I hope you might be able to talk them down again. That sounds like a really high increase to me. What about affordable housing options like co-ops or nonprofits? I'm not talking about government because that can be hard to get into and not pleasant. Here in Vancouver a lot of non-profits don't advertise much so you have to do some digging to find them. We lived in a co-op here with far below market rent and you just had to attend some meetings and commit 10 hours per month to co-op chores. It was fun and we would still be there but we were able to buy a place.