Renting is literally giving money to someone who will do interest with your money. Your bank does riba with your money. The corporation you work at does interest idiot. Let’s not make Fatwa based upon a 7th century hadeeth used out of context in a way that it’s impossible to get out of poverty…Mortgage is haram. Simple as, you can live in a good area without mortgage. Protecting yourself from Riba does not make you a Salafi mate, but if that is the title for Salafi, then sign me up.