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When is that 30% determined? Sounds like this would be an inescapable situation. If they finally start making more, they're suddenly overpaying for this shit and can't save up anything to move somewhere better
they could move somewhere else where they wont be overpaying and let someone with less income move in. why inescapable?
You tend to need a deposit to move into a new place. Which requires savings. It's hard to save when the biggest expense you have keeps going up in direct proportion with the money you make...
Why is this so hard to grasp?
Yes, apparently there's a cap, but if there hasn't been, it sounds like one of those surface level nice things that is actually exploitative