A Cuban woman shared her frustration on TikTok after more than a week of trying to rent a home in Miami.
"I need you to help me understand, to open my mind because I am lost," says the user @la_yami_87 at the beginning of the video, referring to the strict and, for her, incomprehensible requirements to rent in the city.
"I have to have a credit score above 680, I have to earn three times the value of the rent," lamented @la_yami_87, who reported that she works 40 hours a week for $13.50 an hour.
In addition, he criticized the practices of associations charging application fees and other administrative costs. "You are scammers, with all the letters. If the property owner tells me yes, that he will rent to me, I have to wait for you, the one from the association, who is charging me $100 for the application, $300 for administrative fees, plus $500 to secure the property I want to rent," he reproached. He also expressed his frustration by explaining that if he is not approved, he loses the money invested in these applications.
On the internet, users reacted to the video by sharing experiences and frustrations: "I lived in Las Vegas, and when I rented, it was nowhere near as difficult as it is here"; "If I earn $9,000, I'm moving to Brickell"; "Imagine that my husband applied for an apartment, and my cousin also submitted her paperwork. Between the two, they made almost $90,000 a year, they charged us $250 for the application, and still denied us"; "You are absolutely right, I live in Hialeah, and right now to rent, you need to have a minimum of $8,000 for a studio"; "I spent six months in Miami. I hated it. I moved to Louisiana. $800 rent for a 2/1 and a $500 deposit"; "That's in Miami. Here in Houston, it's not like that"; "In almost all of Florida, the rental situation is the same"; "Believe me, years ago when I rented, it wasn't like this. This has gone downhill in a few years"; "It’s really a scam"; "This wasn't like this years ago," many commented.
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