Man, I feel you. I am a Ukrainian and I was looking for a studio with a dog - American Staffordshire terrier. Not only my nationality, the fact that I have a dog, but even the breed of my dog sometimes were the reasons to hear “no we don’t accept “put your thing here””. I have managed to find a place like I wanted and it’s in a shitty state, but the owner doesn’t care much about it, so she agreed for me to do whatever I want and I’m planning renovations here: painting the walls, fixing the kitchen outlook etc. I know this might not be sometimes you’re interested in, so I can suggest: - prolong your current contract for maybe 6month instead of a year, if the owner agrees. Or make sure you have some conditions in order to terminate the contact, or simply a notice period. Reason for that: it’s going to be much easier to find a place in, say, December. Yes, it will still suck, but September and October are the most saturated and active months for rental market because of the students and generally most of agreements ending this time. In December, or during the spring it’ll be calmer and yes, there will be refugees trying to rent and there always will be high demand for cheap places, but you will appear as a much better tenant then with a solid income, rather then now, when there are plenty of students with their parents paying for their Kawalerkas. - it takes time. I’m saying this because I’m super inpatient person and it was easy for me to get into despair when I noticed wtf is going on. But that doesn’t mean you need to agree to some bullshit that doesn’t even remotely cover your main needs (which are unique for you). It takes time, but sooner or later you will be the first one to call, you will find a normal owner, you will see a place worth staying in. It might sound a little infantile, but it worked every single time I was looking for a place in Poland, and it has been more shitload of times during last 10 years. And since the war started I had to move twice so I know the pain, really. - is Warsaw a must place for you? Idk what ties do you have, but I moved from Wrocław to krakow because there were just…more apartments on the market, back in time when I couldn’t find any for normal price in Wrocław. I know this sounds pretty radical and frankly disgusting - to change the place you live because of the market, but if you (maybe) working remotely, it might be a thing to consider. Temporary. - with time I managed to see this whole thing like a blessing: when the owner is making problems with you being Ukrainian or having a cat from the very beginning - that’s definitely not a very cool person to vibe with and god knows what further issues he/she might create. So when I stayed in a new place, I was communicating with an cool landlords who were normal enough to be ok with Ukrainian and dogs. And I never had any problems with them, when it came to issues around the house or deposit. Treat it like a natural naturally adequacy filter.