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In reply to the discussion: Pres. Biden needs to address grocery prices and rent [View all]MichMan
(12,000 posts)26. Rents (on average) may have dropped slightly depending upon locale, but they are still substantially higher.
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To be sure, despite the recent dip, rents remains unaffordable for many Americans. Overall, rents since the pandemic have jumped 23%, adding an extra $371 per month to households' rent, Rent.com's data shows. In 2022, roughly half of renters across the U.S. struggled to afford a roof over their head, according to new research from Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies.
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Yes he has, a lot, thank you. Whining about Biden not doing something, he does it, it's ignored or
betsuni
Mar 4
#7
But he does need to pound this fact in his speech to counteract the message people are being given by the MSM.
Scrivener7
Mar 4
#27
TSF never says what he would do about high prices and rent and no one even asks him. No MAGAt
brewens
Mar 4
#55
Just reading that OPEC is going to further limit supplies in order to raise the price
walkingman
Mar 4
#18
He should have a WH meeting w/the CEO's of the largest dozen food companies and grocery stores
Wanderlust988
Mar 4
#12
Dems have tried passing anti-gouging bills .....But the PUTIN PARTY OF TRUMP AIN'T HAVING IT .....
LenaBaby61
Mar 4
#9
Your points are valid, but they would be better understood without the unnecessary emphatics and profanity.
Earth-shine
Mar 4
#14
I can't speak to the rent issue. It's intermingled with complexities like insurance and taxes.
Earth-shine
Mar 4
#10
You're in Floriduh: The land of rotten ass, racist DeathSantis & his tall boots, his evil big-eyebrows wife ....
LenaBaby61
Mar 4
#11
Rents (on average) may have dropped slightly depending upon locale, but they are still substantially higher.
MichMan
Mar 4
#26
Telling people that are struggling with higher rents and costs, that they never had it so good, is a losing message. n/t
MichMan
Mar 4
#43
People don't need the media telling them about inflation, they see it with their own damn eyes every day
MichMan
Mar 4
#45
He already has I suggest you google it...and a president can't control greedflation...
Demsrule86
Mar 4
#22