'We're all afraid': Massive rent increases hit mobile homes

[Haggard Celine]

53. While it is true that people

should prepare for retirement, it can be really hard to do when it costs everything you make just to get by. They’re raising rents at trailer parks, for God’s sake!

It’s disgusting that people can’t save a dime because the bills are so high. It used to be that if you lived frugally, you could put away something, but it’s gotten to where it takes everything you make to get by. When your rent is $1200 and you’re spending about $400 on food every month, not to mention the other bills, and you have a job with mediocre pay, what can you save? People should always take advantage of their company’s 401K contribution if they offer it, but that won’t go very far after retirement.

It’s no wonder we have so many people living in vans all over the country. That’s all they can afford since they can’t pay the outrageous rents the landlords demand. It’s getting to be impossible for a lot of people to live a decent life in this country. And it’s only going to get worse until the government starts doing something about it. It’s a dire situation for a large number of Americans, and it’s going to take some big steps to keep these people from living like the Okies in “The Grapes of Wrath.”