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I'm stuck in a horrible studio flat with mould and a broken washing machine, fridge ready to go and a toilet that runs. It's freezing during winter and is damp all the time. The landlord won't do a thing but threaten to increase my rent if I contact him.

I am on a near minimum wage job and go to college full time. My income is low. My flat is making me mentally ill it's so horrible and I am sure my physical health is suffering due to the mould and damp. So I am constantly looking for affordable flats in the city. Which are obviously rarer than hen's teeth.

So I can't afford anywhere (including the area I currently live in). Looking in to flat sharing in my mid 30s is not something I am happy about but I am becoming desperate. Turns out the room renting market is just as out of control and filled with greedy landlords as the rest of the market.

The number of people wanting £700-1000 a month for a room is ridiculous. It's just pure greed. And in areas where the rent for an entire property isn't even that high. I have countless examples like the above which I see on a regular basis while flat hunting.

I sometimes get the feeling they just want poor people to die. I can *barely* afford to get by just now. How I am going to get out of this horrible place I currently live in I do not know especially when I have this shit above to contend with.

Just needed to get this rant off my chest.