In this community, we believe in saying yes to:
Typical YIMBY policies include:
Typical housing crisis "solutions" YIMBYs are wary of:
YIMBYism transcends the typical left-right political divide; please be respectful of fellow YIMBYs with differing political views. That said, please report anyone saying anything hateful or bigoted.
In the absence of a flair system on lemmy yet, let's try to make it easier to scan through posts by type in here by using tags:
Additionally, it is preferred (although not mandatory) to post a brief submission statement in the body of link posts. This is just to give a brief summary and/or description of why you think it's relevant here. Hopefully this will encourage more discussion in this community.
If the largest city in the world can be affordable using little more than good old-fashioned YIMBY policies, there's no excuse for much smaller cities still being crazy expensive. I'm looking at you, NYC, Bay Area, Toronto, and Vancouver.
Expensive cities are a policy choice.
Don't move just yet.
https://resources.realestate.co.jp/rent/upfront-cost-of-renting-an-apartment-in-japan/
In this case, you’ll have to pay between ¥344,600 and ¥466,600 in upfront cash to the landlord and your agent, which is about 5.5 to 7 times the rent!
Key Money
This is a gratuity you pay to your landlord, and it will not be returned to you when you vacate your apartment.
Guarantor Company Fee
A guarantor is a person who is responsible for your rent in case you default on payment. Not every landlord requires a guarantor, but almost all places do.
lease renewal fees are very common in Japan