There’s a luxury apartment building that opens in Brooklyn next month.
It’s for working couples with *no* children. Wait til you see the pics…
The developer:
“We’ve tried to design the amenities and services for this more mature renter. They are going to appreciate the things we’re offering, a big focus on health + wellness, which we believe speaks more to a mature kind of resident—not necessarily partying all night.”
There are varying opinions on this.
Some think it’s plain ole housing discrimination. I posted before abt a similar building that wanted only vegetarian tenants. Feels controlling + invasive.
But others think options in the housing market are good. “If it’s not for you, ok.”
"You don't want children? Who's going to take care of you?"
Stop normalizing this.
Everytime I post about the adult children who are the human retirement plan--financial, physical caretaking, parent living w/ them--I get throngs of msgs from the children and it's heartbreaking
And NO I'm not talking about ppl who are financially comfortable--can hire help, have a house and then some.
I'm talking about ppl who are barely scraping by, the parent has no savings or plan and was always banking on the child literally being their retirement plan
I want people to stop suggesting to others the *sole* reason to have children is the child will later be their human retirement plan (all while calling childfree people "selfish").
So…Ben Carson wrote the housing plan under Project 2025 (yes, that Dr. Ben Carson).
I won’t pull any punches…if you were saving to buy a house or move to an apt, get that done now.
It allows public housing to be sold to developers.
It wants to minimize 30 yr mortgages for 1st time homebuyers by increasing PMI.
It wants to get rid of govt assistance—vouchers, funding for affordable housing. Literally brings back “worthy poor” language.
Any housing initiative that was undertaken by Biden admin (disability, race, etc)….they want to repeal it.
In sum, the plan is to allow the private sector (landlords + developers) more leeway and for tenants/homebuyers to “enter a competitive market” to find housing (we won’t)
She was in an abusive marriage. Used her work phone to store evidence of the abuse. Her husband found out and told her job. Her job then disciplined her.
That was the first time her job disciplined her in 33 years.
Even as she pleaded with them that she's a domestic violence victim.
She asked to keep the photos of the abuse because she wanted to file a court case. They refused, claiming the request needs to come from a lawyer.
The following year, Sarbjit's husband killed her.
She was 58 yrs old.
The NY Inspector General admitted that Sarbjit's job dropped the ball. Instead of protecting a worker who faced dv, they retaliated.
Employers wrongly view dv as a nuisance a worker "brings to the office."
We have a tough 3 months ahead of us where we’ll be attacked everyday. We know this.
Here are some tips to get ready:
1. Set boundaries now.
Start telling people no.
I know we are groomed to believe helping everyone but ourselves is the way we show our worth. This is the time to disrupt that.
“I’m at capacity.”
“I’m under water right now, can’t help.”
“I do not work for free.”
2. Minimize work.
It’s very tempting to use work as a distraction. “Immerse myself in work.”
That doesn’t work if your workplace constantly devalues you. Even if it was perfect, still…use that time for yourself. Go to parks. Read. Hang with friends. LEAVE AT 5!