Affordable housing survey response
County: Maricopa County
Area type: City
Age group: 30 to 49
Education: Some college or 2 year college
2024 presidential vote: Not eligible to vote
Proposed building floors: 4
Position: Strongly oppose
Best aspects (respondent's words): There is no where near enough affordable housing for the demand. Hence the reason for so many homeless. How does the government expect to clean up our streets, concerning all the homeless, if the average person can't afford rent?! I myself have been homeless in the past for several years. It is scary not having anywhere safe to sleep, your belongings always getting stolen because you have to hide them in a bush or drag it all with you, way too hot in the summers, freezing cold in the winters...I can go on and on. I can't even afford my rent now because during covid my landlord forced me into short term, 6 mos., leases just so they could raise my rent more frequently. When I moved into my apartment 5 yrs ago I was trying to keep my rent under $1000. I now pay over $1300 a month and never know the exact amount until the first because my apartments charge me a ton of extras that fluctuate monthly. It's ridiculous! If it weren't for a family member helping me pay my rent every single month I would be homeless again too. And forget about getting on the HUD list it's over 2 yrs long wait! My goodness please build some more affordable housing that bases the rent off of 30% of the persons income. It is so needed and long over due!!
Worst aspects (respondent's words): Don't you think there is enough housing thats too expensive for the average citizen!? I wish I knew the percentages of housing being built thats overpriced compared to affordable housing because I'm sure it needs to swap and be the opposite. Start making all the expensive housing instead be affordable and the small percentage of affordable go ahead and turn into "market value". I bet ya there would be less and less homeless on the streets. The homeless are people too and EVERYONE deserves at least a safe place to lay their head at night, somewhere to shower and get ready for work and a place to cook a hot meal. EVERYONE! We need to learn to start taking care of eachother, of our citizens better than we do now.