No control, no agency. The housing crisis is warping people's view of the future
All In The Mind
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4.4 • 785 Ratings
🗓️ 18 May 2024
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Madi's had 25 rental applications rejected. Seen absolute horror houses while searching for a rental. It's all driving her to despair.
Today, how housing insecurity can alter our sense of agency and how we perceive the world around us.
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| 0:09.5 | Is there one place that's been like the worst place you've seen in your hunt for a rental? |
| 0:14.8 | Yeah, I actually, one immediately came into my mind because it was traumatising, like, walked into this place and the line |
| 0:22.4 | was out the door and this street was super narrow and there were so many cars. It felt like people |
| 0:29.0 | were in a panic because they wanted to make sure they could find a parking spot to get to the |
| 0:32.5 | viewing on time. I think the property was about 650, almost 700 a week. |
| 0:39.3 | And for a price like that, you'd expected to have like fresh coat of paint at least |
| 0:43.3 | or some sort of recent renovation or maybe there's a dishwasher. |
| 0:46.8 | Like something to sort of pull you in. |
| 0:49.7 | Right. |
| 0:50.3 | But I walked in and it just felt like someone had died in there. |
| 0:54.8 | What? |
| 0:55.1 | What? |
| 0:55.2 | What? |
| 0:55.3 | What? |
| 0:56.1 | It just felt like it was being haunted. |
| 0:58.8 | Everything was dusty and dark. |
| 1:02.0 | It was old and had not been loved. |
| 1:04.7 | This is long-term renter Maddie. |
| 1:07.0 | And this house had a tiny, tiny staircase to go upstairs and everyone sort of just waiting at the bottom for an opportunity to go up and just folded arms and shared glances. |
| 1:17.4 | And, like, you could feel the negativity. |
| 1:19.9 | They would just see more and more and more people lining up to go up the staircase. |
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