chad_trooper t1_iybspbg wrote on November 30, 2022 at 5:37 AM

A lot of landlords lowered their rents during covid and are now bringing them back up to "normal" values. But there are other things too. If heat or hot water and included in your rent than it makes sense to increase it by a lot too. Maybe he got an increase in property taxes. Maybe he's just being a greedy landlord. Whatever the reason, you have the option to try your luck somewhere else. Housing is brutal around here though

lukibunny t1_iybwn7h wrote on November 30, 2022 at 6:21 AM

but even with the increase he is only paying 2400 for a 2 bed room, which isnt bad for being inside of boston.

psychout7 t1_iyczswx wrote on November 30, 2022 at 2:16 PM

Roxbury is different pricing than most of the neighborhoods people ask about around here

BoredinBoston524 t1_iyd6sl9 wrote on November 30, 2022 at 3:08 PM

Northeastern sprawl (amongst other colleges) has/is changed/changing that. A quick search on apartments.com for 2 bedrooms in Roxbury reveals 37 results for 2200 or less, 92 for 2400 or less, and 246 for 2800 or less. And some of these are misrepresented because they are actually apartment buildings with a “range” of pricing (but never actually have availability in the low end of the range).