My (F30) friend (34F) and her daughter (13F) were living in a not-great environment and really needed to get out quickly. Rent in our area is ridiculously expensive, and as a single parent she was struggling to find anything affordable. By coincidence, two of my housemates moved out around the same time, so I offered her the two empty rooms. I set the rent at $175 AUD per room, so $350/week total. I personally pay $150/week for my room. Another mutual friend found out what I was charging and said I was being unfair, since I was making her pay more than me. My reasoning was: • She and her daughter are two people (plus a cat). • They’re using two bedrooms, their own bathroom and toilet. • I still split bills 50/50 instead of three ways, because it’s simpler. $350/week is still way cheaper than anything they’d find elsewhere in our area. My friend was more than happy with that arrangement. But since our other friend made me feel awful about it, I dropped the rent to $150 per room ($300 total). On top of that, I’ve been covering bills for the first month while they finish moving and are still paying rent at their old place. Now I’m second-guessing myself. Was I actually being unfair in the first place? EDIT to add details - the rent they pay is to help pay the rent. Total is 500 a week. - it hasn’t been quite long enough to tell if bills have changed, but doesn’t seem like they have between this month and last month. - I have an ensuite. - they have the main bath and toilet - my previous housemates paid $150 for a room and the $200 as she had the ensuite. I’m not entirely comfortable giving a kid the ensuite nor am I with sharing a bathroom with a kid. So it made sense I took the ensuite. - I am also the only one on the lease- so if anything happens, if the cat destroys something, they accidentally damage something, I’d cop the charges and loose the trust I have with my landlord. I’ve lived in his houses for 7 years or something now. - they also did not pay bond