’re encouraging fans to live large — in a small but impressive way. One lucky person will get the chance to live rent-free in a colorful “mini-yet-maximalist” Manhattan apartment. Skittles will cover one year’s rent in the studio apartment designed by … Read more
This summer, WFH stands for Working From Helm. Grownups-only cruise line Virgin Voyages is floating an offer remote workers may not be able to refuse in 2024 — ditch your home office and set up shop at sea for a month, with everything you need to stay connected to your job, at a relatively reasonable fare. … Read more
He is putting the “commute” in commuter school. Tim Chen, an economics student in his final year at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, flies nearly 2 hours from his home in Calgary to school and back because the off-campus housing prices were too much for him. “I thought, why don’t I just … Read more
Forget a houseboat… this is a truck-ommodation. A resourceful Canadian woman named Kai put the “rig” in “jerry-rig” after MacGyvering a cozy cottage on a working truck, as seen in a recent video with 6 million views on TikTok. “I’m Kai and I live in this house I built on the back of a truck,” … Read more
She’s running a monopoly. Shelby Lattimore, a third-grade teacher in Charlotte, North Carolina, is teaching her students financial literacy by charging them rent for their desks and late fees for tardiness. “I don’t care how you pay it … what bills you give me … what it is or if it’s got sticky boogers on … Read more
Three’s a crowd — but it sure helps with the cost of living. Jennifer Martin says she and her husband, Daniel, were struggling to pay rent until they welcomed an unlikely new tenant into their home — her boyfriend, Ty. The polyamorous mom spoke with The Post on Wednesday, saying her unorthodox living situation has … Read more
A mum has revealed that she’s going to great lengths to get her teen to move out of home. Carla Bellucci, a social media influencer from the UK, said that she’s willing to part ways with a whopping $9,000 USD so she can enjoy the privacy that comes with having a child-free home. She also claimed that it’s in … Read more
Money talks — let’s just hope for this guy’s sake it’s not saying too much. As the cost of living in New York City has increased to nauseating amounts, forcing Gothamites to get creative when it comes to paying sky-high rent prices, one fortunate city dweller has allegedly found himself a billionaire benefactor who’s offered … Read more
She’s parked herself up. A TikTok user has gone viral on the app after revealing she lives in a converted four-car garage — and viewers are wowed by the cozy, converted digs. Leah Alexandra, 27, clocked up 1.2 million views with a 3-minute video in which she gave a tour of the “garage apartment,” which … Read more
Folks never know what lies in store while scrolling through social media. While some influencers are busy boasting over the newest addition to their Stanley cup collection, other tastemakers are schooling boomers on proper Gen Z workplace etiquette. But one trending couple isn’t going viral for their buzzy baubles or their grasp on haute lingo. Instead, they’ve … Read more
A 28-year-old single mother and registered nurse in Perth, Australia has had her landlords more than double her weekly rent in a disastrous move just days before Christmas. In an emotional video shared on TikTok, Jakki Brooking spoke of her dire living situation, which could leave her and her son homeless by the New Year. … Read more
Australian Whitney Portwine has shared exactly what she spends in a typical day in a series of candid TikToks. Ms Portwine, 25, works in marketing and lives at home with her parents, but she still spends anywhere between $300 [$197 USD] and $500 [$330 USD] weekly. She told news.com.au that while she’s living rent-free, she … Read more
No, renters, you are not imagining those grey hairs springing up on your head – your living situation is actually making you older, faster. A landmark study out of the University of Adelaide and University of Essex has found that living in a private rental property accelerates the biological aging process by more than two … Read more
She was living the urban dream — until she moved into a costly, filthy nightmare. Excited to begin her tenancy in a new Big Apple apartment, a Gen Z fashionista was crestfallen to find her new home strewn with garbage on move-in day, leaving her temporarily homeless and forced to pay an extra $250 to … Read more