[pathseeker]

>* It sounds like she lived more frugally than most people would find tolerable.

Sounds like an issue with most people.

>* She lived in a rent controlled apartment, meaning her rent was probably closer to free than to market rates for much of her life. Needless to say, this subsidy isn't available to young people today.

The subsidy is available via home purchase. Fixed-rate mortgage payments don't increase over time.

[knightofmars]

Property taxes do.

[blaser-waffle]

So does property value. Occasionally one, or both, of those goes down, too.