Does it Matter Where You Grow Up?

What Maya's Sec. 8 Voucher Taught Her About Her Daughters' FuturesI couldn’t help but wonder: When Maya negotiated to keep her rent at $1,275 instead of accepting $1,500, was she just saving $225 a month? Or was she negotiating her daughters’ futures?Three weeks before Maya started the rent negotiat

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Section 8 Landlords Don't Negotiate

Her landlord raised the rent past what her voucher covered. Everyone said Section 8 landlords don't negotiate. How Maya kept her home — and what she asked for.Last Tuesday, Maya stared at an email on her phone for the third time that day. The subject line: “Lease Renewal Notice.” The message was pol

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Everything’s negotiable

Including the rent increase you were told to just accept.Rent increases feel personal. The email is polite. It’s professional. It asks for hundreds more dollars a month, and it lands like a punch to the gut.Then everyone tells you the same thing. That’s just the market. Accept it or move.That advice

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