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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>A young friend of mine is a student at <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Idaho</st1:place></st1:State> and lives in a
house with 5 other girls. With all due respect to my friend, the house they
rent is in horrible shape, and they pay more than what my brother pays for a similar
sized house that overlooks the lake (beautiful views from the wrap-around deck)
near <st1:City w:st="on">Seattle</st1:City> in the city of <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Shoreline</st1:place></st1:City>. While not all property management
companies are taking advantage of renters, some are (though I suspect that is
the case anywhere). College towns seem to be more inflicted by rent inflation
than other areas (fair or not). Comparing <st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City>
to <st1:City w:st="on">Boise</st1:City> or <st1:City w:st="on">Coeur d’Alene</st1:City>
isn’t realistic; <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Boise</st1:place></st1:City>
isn’t a college town—neither is CDA. You pay to live in a
town that has accessibility to more cultural events and entertainment as well
as to higher learning. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Donovan Arnold<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, February 19, 2009
7:58 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Chasuk<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> vision2020@moscow.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Vision2020] Rent
Prices Was: Sen Schroeder</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Here is what is on Craigslist.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Feb 18
- <a href="http://pullman.craigslist.org/apa/1040825616.html">$950 / 4br -
Older home 41/2BR 11/2BA -</a></span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'> (<st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">Public
Ave</st1:Street>, <st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City></st1:address>)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Feb 15
- <a href="http://pullman.craigslist.org/apa/1036354824.html">$1395 / 4br - 5
Bath House, Pet/Horse OK -</a></span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'> (Colfax)</span></font> <span class=p>pic</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Jan 29
- <a href="http://pullman.craigslist.org/apa/1013041656.html">$1395 / 4br - 4
Bed, 5 Bath House, Dog/Cat/Horse OK -</a></span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'> (Colfax)</span></font> <span class=p>pic</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Jan 21
- <a href="http://pullman.craigslist.org/apa/1001751033.html">$850 / 5br -
Large home for rent -</a></span></font><font size=2><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> (<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Garfield</st1:place></st1:City>)</span></font>
<span class=p>pic</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Jan 20
- <a href="http://pullman.craigslist.org/apa/1000840245.html">$1195 / 4br -
828 N. Grant -</a></span></font><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>
(<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City>)</span></font>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><br>
Average the house price for a 4 bedroom home: $1097<br>
<br>
Add in WSG and electricity which most renters have to pay in homes and that
is over $1200. Most the homes in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City>
are really old too, built before dirt was invented. <br>
<br>
If you buy a house, the average mortgage in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City> is almost $200,000, which means a
monthly payment of $1200 or a month unless your have a high down and a 720+
FICO.<br>
<br>
The apartments you have lived in Chas, were in all honestly, not that nice. I
have seen them. Some smell like dog sh*t and cat piss even, and plenty of
smokers around, I kid you not. I have been to almost every apartment complex
in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City>,
and unless you are living in subsidized housing, you are paying at least $550
a month for a large one bedroom or two small bedroom one bath, or you are
living in something small or nasty. Most of them are older apartments too,
around for my parents or when my sister was a Frosh at UI. <br>
<br>
In the Treasure Valley and Magic Valley, and most other cities in Idaho, you
can rent a newer three or four bedroom 2 or three bath home for $850 and in
some places $700 a month that has a two or three car garage and and about
1200-1600 Sq.ft. That is the common rate. Not a beat up 50 year old house on
a gravel road next to a wheat field with a one legged dog that chases your
pickup every time you drive down your driveway. <br>
<br>
In addition, the average household income in Latah is below $26,000 a year,
although it is slightly higher in the city. This is much lower than in other
parts of the state. So you have higher housing costs, and lower income. Which
is why so many people in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City>
are living below or just over the poverty level. <br>
<br>
Best Regards,<br>
<br>
Donovan<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
--- On <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Thu, 2/19/09, Chasuk <i><span
style='font-style:italic'><chasuk@gmail.com></span></i></span></b>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>From: Chasuk
<chasuk@gmail.com><br>
Subject: [Vision2020] Rent Prices Was: Sen Schroeder<br>
To: <st1:PersonName w:st="on">donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com</st1:PersonName><br>
Cc: vision2020@moscow.com<br>
Date: Thursday, February 19, 2009, 7:16 PM<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<pre><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 18:08, Donovan Arnold<br>
<<st1:PersonName w:st="on">donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com</st1:PersonName>> wrote:<br>
<br>
> I am sure we have heard more. And so they wonder why rent is $1200 a month<br>
> in <st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City> and $700 a month in the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Treasure</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Valley</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>,<br>
<br>
Rent is $1200 a month in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City>? That certainly isn't an average, or<br>
even the mean. I've never paid more than $600 a month in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City>, and<br>
I've lived in some pretty nice apartments. I'm renting a 4 bedroom<br>
home now, and I don't pay $1200 a month, or anywhere near it.<br>
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