Here at the retirement village, we get cable included in our monthly payments, along with lawn mowing and snow plowing. We are able to negotiate a decent rate, but not a great one, since we only have 900 units. The places with 15,000 units, they get a great rate.
Our cost is about $65 a month per unit for cable with lots of channels, but not premium ones, and cable internet.
Ask them if you can opt out of cable. Spend $30 and get Roku to watch streaming content and a small antenna to watch regular channels and you honestly wont miss a thing. Only have to pay for movies you want to watch.
I live stream my TV content through my computer modem and signed up for Hulu and BritBox. I get hundreds of movies and TV programs for about $15 per month. The high speed modem runs about $30.
What I like best is that you can watch what programming you want, when you want, not just when the cable service broadcasts it. You can pause programming and go back and watch portions a second time if you are interrupted or fall asleep.
You can sign up for most content services when you want, cancel them and resign up for them at will.