BetterifyouneilFeb 3, 2024

Gen Z’s self-sabotaging spending on ‘caviar bumps’, luxury holidays and designer bags is being driven by housing

https://fortune.com/2024/02/03/housing-market-gen-z-spending-influencer-lifestyle-envy/

“If I’m saving every single cent that I can to save towards a house, and you can’t tell me in the next 10 years, if that’s even attainable, what am I saving for?” “Also, COVID put things into perspective in a sense that I want to explore, I want to see the world and that is something that is attainable and something that I can do now.”
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#oops
#RentersLife

Gen Z’s self-sabotaging spending on ‘caviar bumps’, luxury holidays and designer bags is being driven by housing market rebellion and influencer lifestyle envy

With a disposable income that covers luxury purchases, it’s clear that some Gen Z could be putting money aside towards a property. So why aren’t they?

Fortune
P Gurgel-SegrilloDec 14, 2023
"When first approached about doing a book, she recalled: “The first thing I said is ‘I want it to be for renters,’ and it was such a big pushback for that. Everyone was like, ‘I don’t know. Is there really a market for it?’” YEEEESSSS!!! https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/28/trans-handy-maam-mercury-stardust-diy-tiktok #MercuryStardust #HomeRepair #RentersLife #renter
The Trans Handy Ma’am: the home repair TikToker championing renters

Mercury Stardust makes DIY home repair videos centering renters – and the person who thinks they can’t fix anything

The Guardian
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P Gurgel-SegrilloOct 11, 2023

Living in privately rented homes linked to faster biological ageing, study finds. Researchers’ analysis of DNA suggests housing circumstances ‘get under the skin’ and are associated with significant health consequences. 😨😰

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/oct/10/living-in-privately-rented-homes-linked-to-faster-biological-ageing-study-finds #housing #rent #stress #RentersLife #CostOfLiving #HousingCrisis #wellbeing #health #renting #MentalHealth #CostOfLivingCrisis

Living in privately rented homes linked to faster biological ageing, study finds

Researchers’ analysis of DNA suggests housing circumstances ‘get under the skin’ and are associated with significant health consequences

The Guardian