that apartment i went to see was a little small, but i expected that.

the two reasons i couldn't consider it were as follows:

1) it had a really big window on the front entrance. i want the unit up a few floors to cut off broken window access. the less windows, the better. this place had smash and grab written all over it.

2) the front entrance was a shared porch with the unit beside it. there would have been somebody chain smoking a foot in front of my door.

this is windsor.

it's becoming clear that i'm going to have to appeal, probably as soon as i get the review in the mail.

i'll need to pay rent on wednesday if i don't find anything tomorrow, which at this point is pretty much certain.

i'm also realizing that it's less that the city doesn't have rental spaces - it does - and more that the market has been taken over by this management company. what happened to windsor, that had such low prices four years ago? marda. this company is inflating prices by introducing a management layer. and, they're refusing to rent to anybody that has defaulted on their student loans. i'm almost willing to argue it's predatory. but, somebody needs to step in and break them up...

if you're a building manager, you really ought to separate yourselves from this company: they are leaving spaces empty over issues that do not affect a tenant's ability to pay, and cutting off large segments of the market. it's not sustainable. it's just going to land people with steady incomes in the shelters.

and, the city should be questioning if they have too much market power and trying to find ways to break them up.

i'm sleepier than i should be. but, hopefully i can get some progress down tonight.