Why are apartments unaffordable for the disabled?

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I've been looking for about 12 years now, and I cannot find a non-slum, affordable apt for a disabled person like me. Why is that? Am I doomed to have asthma attacks daily for the rest of my life because I cannot find a roommate?

It's obvious to me that landlords want to kill off the disabled people so they won't reproduce and make more misery for generations. Please, landlord, I promise, I won't reproduce. Just let me live out my life, even though my disability isn't genetic. I guess I'm an innocent bystander of the genocide agenda.

What does asthma have to do with anything-- Every slum I move to has irritants that keep me having attacks daily. It isn't treatable because it's triggered by vasomotor rhinitis, a neurological disease that causes asthmatic reactions to common chemicals such as perfume, dryer exhaust, cleaning chemicals, dirty rugs, central air and cologne.

I don't mean to sound like a victim here. There's no victim here. Victims die. I survive.

Relocation is pobbily a solution, if only I had rides to search for apts. and rooms. It's nearly impossible to relocate because I don't have transportation. I take the bus and miss appointments and get up really early to be disappointed by the slow bus system. LANTA in the Bethlehem/Easton/Allentown area of PA is trouble. I heard it's a lot better in NYC, but the rent is impossible to pay unless one is a detective or something.

And my education - it's unfortunate that I had 7 brain surgeries and my IQ really took a beating after high school.

Because of my slowness to learn stuff and keep an apt simultaneously, I couldn't attend much college. I moved about 45 times in 12 years. I hate my waste of a perfectly good life, but I won't give up. I know the system is setting me up for total self-destruction and they won't win. I will survive.

I have to move somewhere and it's getting COLD, especially at night!!!! I had a dream last night of falling to pieces in the freezing cold while still alive. I know that can happen, extreme gangrene. I don't want to die, please!!! I want to live!!!

? · Accepted Answer

First of all, I would in your situation, move to a warmer humid climate and rent a furnished room and establish residency. Then I would look for senior/disabled apartments and get on some waiting lists. It may be only a few months. Those buildings have their own subsidy program.  I know the feeling of wasting your life due to these external problems. I hope you can purchase a space heater, even from the thrift shop. You are a survivor, albeit a tough road to hoe. You mentioned dry air as a trigger, so I presume you have a moist humidifier in your bedroom? I hope things will be better. I wouldnt go to NY city with the cold winter and because of all the cities, that one does not have quick entry to senior buildings. Find a smaller town perhaps in Florida, the Virgin Islands, Southern Cal or Guam.

Landlord · Answer

Aren't you receiving SSDI?    I honestly don't know what you are talking about.   I am in CA, some of the most expensive housing in the US and about half of my tenants are on disability.    Some receive over 40k a year, enough for rent and plenty of travel, etc.

I thought housing was pretty cheap in PA, but I could be wrong.   Move south where it is warmer and cheaper.    Atlanta is really cheap, you can get decent housing under 800 a month.    They also use a lottery system for their public housing, so after living there a year you have a good chance of obtaining subsidized housing.    And of course, like anywhere else, the disabled are given priority for any assisted housing programs (same as PA).

A Hunch · Answer

A landlord changes rent on the unit based on the unit, not the type of tenant the landlord finds.  Get over your woe-is-me attitude.

If you can't afford the rent in the areas that you want to live in a different area.

kemperk · Answer

an additional option; seek an empty house and use adverse possesion;'--
WHERE YOU CHECK out the last known owner, and
see if the taxes are 2-3 yrs behind, and the house not mortgaged
or no lawsuit against thte house upcoming.........
turn on the power, electricity, etc, and get your mail sent there
and live there and in 7 yrs, go to court seeking a deed.
--you also must tell neighbors that you moved in--you do not need
to tell them that you are adversely possessing.

can guide further

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